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Lucetta Case

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Description: Quarter plate tintype/ferrotype of Lucetta Case (1808-1884). Three-quarter-length seated figure wearing dark dress with white collar, and ribbons in hair, ...
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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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John Brady

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of John Brady of Virginia, son of Captain Samuel Brady. Half-length, facing front with torso turned slightly to right.
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Van S. Brady

Date: 1848
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait of Van Swearingen Brady of Ohio, son of Captain Samuel Brady.
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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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Young Woman

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of an unidentified young woman in dotted long sleeve dress, seated and holding a purse and a bouquet of flowers. Hand coloring on che...
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Ira Colby

Date: 1860
Description: Ninth plate ambrotype quarter-length portrait of Mr. Ira Colby, a teacher of the Union School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has a beard and is wearing a suit ...
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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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Governor Nelson Dewey

Date: 1848
Description: Half plate daguerreotype of Nelson Dewey (1813-1889). Waist -up, facing forward, wearing suit and with right arm resting on a surface. Dewey was Governor o...
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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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James Steele

Date: 10 20 1856
Description: Quarter plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length studio portrait of James Steele sitting in a chair with his arm resting on a table covered with a patterned c...
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Unidentified Woman and Young Girl

Date: 1860
Description: Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of a woman and a young girl. The woman is seated, and the girl is standing beside her resting her hand on the woman's should...
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Col. John Johnston

Date: 1855
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up seated portrait of Col. John Johnston. Johnston is pictured here as an elderly man; however, he is remembered in Wi...
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Unidentified Native American Woman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified Native American woman, possibly from the Canadian Woodland Tribe. She is seated with a blanket around her shou...
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Unidentified Native American Man

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up portrait of an unidentified Native American man, possibly from the Canadian Woodland Tribe. He is wearing a coat an...
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Margaret Stoltz

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up seated portrait of Margaret Stoltz, in mourning attire, including a veil over her head. She later married and becam...
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Thomas Bartlett

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Thomas Barlett of Old Town, Maine. He is seated, resting his arms on the arms of the chair, and holding a handkerchief. His ey...
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John Carr

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of John Carr wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and dark necktie. A pair of eyeglasses are resting on the ...
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Israel Donalson

Date: 09 1855
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Samuel Donalson, 1767-1860, around the age of 90, sitting and holding a cane. Mr. Donalson was an early set...

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