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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of a woman posing with her hands in her lap. She is wearing a white lace collar and a beaded necklace over a...
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Louis (?) Luce (?) and daughter Louise (?)

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Description: Three-quarter length ferrotype/tintype of a seated man, thought to be Louis Luce, and standing next to him, his daughter Louise, from Stevens Point, WI. Hi...
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Cyrus Merryfield (?)

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Description: Three-quarter length ferrotype/tintype of Cyrus Merryfield from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He faces front and is wearing a three-piece suit with striped ves...
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Mrs. Larsen

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Description: Three-quarter length ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of Mrs. Larsen, wife of Peter Larsen. She is wearing a striped, long-sleeved dress with white collar, la...
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Nellie Orms and Hattie Beers

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Description: Full-length ferrotype/tintype of Nellie Orms and Hattie Beers, Sunday school pupils of Lillian Luce Holt. The girl on the left is standing with her hand on...
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Sherman S. Pratt and Wife Serepta Warren Pratt

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Description: Full-length quarter plate daguerreotype of Sherman and Serepta Pratt. The Pratts moved from Bath, NY to Wisconsin Rapids, WI. They are seated facing forwar...
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Lieutenant John H. Purcell and Wife

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of John Purcell and his wife. He is sitting facing halfway to the right, with his hands folded in his lap with his leg crosse...
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Mrs. Robinson

Date: 1862
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Mrs. Robinson. Head and shoulders portrait facing slightly right but looking forward. She has shoulder length ringlets, is wearing a w...
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John Jay Smith and Mary A. Hoadley Smith

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of John Jay Smith and Mary A. Hoadley Smith, pioneer settlers of Sheyboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Both are seated, facing forward, with hands...
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Jacob Spaulding

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of Jacob Spaulding. Quarter-length portrait, facing slightly left wearing coat with satin lapels, tie, and goatee. Cheeks hand-colo...
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Mary E. Stewart and Jennie E. Woodworth

Date: 1889
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Mary E. Stewart and Jennie E. Woodworth at Brenham(?), Texas, 1889. Miss Stewart was a Milwaukee educator and journalist. Both are sea...
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Daniel G. Stinson

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Daniel G. Stinson, Kings Mountain hero, of Chester Co., S.C. He is sitting in a chair and is wearing a suit coat and vest, and has his...
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Unidentified Civil War Officer

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified Civil War Union officer. Full-length portrait of man standing facing front, with his hand inside his unifor...
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Unidentified Young Girl

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified young girl. She is sitting on a chair, with her left hand resting on a cloth-covered table on which three boo...
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Unidentified Girl

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of unidentified young girl. Full-length portrait, facing front. She is standing on a carpet, with her left forearm resting on a cloth-cov...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Pannotype on blackened leather of unidentified man. Waist-up, facing front with torso turned slightly right. He is wearing a suit coat and tie.
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of an unidentified man, probably a relative of the Chandler family. Quarter-length portrait, facing front, wearing a suit coat with...
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Unidentified Men

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of two unidentified men. Three-quarter length portrait of the men sitting, facing forward, with their hands on their laps. ...
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Eleazer Williams

Date: 1858
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Eleazer Williams (circa 1788-1858). He faces slightly left and wears a dark suit with stand collar. Cheeks and lower lip hand tinted...
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Louisa Zimmer and Ada (?) Empey

Date: 1872
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Louisa Zimmer and Ada (?) Empey. The girl on the left is standing, facing halfway right, wearing a dark dress and ruched collar, her h...

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