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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Mrs. John Kinzie, born Juliette Augusta Magill (1808-1870), author of "Wau-Bun", from an oil painting made in 1855 by G.P.A. Healey. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Highlander Folk School students and directors standing in a line, possibly singing together, at the San Padeo workshop. Third from left, Myles Horton, Will... |
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| Description: | Inset of head and shoulders portrait of "Queen Marinette" along with a depiction of her home, which was one of the earliest houses in Marinette. She was th... |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Mac-Cut-I-Mish-E-Ca-Cu-Cac or Black Hawk, a celebrated Sac (Sauk) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, drawn at Detroit (1833). |
| Date: | 09 06 1882 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott, the first president of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Mary MacLaren young star of "Bluebird Photoplays." |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Oil portrait of Nathaniel Ames, a former Revolutionary War soldier. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of John Arndt sitting and resting his hands on a cane. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Wisconsin governor, William A. Barstow 1854-1856. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Coles Bashford, Wisconsin's fifth governor. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Ole Bull in a suit holding a violin, poised to play. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A boxing ring lobby display at the Empire Theatre for Battling Butler with Buster Keaton. The lobby cards read, "It's a knockout. Buster Keaton in '... |
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