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| Description: | Studio portrait of Benjamin Butts wearing bow tie and suit. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Stephen D. Butts. He was born in Pennsylvania on August 14, 1815. Butts came to Wisconsin on July 8, 1836, and was one of... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Benjamin Butts posing outside the Wisconsin Historical Society where he worked as a messenger. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Butts, which was part of a composite portrait of Officers, Clerks and Employees of the Wisconsin Assembly. He worke... |
| Date: | 02 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Two children in wheelchairs, Jean Bokina, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bokina and right, Steven Butts, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Freeman Butts, with ... |
| One Man's Journey from Slavery to Madison Business Owner to State Assembly Staff Member |
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| Learn about a freed slave's intriguing story as a barber serving Wisconsin's prominent politicians, and as a well-known, beloved face in the capital city. |
| Community: | Madison |
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| County: | Dane |
| Historic Name: | Benjamin and Amy Butts House |
| Reference Number: | 241094 |
| Date: | 12 20 1935 |
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| Description: | Five men from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Camera Club. They are looking at photographs in Porter Butts' office at the Memorial Union. |
| Date: | 10 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Man in a wheelchair on the sidelines of the Wisconsin-Illinois football game at Camp Randall Stadium. He is possibly Robert Butts, the founder of the annua... |
| Date: | 10 09 1957 |
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| Description: | The 19th annual Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition was held for the first time at the Memorial Union. Two works by Alfred Sessler, a professor of art educati... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American child (probably a girl) wearing a white dress. Text written on the back of the photog... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly. Clerks and employees: 1. T.B. Reid, Sgt-at-Arms 2. W.A. Nowell, Chief Clerk 3. M. Knig... |
| Madison's 150th Anniversary |
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| View this collection of images of Madison, Wisconsin from the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Date: | 10 18 1954 |
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| Description: | West High School Homecoming Queen Sarita Sarig (center) poses with her Court of Honor, including Gail Lawrenz (left), Sally Arnold (standing), and Priscill... |
| Date: | 03 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of St. Bernard's basketball team after winning the Madison parochial school championship. Left to right: front row - Bob Bosold, Bill Blood,... |
| Community: | Madison |
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| County: | Dane |
| Historic Name: | University of Wisconsin Memorial Union |
| Reference Number: | 15000255 |
| Community: | Madison |
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| County: | Dane |
| Historic Name: | Camp Randall |
| Reference Number: | 16068 |
| Glimpses of African American Life in the Midwest, 1865-1934 |
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| Read about three generations of a Midwestern African American family. |
| Community: | Madison |
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| County: | Dane |
| Historic Name: | Camp Randall Stadium |
| Reference Number: | 109646 |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington painted by Thomas Sully, 1854. (Museum object #1942.506) |
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