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| Description: | A view of Vinnie Ream Hoxie studio in the U.S. Capitol showing busts, figures and medallions of her creation. |
| Date: | 04 25 1929 |
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| Description: | Ceremony for the unveiling of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. On the platform, left to right, are Senator R... |
| Date: | 04 11 1971 |
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| Description: | "Wisconsin," the bronze statue which was sculpted by Daniel Chester French, covered in gold leaf, atop the Wisconsin State Capitol. The piece includes a ba... |
| Date: | 12 1983 |
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| Description: | Skylight in the Wisconsin State Capitol, over the main stairs to the second floor. The figure in the center is an eagle in a wreath, which is an allegory o... |
| Date: | 05 1990 |
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| Description: | Detail of one of two bronze andirons, this one a satyr, in the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The andirons depict cherubs and f... |
| Date: | 1984 |
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| Description: | Gilded lion's heads in the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 05 1990 |
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| Description: | Detail of one of two bronze andirons, this one a mermaid, in the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The andirons depict cherubs and... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | USS "Wisconsin" Badger in front of the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. This figure, with the state motto "Forward," was sculpted... |
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| Description: | "Genius of Wisconsin" statue, originally sculpted by Helen Mears for the Columbian Exposition of 1893. It was later recreated in marble by the Piccirilli B... |
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| Description: | "The West" statue at the first floor southwest entrance the Wisconsin State Capitol. Vinnie Ream Hoxie modeled this statue in 1866-1868. It was carved in R... |
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| Description: | Badger sculpture above door of second floor chambers in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | Badger sculpture above door of second floor chambers, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with skylight in background. |
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| Description: | Badger sculpture above door of second floor chambers, under skylight, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | Base of bronze lamp on second floor bridges, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 07 1972 |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 1970 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey with his administrative assistant Lyle Stitt walking down a hall in the United States Capitol building. Statues are along the wal... |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey and his blue grass band, the Capitol Offenses, performed at many political events. It is no accident that the band chose this spo... |
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