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Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland, Geologist and Physician

Date: 1866
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite of Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland (1793-1877), American scientist. Kirtland, among many other exploits, worked on the 1837 Ohio geolog...
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Professor Alexander Kerr, Classicist

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Alexander Kerr (1828-1919), Scottish-born Professor of Greek at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Appointed to his...
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Professor Alexander Winchell, Geologist

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Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite of Alexander Winchell (1824-1891), State Geologist of Michigan and Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the University o...
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Lee Sherman Dreyfus

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Description: Portrait of Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus, probably dating from the period when he was a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madi...
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W.H. Morrisson

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Description: Portrait of William H. Morrison, Superintendent, Department of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin.
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University Student Campers

Date: 1885
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students and chaperons during a camping trip at Livesy Springs on the north shore of Lake Mendota. On the left side stands ...
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President Taft

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Description: William Howard Taft (S9/15/1857 – 3/8/1930), the 27th President of the United States (3/4/1909 – 3/4/1913), wearing a top hat and sitting in a boat with a ...
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"Sun Trade Journal" Article Featuring Richard Ely

Date: 03 01 1903
Description: An article in Tokyo publication the "Sun Trade Journal" featuring Richard Ely, along with images of the main buildings of the University of Wisconsin-Madis...
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Hamlin Garland

Date: 1930
Description: Outdoor portrait of Hamlin Garland, upon the occasion of receiving the honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, from Beloit College.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Edward Anderson Alderman

Date: 1905
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Anderson Alderman, the first President of the University of Virginia. He was an education reformer for the university, an...
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Indiana University Faculty

Date: 1892
Description: Group portrait of the faculty at Indiana University. Edward Alsworth Ross is second from the right in the second row. Ross taught at Indiana from 1891-1892...
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J.H. Ames

Date: 1937
Description: Waist-up portrait of Jesse Hazen "J.H." Ames, president of the River Falls Normal School (1917-1927), and its successor the River Falls State Teachers Coll...

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