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Thomas Beers

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Thomas Beers, grandfather of Zona Gale Breese. Quarter-length portrait facing forward. He is wearing a wide collared suit coat...
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Joseph Taylor and Constant Hoath Taylor

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Joseph Taylor and Constant Hoath Taylor, great-grandparents of Zona Gale Breese. They are seated, facing forward, with their h...
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Sinclair W. Botkin

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of Sinclair W. Botkin, University of Wisconsin Class of 1857. Quarter-length portrait, facing forward. He is wearing a suit and patte...
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Portrait of Unknown Man

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of a quarter-length portrait of a man. Hand coloring on cheeks and lips.
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Ceylon C. Lincoln

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln as a young soldier in full Civil War uniform. Full-length portrait. He is standing in front of a pai...
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Thomas J. Moorman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Thomas J. Moorman. Quarter-length portrait, facing front and slightly left. He is wearing a suit coat, tie, and stand collar.
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Unidentified Man and Woman

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of an unidentified man and woman, seated, facing front, with the woman's hand on the man's shoulder. Both are dressed in dark colors....
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Elisha Burdick with Unidentified Man and Child

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Elisha Burdick (1822-1896), father of Mrs. William Snow Miller. One quarter length portrait with torso facing right and eyes f...
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Patrick Henry Smith

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Patrick Henry Smith. Waist-up portrait, he is facing slightly right, holding his lapel with his hand. He is wearing a plaid co...
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Doctor Cuyler Tanner

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Doctor Cuyler Tanner. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing forward, wearing double-breasted suit with stand collar an...
Painting

Wallace Mygatt

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Description: Painted miniature, possibly on ivory, of Wallace Mygatt. One quarter length portrait, facing forward, wearing a suit and collar turned down over tie. He ha...
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George Baxter Burrows

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of George Baxter Burrows. Quarter-length portrait, facing right. He is wearing a suit with printed vest and tie with fringed ends. He...
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George Baxter Burrows and his Brother

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype of George Baxter Burrows and his brother, seated with legs crossed, facing front, smoking cigars and wearing suits and straw hats...
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Frank W. Burrows

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frank W. Burrows, brother of George B. Burrows. Waist-up portrait, facing front, with right arm resting on a table. He is wear...
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William H. Church with his Schoolteacher

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of William H. Church with his schoolteacher, both sitting and facing forward. The man on the right has his arm around the shoulder of...
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John Jay Smith with (daughters?) Annah and Clara R.

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of John Jay Smith with Annah and Clara R., possibly his daughters. He and the girl on the far left are sitting, and the other...
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Unidentified Soldiers

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of two Civil War soldiers in uniform, seated, both with left hands in hidden hand pose with jackets buttoned.
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John O. Wraalstad

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of John O. Wraalstad, Sergeant, Company I. Waist-up portrait, in uniform. He is holding his rifle pointed towards the upper r...
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Unidentified Soldiers

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of three unidentified soldiers, members of Company K, First Wisconsin Volunteers. They are seated facing forward with their h...
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Reverend Matthew Dinsdale

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Reverend Matthew Dinsdale. Quarter-length portrait facing forward, torso facing slightly left. He is wearing a suit and tie.

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