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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Cased image collection, circa 1839-circa 1899
Filter: Subject of portrait photography
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Captain John Gass, (1765-?). The portrait is waist-up, facing front but slightly to the left. He wears a vertically striped ... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a Civil War soldier standing while playing a fife. He is facing front, dressed in his uniform long coat, buttoned up, belt... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Dr. Chauncey Williams, of Lafayette, Onondaga County, New York. Father of Henry C. Williams, and grandfather of N.M. Brown... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of female child. Full figure facing front, standing with hand on chair, wearing belted, pleated shortwaisted dress off both s... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Calvin Smith, son of Lyman Smith, and a cousin of Catherine A. Smith Hallock of Middleton, Wisconsin. Half figure, facing fron... |
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| Description: | Eighth plate ferrotype/tintype of William Austin Van Brunt (1847-1935), half figure, facing front and slightly right, wearing suit coat, vest, and white sh... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype of Edward P. Bridgman (1834-1915) at left, and unidentified man at right. Two half figures sit on either side of a table on which a... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Donnel and wife. Full figures, seated. Mr. Donnel wears a coat, vest, and tie, and has his left arm behind his wife. Mrs. Do... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait of unidentified middle-aged man with receding hairline with his hands folded toghether at his waist. He is we... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of unidentified woman. Half figure facing front and slightly left. She is wearing a white collar, bell sleeves, and fur cape an... |
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| Description: | Half plate ferrotype/tintype of a three-quarter length portrait of John W. Fonda, Company C, 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Seated half figure... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype of three-quarter portrait of Joseph Crelie. Seated half figure facing front with right elbow on a table, both hands holding a cane ... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of Tillie (Feb. 22, 1849-1864) and Anna Matilda Baker, possibly twins. Seated full figures with matching off-the-shoulder dresses, ne... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of Mrs. William B. Noyes, first wife of William B. Noyes. Seated three-quarter figure facing front and slightly left, arms folded. Sh... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of William B. Noyes and his first wife. Two seated half figures facing front. Noyes wears a bow tie with long tail, and his wife wear... |
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| Description: | Sixteenth plate ambrotype of Katie Baker. Seated figure facing front, wearing dress with short, gathered sleeves, off-the-shoulder, and a bead necklace. Ea... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ambrotype of Martin Stoddard at age 17. Half figure facing front and slightly left, wearing coat, vest, and tie. |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ambrotype of Elizabeth S. Upham (1815-1883). Three-quarter figure facing front and slightly left, wearing a bonnet. Hand-coloring on cheeks. Sh... |
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| Description: | Sixteenth plate ambrotype of George Ransom Gardner. Half figure facing front and slightly right, wearing coat, tie, and stand collar. Hand-coloring on chee... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ambrotype of James L. Foley. Half figure facing front and slightly right, with goatee, wearing a coat and bow tie with long right tail laying a... |
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