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Lyman Copeland Draper

Date: 1858
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype portrait of Lyman Draper (1815-1891), an American historical collector and librarian.
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Harwood, Brisbane, and Coffin

Date: 1853
Description: Half plate daguerreotype of E. Harwood, Dr. William Brisbane, and Levi Coffin, sitting in a row.
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Doctor James T. Reeve

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype oval-framed portrait of Doctor James T. Reeve, assistant surgeon, 10th Wisconsin, Surgeon of the 21st Wisconsin. Quarter-leng...
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Leonard J. Farwell

Date: 1853
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Leonard J. Farwell, Governor of Wisconsin 1852-54. Quarter length facing left, wearing full beard, coat, vest, tie, and white ...
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Chandler B. Chapman

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype portrait of Dr. Chandler B. Chapman of Madison, quarter length facing front with torso facing right. Dr. Chapman served as a reg...
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Peter Larsen

Date: 1864
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Peter Larsen in a Civil War uniform holding a firearm.
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Daniel L. Wells

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Daniel Wells, quarter length facing front, with hand-coloring on cheeks.
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Fritz Anneke

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Description: Ninth plate tintype/ferrotype portrait of Fritz Anneke sitting in a chair. Fritz Anneke was a German socialist and newspaper editor and writer. He immigrat...
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Governor Louis Harvey

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter plate ambrotype. Waist-up seated studio portrait of Governor Louis P. Harvey (1820-1862), facing front with torso turned slightly left.
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Blacksmith Wanamaker

Date: 1870
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of a studio portrait of Blacksmith Wanamaker and an unidentified man standing on either side of an anvil. The man on the left is holding ...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier with Musical Horn

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Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype of a waist-up seated portrait of an unidentified Civil War musician holding a musical horn, probably a Tenor horn in B♭...
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Jacob Learn

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Description: Waist-up ferrotype/tintype portrait of Jacob Learn, a Private in the Wisconsin 29th infantry, Company K. He enlisted in August 1862 and died on August 19th...
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Cornelius Wheeler

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Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype of Cornelius Wheeler seated in a chair with his arm resting on a table. Wheeler was a 1st lieutenant in the 2nd Wisconsin Inf...
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Franz Massing, Wife and Child

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Description: Half plate ambrotype of Franz Massing with his wife, and daughter Frances. Massing was the founder of the Madison Mannerchor in 1870. The family is seated....
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Alvin Rust

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype. Quarter-length portrait of Alvin Rust, son of Theodore Rust. He is wearing a suit with a gingham bow tie.
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Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
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Alhannon Butt

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Description: Sixteenth plate ambrotype quarter-length portrait of Alhannon Butt with hand-coloring on cheeks. Alhannon was from Viroqua, the brother of Col. Cyrus Butt ...
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Lieutenant Albert T. Lamson

Date: 1863
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Lieutenant Albert Lamson, taken at Falmouth, Virginia. Lamson is posed, in military uniform, seated and holding a sword ...
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Charles Stuart Foster

Date: 1854
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of Charles Foster of Monroe, Wisconsin, in suit, vest, tie and stand collar. Hand-coloring on cheeks.
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype portrait of an unidentified soldier from the 13th Wisconsin Infantry. He is seated with his arm resting over the back of a ch...

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