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Leonard J. Farwell

Date: 1860
Description: Leonard J. Farwell (1819-1889), Madison businessman-promoter and Wisconsin's only Whig governor (1852-1854). When this salted paper portrait was taken, Far...
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Charles Arndt

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Description: Portrait of Charles Arndt.
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Wisconsin Senate and State Officers

Date: 1874
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate and State officers with a key to identify the men in the individual portraits. Features an image of the Wiscon...
Drawing

George Baxter Burrows

Date: 1880
Description: Charcoal portrait of George Baxter Burrows. A Wisconsin State Senator (1878-1882) and real estate broker, he willed his twelve-acre Lake Mendota frontage e...
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David Atwood

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Description: Portrait of David Atwood, as a Republican Assemblyman, 1860-1861. Atwood was the publisher of the "Wisconsin State Journal".
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Wisconsin Assembly Bill for National Guard Rights

Date: 10 30 1961
Description: Assemblyman Kyle Kenyon (R-Tomah) introduces a bill to guarantee rights to Wisconsin residents called up in the 32nd Division.
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Senator Proxmire and Constituents

Date: 1970
Description: Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with constituents at the Wisconsin State Fair while eating an ear of corn.
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State Assembly Representative Vernon Thomson

Date: 02 14 1947
Description: Portrait of Vernon Thomson, Republican member, State Assembly representative from Richland Center, Wisconsin. Mr. Thomson was Attorney General 1955 - 1957...
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Dreyfus "State of the State" Address

Date: 01 31 1979
Description: Framed by a window in the Assembly Chamber door, Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus addresses the Wisconsin Legislature.
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Senator Roseleip Taking Taste Test

Date: 06 24 1965
Description: Senator Gorden Roseleip taking the oleo/butter taste test, administered by Senator Martin Schreiber.
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Wisconsin Legislative Banquet

Date: 02 30 1947
Description: Pictured at Wisconsin Legislative banquet, left to right: Clifford "Tiny" Krueger, Republican senator from Lincoln and Marathon Counties, and two unidentif...
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Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up oval portrait of Frederick W. Horn (1815-1893). A Democrat, he was a Representative in the Wisconsin Assembly from Cedarburg. He was a lawyer and ...
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Nelson at the Podium

Date: 1974
Description: During a speech at an agricultural conference in Milwaukee, Senator Gaylord Nelson acknowledges applause from the audience.
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Legislators Signing In

Date: 1951
Description: Newly-elected members of the Wisconsin Assembly signing in. Facing the camera left to right are: E. William Proxmire (D-Madison), Hermann Eisner (D-Cross P...
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Studio Portrait of Alvin Baldus

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Congressman Alvin Baldus. Baldus served in the U.S. House of Representatives from the Wisconsin 3rd Congressional Distric...
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Paul Soglin

Date: 1968
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Alderman Paul Soglin.
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State Joint Committee on Finance

Date: 04 20 1961
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance work on the budgets of the University of Wisconsin and the State Colleges.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., as University Student

Date: 1879
Description: Stereograph portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., taken during his senior year at the University of Wisconsin.
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Michelle Obama at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Date: 02 18 2008
Description: Michelle Obama, wife of politician Barack Obama, greeting Wisconsin State Representative Jennifer Shilling at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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Senator Patrick Henry O'Rourke

Date: 1873
Description: Head and shoulders oval portrait of Senator Patrick O'Rourke.

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