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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Cased image collection, circa 1839-circa 1899
Filter: Subject of portrait photography
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| Description: | Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype of Cornelius Wheeler seated in a chair with his arm resting on a table. Wheeler was a 1st lieutenant in the 2nd Wisconsin Inf... |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 09 1855 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype, Quarter-length portrait of Josiah Ficklin. Hand coloring on cheeks. Ficklin was from Lexington, Kentucky, and one of the defende... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate tintype/ferrotype. Quarter-length portrait of Rebecca Boone Grant Lamond. She is wearing a dark-colored dress, and a cap that ties under her ch... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of Major John Gibson sitting in front of a painted backdrop, with his hands folded on his lap.... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of W.Y. Martin of Tennessee. |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Captain James Ward. Ward was from Mason County, Kentucky, and a compatriot o... |
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| Description: | Half plate daguerreotype of an unidentified man and woman. The man is seated and the woman is standing and has her hand resting on the man's shoulder. The ... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Quarter-length portrait of Isaiah Boone. Mr. Boone is holding a cane in his hand. Boone was from Indiana. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Judge Christopher S. Wood. Wood fought with General Simon Kenton. Hand coloring on cheeks. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of General Benjamin Whiteman. Quarter-length portrait of Ben Whiteman wearing a suit and necktie. Whiteman fought with General ... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Elsey Ormsbee Bristol. Elsey was born May 27, 1783; married August 1, 1804 at Warwick, Massachusetts to Cha... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ambrotype. Quarter-length portrait of Alvin Rust, son of Theodore Rust. He is wearing a suit with a gingham bow tie. |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ambrotype. Waist-up portrait of Lucy Moody. Lucy is wearing a dark dress with a white-work collar, and a brooch at the neck. Over the dress she... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on... |
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