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Elderly Chippewa

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Description: Pussafuss, an elderly Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of p...
Photograph

Monona Avenue and Lake Monona

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Description: Elevated view of Madison featuring Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987) and Lake Monona.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute) near Madison.
Photograph

T.G. Mandt

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Description: Quarter-length formal studio portrait of T.G. Mandt.
Photograph

Thomas Forbush

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Description: Three-quarter-length portrait of Thomas (Tom) Forbush, Company E, 61st Illinois Infantry, holding his musket. He was better known as a river pilot on the S...
Postcard

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of the Civil War Soldiers' and Sailors' monument. describing its particular dimensions and artistry.
Photograph

Stuffed Old Abe

Date: 1890
Description: "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881 he was stuffed, mounted, and put in the Capitol museum.<...
Photograph

Franz Hölzlhuber

Date: 1856
Description: Waist-up portrait of Franz Holzlhuber.
Photograph

Group Portrait of Men and Women on Balcony

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Description: Half plate daguerreotype of fourteen people, seven men and seven women, posing behind a balcony balustrade, with a paisley-bordered blanket or shawl draped...

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