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Drawing

Jane Addams of Hull House

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Description: Jane Addams holding an open book, surrounded by immigrant children.
Print

Union Generals of the Civil War

Date: 1867
Description: Engraving of portraits of Generals in the Union Army during the Civil War. U.S. Grant is in the center, with H.W. Halleck on his left, and clockwise from t...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1903, the year in which a constitutional amendment approved expansion of the court from five to seven judg...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court Detail

Date: 1903
Description: Detail of the 1903 group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, showing Justice Robert G. Siebecker, then the least senior member of the court. Siebecker...
Drawing

Paul Bunyan

Date: 1916
Description: Drawing of a wild-looking Paul Bunyan.
Poster

Circus Poster

Date: 07 12
Description: Ringling Bros. and Barnun and Bailey combined shows poster, depicting wire walkers and other performers under a circus tent. "The only act of its kind" fea...
Poster

Great Northern Railroad Travel Poster featuring Chief Yellow Kidney

Date: 1935
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the "Route of the Empire Builder," by way of the Great Northern Railroad, and promoting travel to Glacier Nation...
Painting

Louis Ross or Louis Kossuth

Date: 1852
Description: Oil painting portrait of a man. He is wearing an overcoat and dark top hat with two feathers in the hatband.

There is some confusion about the last name;...

Painting

Portrait of a Woman

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Description: Oil painting portrait of unknown woman. Her hair is pinned up and she is wearing a short sleeved black dress. She has a crucifix hanging around her neck.
Print

Governor Dreyfus Print "I Eat Bee Poop"

Date: 03 08
Description: Artwork by Steve H--. Silkscreen. Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus quote illustrated "I Eat Bee Poop." "Wisconsin Grade A Fancy" in lower left corner.

Presen...

Drawing

Portrait of Carl Anderson

Date: 1941
Description: Head and shoulders ink and crayon portrait of a Carl Anderson, with a caricature of the Carl Anderson cartoon character "Henry" holding a slingshot aimed a...
Drawing

Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 
Description: Head and shoulders crayon portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Drawing

Portrait of a Badger

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Description: Illustration of a badger.

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