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Magnus Swenson (1855-1936)
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Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Building Commission and as a University of Wisconsin regent, as well as the head of Food Administration for Northern Europe for Herbert Hoover after World War I.
1900
DeLonge Studio
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WHi 5109
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Magnus Swenson (1855-1936)
1890
Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Building Commission and as a University of Wisco...
Magnus Swenson (1855-1936)
1900
Informal full-length outdoor portrait of Magnus Swenson, wearing a suit and bow tie with a hat in his hand, leaning against a stone wall.
Edward Burr Van Vleck
circa 1900-1920
Edward Burr Van Vleck posing with a book in a studio portrait.
William Ellery Leonard
circa 1900-1920
William Ellery Leonard, who was a poet and professor of English at the University of Wisconsin from 1906-44.
Harry Wilfred Adams
Quarter-length studio portrait of Harry Wilfred Adams, a lawyer and mayor of Beloit, 1914-1918.
Dr. Cora S. Allen
1928
Quarter-length portrait of Dr. Cora S. Allen, physician and director of the Bureau of Child Welfare in Wisconsin.
