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Joshua E. Dodge

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Description: Joshua E. Dodge.
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Governor Nelson Dewey

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Governor Nelson Dewey.
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Lyman C. Draper

Date: 1854
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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Gaylord Nelson

Date: 1963
Description: Portrait of Gaylord Nelson.
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
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Edward Salomon

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Edward Salomon.
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John P. Sheldon

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Description: Formal oil portrait of John Sheldon.
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Nils Otto Tank

Date: 1821
Description: Waist-up portrait of Nils Otto Tank.
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Chief Buffalo

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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...
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Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1884
Description: Color portrait of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), possibly by Lawton S. Parker.
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George Washington

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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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James Madison

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Description: Portrait engraving of James Madison seated, from a painting by Chappel.
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Frederick Mero

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Description: Illustration of Frederick Mero of Company E, 25th Wisconsin Infantry.
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View of St. Nazianz

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of the Roman Catholic community of St. Nazianz.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
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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Senator James H. Stout

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Description: Photograph of an oil portrait of Wisconsin Senator James Stout.
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Roswell Brown

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Description: Portrait of Roswell Brown in an oval frame with a name plaque.
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Shelter Madness

Date: 1962
Description: Humor cover illustration prepared by an unknown artist for Ballantine Books, publisher of the book eventually published under the title "America in Hiding"...
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John Tyler

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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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George Washington

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Description: A portrait of George Washington, our nations first president, possibly done by Gilbert Stuart.

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