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| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Lyman C. Draper. This shows him at the time he assumed the position of Historical Society superintendent, at the age of 38. |
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| Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Chief Buffalo, over-painted enlargement, possibly from a double-portrait (possibly an ambrotype). Grandson of Great Chief Buffalo. Chief Buffa... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Color portrait of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), possibly by Lawton S. Parker. |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait engraving of George Washington seated with books and saber, from a painting by Chappel. |
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| Description: | Portrait engraving of James Madison seated, from a painting by Chappel. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Roman Catholic community of St. Nazianz. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford (the second site, with buildings of 1829-?), on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin River. |
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| Description: | A painting of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States, from the National Collection of Fine Arts of the Smithsonian Institute. John Tyler was ... |
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| Description: | A painted portrait of young George Washington in the uniform of a British Colonial Colonel. The portrait was possibly made by Peale (Charles Wilson?) and o... |
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| Description: | A portrait of James Monroe (4/28/1758 – 7/4/1831), the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Holiday card, hand-painted on an oval piece of wood. Image is of a little girl in profile wearing a yellow dress with black polka dots, and a red bonnet. S... |
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| Description: | Hand-painted holiday card of three African American children eating watermelon. One girl sits on the ground, a boy has a watermelon in his lap, and the sec... |
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| Description: | Front and back views of a miniature portrait of Henry Gratiot (1789-1836), a prominent figure in southwestern Wisconsin during the lead mining era. Gratiot... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate daguerreotype of a painted quarter-length portrait of Felix Walker, 1793-1828. Mr. Walker fought in the Revolutionary War alongside Daniel Boon... |
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