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Raising "Wisconsin" Statue

Date: 07 1914
Description: Starting to raise "Wisconsin" statue onto the dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol (the fourth State Capitol, the third in Madison, 1906 - ). The gilded bro...
Photograph

Group in front of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1875
Description: Small group in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol viewed from East Washington Avenue. Some telegraph wires are strung across foreground. The card is fro...
Photograph

Wisconsin Assembly Filming

Date: 04 08 1947
Description: Wisconsin Assembly in the Wisconsin State Capitol being filmed for State Centennial Film. There are a group of men on the speakers rostrum, and many camera...
Print

Garfield Inaugural Invitation

Date: 1881
Description: Engraved invitation to the reception and promenade concert held in celebration of the election of President James A. Garfield (left) and Vice President Che...
Photograph

Gaylord Nelson with La Follette Statue

Date: 03 1967
Description: Nelson and Bronson La Follette stand next to the Robert M. La Follette statue in the United States Capitol, while a man poses at the base to carve the word...
Poster

"The Student Mobilizer Wallposter"

Date: 05 15 1969
Description: A wall poster printed by the Washington D.C. based underground newspaper entitled "The Student Mobilizer." The background consists of various photographs t...
Photograph

Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
Print

Jefferson Davis on a Tightrope

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis walks a tightrope over a waterfall heading toward the side of a cliff on which is the Capitol building, a soldier, and the Union flag. Behi...
Print

Champion Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 1st Round

Date: 1860
Description: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "1ST ROU...
Print

Champion Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 2nd Round

Date: 1860
Description: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "2ND ROU...
Print

Champion Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 3rd Round

Date: 1860
Description: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "3RD ROU...
Print

Champion Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 4th Round

Date: 1860
Description: Winfield Scott and William Seward stand in the boxing ring in which Lincoln fought Davis. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN ...
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No Traitor's Flag Shall Tarnish Thy Golden Dome With Its Rebellious Shadows

Date: 1861
Description: The State House of Massachusetts in Boston with the Union flag flying over it. Men and women walk in front of it. The caption below reads, "No traitor's fl...
Print

Jeff Davis 'Taking' Washington

Date: 1860
Description: In a play on words, Jeff Davis is "taking" Washington with a camera. He is crouching under the cloth peering through a camera on a tripod. The camera is po...
Photograph

Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building - Anaglyph

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
Photograph

In La Follette's Shadow

Date: 07 1972
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson posed talking in front of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the National Statuary Hall in th...
Photograph

Capital Offenses

Date: 1986
Description: Photograph taken to illustrate the jacket of a recording issued by the Capital Offenses, the blue grass band headed by Congressman David R. Obey of Wiscons...
Photograph

Mr. Harmonica Man

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, who formed a bluegrass band known as the Capital Offenses, played the harmonica in the State Capital rotunda at the me...
Photograph

Inauguration Ceremony

Date: 01 1985
Description: Inauguration ceremony in which Dwight York was sworn into the Assembly.
Poster

Nixon's The One!

Date: 1968
Description: Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu...

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