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Earl Rogers

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Description: Portrait of Earl Rogers wearing a suit. Rogers was a criminal lawyer in California and on the West Coast.
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Charles G. Rodolph

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Charles G. Rodolph. He was born in Switzerland on November 15, 1818, and came to the Wisconsin Territory in May of 1834. He...
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Gilbert Roe

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Description: Formal quarter-length portrait of Gilbert Roe, probably taken about the time he was a law partner of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Robert B.L. Murphy

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Robert B.L. Murphy. He is wearing a suit and tie.
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Robert B.L. Murphy

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Robert B.L. Murphy wearing a suit and tie.
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Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
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Colonel John G. Clark

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Description: Waist-up oval portrait of Colonel John Clark.
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Charles Minton Baker

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Charles Minton Baker. Baker was a lawyer, politician, b. New York City. He attended Middlebury College, Vt., studied law, ...
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Don A.J. Upham

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Don A.J. Upham (1809-1877). Born in Vermont, Upham was a lawyer who moved to Milwaukee during the territorial period. The po...
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William Otto Petersen

Date: 1943
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of William O. Petersen (1924 - 2012), attorney and owner of Black Point Estate with his wife, Jane Jordan Browne. Peters...
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Gilbert M. WoodWard

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Gilbert M. Woodward. Woodward served as Democratic member of the House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885 for the seven...
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James E. Quackenbush

Date: 09 04 1964
Description: Portrait of James E. Quackenbush, candidate for Dane County District Attorney.
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Attorney General George H. Thompson

Date: 09 30 1964
Description: Wisconsin Attorney General George H. Thompson.
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George Ransom Gardner

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Description: Sixteenth plate ambrotype of George Ransom Gardner. Half figure facing front and slightly right, wearing coat, tie, and stand collar. Hand-coloring on chee...
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E. Gordon Young

Date: 01 11 1982
Description: Quarter-length portrait of E. Gordon Young, an attorney and civil rights activist who became the state's first black assistant attorney general in 1965. At...
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Julius Sinykin

Date: 07 18 1953
Description: Waist-up portrait of Julius Sinykin. He is wearing eyeglasses, a suit and a bow tie, and has a ring on the his left hand and a watch on his left wrist.
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James Monroe Gillet

Date: 1845
Description: Waist-up portrait of James Monroe Gillet, around the time he founded the newspaper The Fond du Lac Whig.
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James Monroe Gillet

Date: 1871
Description: Portrait of James Monroe Gillet, a lawyer and founder of the Fond du Lac Whig. Caption reads: "James Monroe Gillet, Born April 24, 1821. Married Emm...
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Martin James Gillen

Date: 1923
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Martin James Gillen, a lawyer, business counselor, political economist, writer, and philanthropist.
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Thomas Henry Gill

Date: 1877
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Thomas Henry Gill, a Madison and Milwaukee attorney, who also served the Wisconsin Central Railroad as tax and insurance expert...

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