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Portrait of Samuel Marshall

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Description: Quarter-length formal oval painting of Samuel Marshall, (1820-1907), banker, co-founder and President of the Marshall & Ilsley Bank.
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Henry Mathews

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Description: Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas...
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Planting Trout

Date: 04 26 1936
Description: Planting trout in Waupaca County. Left to right on bank: S.A. LaVoilette, Joe Samz, Lloyd Pinkawski, Edwin Kargewski, W.M. Geiger, G. Moder, Billy LaVoilet...
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Increase A. Lapham

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Description: Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair.
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Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1890
Description: Quarter-length formal studio portrait of Lucius Fairchild.
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Isaac L. Stephenson

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Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of United States senator Isaac Stephenson.
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Upton Sinclair or Clement Wood

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Description: Candid shot of the writer, perhaps Upton Sinclair or Clement Wood, wearing a hat and a tweed suit.
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Carl Schurz

Date: 1879
Description: Portrait of Carl Schurz, seated, holding a hat and cane.
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Homer Bigart

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Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
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Homer Bigart

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Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" on far right in group portrait.
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Agnes Moorehead as a Child

Date: 1903
Description: Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age. She wears a white dress stands beside a flowering bush.
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Florence Lawrence in dressing room

Date: 1914
Description: Actress Florence Lawrence seated at the vanity mirror in her dressing room wearing a white satin dressing gown and night cap.
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Thomas Jefferson

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Description: Quarter-length engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
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Druggists at Work

Date: 10 17 1946
Description: A trio of druggists busy themselves in the dispensary of Richards Brothers' Pharmacy.
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Riverboat With Lumberjacks

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Description: Five lumberjacks, one of whom is playing the fiddle, pose by a docked riverboat with a rowboat nearby.
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Manitowoc and Two Rivers Railway

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Description: Manitowoc and Two Rivers Railway streetcar full of passengers.
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Pharmacy Processing Equipment

Date: 1889
Description: View of pharmaceutical processing equipment in the Pharmacie Werner. The pharmacy was located in Boulay, France.
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German Pharmacist

Date: 1889
Description: A pharmacist is standing behind the sales counter at the Pharmacie Werner in Boulay, France. At the time, Boulay was part of Germany.
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Interior of Bar

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of bar with two bartenders and customers standing at the bar.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

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