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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Cased image collection, circa 1839-circa 1899
Filter: Subject of portrait photography
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Leander S. Miller, facing forward. Corporal in Civil War uniform. Hand-coloring on cheeks, gold details... |
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| Description: | Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified woman, facing front. She is sitting in a chair, with one hand in her lap, and t... |
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| Description: | Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of unidentified man who is wearing a suit coat, striped vest, and a cravat. He is sitting in a chair with one ... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate plate ambrotype. The child is sitting, wearing an off-the-shoulder dress belted at the waist. Dark trim along hem. Hand-coloring on cheeks. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of a woman sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is holding a straw hat in her lap. Hand... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Eunice Barrett. She is wearing a dark dress with a light-colored lace collar. Allegedly the mother of t... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait, facing forward, of Truman Bartlett, from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, sitting on a bench in fron... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Sixth-plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Theodore Bernhard, from Watertown, Wisconsin. Educator, member of the assembly in 1854. He is facing to... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Augustus A. Bird. A pioneer woman who came from New York to Milwaukee by a team of horse... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Mrs. R.T. Connable, from Madison. Hand-coloring on cheeks and lips. She is wearing a ribbon around her ... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Crandall, pioneer settler of Sheboygan Falls. She is wearing a dark dress with a white lace c... |
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| Description: | Half plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Colonel Peter Ege. Hand-coloring gold detail on buttons. |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of Doctor John M. Evans, from Evansville, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. ... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Alfred Fessenden, Company C, 32nd Volunteers (Dec. 2, 1842-Nov. 23, 1883). Served under Capt. Carlton. ... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Annie Youmans Haight (Mrs. Theron W. Haight), sitting sideways in a chair, with her arm resting on the ... |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of John C. Hawley, age 6, Evergreens, Madison, Wisconsin. He is wearing a white lace collar, embroidered jacket, vest, and skirt, and is ... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln. Full-length seated pose facing 45 degrees to the right, with left arm on cloth covered table and ... |
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| Description: | Full-length ferrotype/tintype of an unknown man, and Esther Lomas from Lancaster, Wisconsin, in front of a painted backdrop. The man is seated, and the wom... |
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| Description: | Full-length ferrotype/tintype of Martha and Esther Lomas from Lancaster, Wisconsin, in front of a painted backdrop. One of the women is standing with her l... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a man with moustache and beard. He has ribbons on the front of his chest and a hat resting in his lap. H... |
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