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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: Portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes posing at a typewriter.
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Andrew Carnegie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Andrew Carnegie.
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Alexander Graham Bell

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Alexander Graham Bell.
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International Harvester Factory Employee in Foundry

Date: 1907
Description: Older factory worker standing among stacks of molds for casting parts. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Robert E. Lee

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Description: Portrait of Robert E. Lee, seated, in his later years.
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Orrin H. Ingram

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Description: Portrait of Orrin H. Ingram, lumber baron and philanthropist, especially for the development of Ripon College.
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George Smith, Hermit

Date: 12 31 1934
Description: Portrait of George Smith, hermit, rescued from squalid shack in Cottage Grove, and taken to Dane County home in Verona.
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William Deering

Date: 1902
Description: William Deering (1826-1913), founder of the Deering Harvester Company. In 1902 the Deering company became part of the International Harvester Company.
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Concordia Singing Society

Date: 1877
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Concordia Singing Society of Alma, Wisconsin. The decorative matte includes musical elements and ...
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Portrait of an Old Man

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Copy photograph of a portrait of an old man done for "Mrs. Dean".
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Portrait of Man with Beard

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of a seated man with beard.
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Portrait of Janus (James) Bruce Cartter

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of a man posing sitting in a chair at a table with books on top, possibly Janus (James) Bruce Cartter, 1815-1897. He is in front of a paint...
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Portrait of Man with Small Beard

Date: 1897
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of man in clerical collar, facing slightly to right, with deep set eyes and long goatee.
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Best

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing sitting in a stuffed chair and a woman standing, with her arm on his shoulder, facing him wi...
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Joseph Horatio Osborn

Date: 1885
Description: Portrait of Joseph H. Osborn, a leader in cooperative and Grange movements.
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Byron Paine

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Byron Paine wearing a suit.
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Potawatomi Indian Chief

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Description: Potawatomi Indian Chief Kee Toos.
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Jeremiah Rusk

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Description: Portrait of Jeremiah Rusk seated in a chair.
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 02 09 1864
Description: Abraham Lincoln in one of the famous portraits known as the Brady Profiles.
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1865
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

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