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Nelson R. Norton

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Nelson R. Norton. He was born in Hampton, Washington County, New York, on November 8, 1809. Norton came to Chicago on Novem...
Painting

Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1872
Description: Portrait of Frederick Horn (1815-1893), a Democrat. He was a lawyer and editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News. His years of public service began in 1842 and ...
Photograph

Arthur McArthur

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Description: Judge Arthur McArthur (1815-1896). Grandfather of General Douglas MacArthur and Wisconsin's fourth governor.
Photograph

Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up oval portrait of Frederick W. Horn (1815-1893). A Democrat, he was a Representative in the Wisconsin Assembly from Cedarburg. He was a lawyer and ...
Photograph

Obama and Obey

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office in the White House. The photograph is autographed for Obey: "Congratulations for 40...
Poster

Democratic Candidates

Date: 11 1912
Description: Campaign poster promoting Democrats for office in Wisconsin; for Congress, Assembly and Dane County. Each man has a quarter-length portrait with his name a...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of George W. Peck

Date: 1894
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Wisconsin's 17th governor, George W. Peck, on a cabinet card. He wears glasses and a suit, vest and necktie, and is standi...
Photograph

Portrait of George W. Peck

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Description: Quarter-length semi-profile portrait of Governor George Wilbur Peck, the 17th governor of Wisconsin. His signature is below the portrait.
Photograph

Portrait of Albert G. Schmedeman

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a young Albert Schmedeman.
Photograph

Portrait of Governor Albert G. Schmedeman

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Albert Schmedeman, Wisconsin's 28th Governor. Written on the image along Schmedeman's lapel is "A.G. Schmedeman, Governor of Wis...
Photograph

Paul Soglin

Date: 1968
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Alderman Paul Soglin.
Photograph

Paul Soglin Speaking While Holding Roses

Date: 04 03 1973
Description: Paul Soglin, 27 years old, speaking into microphones while holding three roses. He is wearing a corduroy jacket. The location may be the Labor Temple on th...
Photograph

Niebuhr, Frank, and Chaplin

Date: 10 22 1942
Description: Seated at a table, from left to right, are Reinhold Niebuhr, Waldo Frank, and Charles Chaplin. They are at the Commodore Hotel at a dinner in honor of Fran...
Photograph

John Peter Altgeld

Date: 1893
Description: Portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progressive Democrat and the 20th Governor o...
Photograph

Oscar Altpeter

Date: 1893
Description: Vignetted quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of Oscar Altpeter, a maltster and Democratic politician. Altpeter was the son of Phillip Alt...

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