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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
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Ellis B. Usher

Date: 1914
Description: Engraved portrait of Ellis B. Usher, editor and prominent Wisconsin Democrat, from the frontispiece of his multi-volume history of Wisconsin.
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Increase Lapham

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Description: Engraved quarter-length portrait of Increase Lapham.
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Increase Lapham

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Increase Lapham.
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Increase Lapham

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Description: Oval head and shoulders vignetted portrait of Increase A. Lapham.
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Menu for L’Etoile Restaurant Thanksgiving Dinner at The Beard House

Date: 11 23 2006
Description: One-page menu for a five-course Thanksgiving dinner at The Beard House prepared by L’Etoile, with the restaurant logo and a background head and shoulders i...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Front cover of catalog featuring a framed portrait of Cyrus H. McCormick surrounded by foliage. A putto is pulling away a drape from the portrait with one ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

MIchael Troiber

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of Michael Troiber, co-defendant with Thomas Kidd in a conspiracy trial related to the Oshkosh woodworkers strike of 18...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Thomas I. Kidd

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of Thomas Kidd, defendant in a conspiracy case related to the Oshkosh lumber strike.
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Gilbert M. Woodward

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Description: Quarter-length, halftone printed, studio portrait of Gilbert M. Woodward. Woodward served as a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from 1883 ...
Photograph

Portrait of Edgar Allen Poe

Date: 1893
Description: Cabinet card of a pastel drawing, formal portrait, waist-up, of Edgar Allen Poe. The drawing was created by Oscar Halling, a little known Baltimore artist ...
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W. K. Gillett

Date: 1894
Description: Lithograph portrait of W. K. Gillett, general auditor for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company.
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Franklin Gilson

Date: 1883
Description: Photograph of an oil painting portrait of Franklin Leander Gilson, a lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. Painting was made by Robert Schade in 1883, ...
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Edwin Austin Abbey

Date: 1890
Description: Pencil sketch portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey, a muralist, illustrator, and painter. He began painting a series of murals for the Pennsylvania State Capitol...
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David Adler

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Description: Lithographic portrait of David Adler, a retail clothier, one of the organizers of the Wisconsin National Bank, one of the founders and a vice-president of ...

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