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"Buffalo Bill" Cody

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Description: Postcard reproduction of a portrait of William Frederick Cody from the T.B. Walker Collection.
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Thomas Jefferson

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Description: Quarter-length engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson

Date: 1852
Description: Quarter-length engraving portrait of Thomas Jefferson painted by G. Stuart and engraved by J.C. Buttre. From "The History of Democracy in the United States...
Print

John Adams

Date: 1862
Description: Engraving from a painting of John Adams. Inscription reads: "John Adams From a Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers. Johnson, Fry & C...
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John Adams

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Description: Engraving of John Adams with an inset of "M. Tallyrand Receiving the American Envoys, 1797."
Poster

McCarthy for U.S. Senator

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Campaign poster for Republican candidate Joseph R. McCarthy, for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. His image is a painted portrait.
Photograph

Sam Adams

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length engraved portrait of Sam Adams.
Photograph

Harvey Law

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Description: Photographic calling card with portrait of Harvey Law, Company A, 12th Wisconsin Infantry. Law was the president of the St. Croix Valley Veterans Associati...
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Burr McGuire

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Description: Engraved portrait of Burr McGuire who was captured by Company A, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, on the morning of August 18, 1862 near Jackson, Missouri.
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Mary Todd Lincoln

Date: 1864
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln in a dark-colored dress, hair in ringlets with a jeweled hair band, and holding a fan; engraved by Samuel Sartain, and pri...
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Philip D. Armour

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Description: Quarter-length engraved portrait of Philip Armour.
Photograph

Writers on Social Questions

Date: 12 1900
Description: A composite of photographs of "writers on social questions". Pictured are 1. Henry D. Lloyd 2. Richard T. Ely 3. Benjamin Kidd 4. Rev. George D. Herron 5. ...
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Republican State Ticket

Date: 1894
Description: The Republican State Ticket with portraits of each man. In the center is William H. Upham who won the election and was Wisconsin's Governor from 1895 thru ...
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Republican Presidential Nomination Candidates

Date: 06 05 1884
Description: Engraved portraits of candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Robert T. Lincoln, General William T. Sherman, General Joseph Roswell Hawley, ...
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The Presidential Candidates

Date: 1856
Description: Engravings of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates from the Democratic, Republican and Know Nothing parties for the Tuesday, November 4th, 185...
Poster

Goodland for Governor

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Campaign poster for the Republican candidate Walter S. Goodland, for Governor of Wisconsin. His image is a painted portrait. The poster also recommended ca...
Magazine or Periodical

Detail of 'Comely Features' Article

Date: 12 1894
Description: An illustration from the article "Comely Features" in Godey's Ladies Book, showing elimination of forehead wrinkles.
Photograph

Franz Hölzlhuber

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

"Schade, dass du cine Kanaille bist" (Too Bad She's Bad) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: German film poster for the re-release of the Italian film, "Peccato che sia una canaglia." The top half of the poster of an illustration of a woman from he...
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Portrait of James William Murphy

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Description: Quarter-length portrait, halftone printed, of James William Murphy. Murphy served as a U.S. House of Representative member from 1907 to 1909. His signature...

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