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Glenn Davis with Autograph

Date: 1953
Description: Portrait of Glenn Davis in a necktie with an autograph to Warren Knowles, which reads, "For my friend Warren Knowles, to whom the people of Wisconsin, and ...
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Jefferson Davis

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Description: Engraved three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America.
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Jefferson Davis

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, in Union uniform.
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Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, showing him as he fled from being captured by Union troops when they took Richmond, Virginia. He is dis...
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Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, being captured by Union troops while wearing a dress and escorted by other women. Titled "A So Called P...
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Inauguration of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Painting of the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy at Montgomery, Alabama on February 18, 1861. The painting features the Ala...
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George Nelson and Anna Mae Davis

Date: 10 02 1934
Description: George A. Nelson, the Socialist candidate for governor of Wisconsin in the 1934 election, is seated with Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney and a local lea...
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Representative Glenn Davis, Waukesha, convention chairman for the Wisconsin Republican State Convention, and Harvey Higley, Marinette, State GOP Chairman.
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Seven of Ten

Date: 1969
Description: Seven of Wisconsin's ten congressional representatives posed with David R. Obey shortly after his victory in a special election to replace Melvin Laird. Le...
Historical Essay

Lincoln, Abraham (in Wisconsin)

Documented and Legendary Accounts of Lincoln's Visits to Wisconsin
Abraham Lincoln's visits to Wisconsin, documented and legendary.

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