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Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
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John F. Appleby

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Description: Portrait of inventor John F. Appleby. The Wisconsin inventor is credited with inventing a knotting mechanism that made twine grain binders possible in the ...
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Orville Wright in Old Age

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Description: Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin...
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Dexter Curtis Trunks and Valises

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Description: View from street of two men standing just inside the open doorway of the storefront. Trunks are displayed on pallets set up on the wooden sidewalk. Dexter ...
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Man Holding Slipover Bowling Shoe

Date: 04 10 1945
Description: A man, possibly inventor Leo Kay, holding a slipover bowling shoe, which attaches to a regular street shoe.
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First to Fly — Wilbur Wright

Date: 1912
Description: Wilbur Wright, in profile, with a Wright Flyer. The original photographic postcard from which this image was copied was presented by Wright to pioneer avia...
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Charles B. Withington

Date: 1909
Description: Quarter-length oval studio portrait of Charles B. Withington, the inventor of the first practical wire binder. Withington was born in Akron, Ohio in 1830, ...

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