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Mrs. Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman

Date: 1854
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman. Mrs, Bowman was married to Samuel Hunter Donnel, architect, from 1854 to 1860. Samuel and Rose...
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Charles Krips

Date: 1851
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Charles Krips. Charles Krips was the uncle of the donor of the portrait, Mrs. Julia Hicks. The portrait is a bust figure, faci...
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George Krips

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of George Krips of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George is the uncle of the donor of the portrait, Mrs. Julia Hicks. The portrait i...
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Betsy H. Smith

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype of Betsy H. Smith. Mrs. Smith was the mother of Rosellah M. Bowman and the grandmother of E.B. Harper. The portrait is a bust fig...
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Laura Smith

Date: 1854
Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype of Laura Smith. Miss. Smith was the sister of Rosellah Bowman; she died of consumption in Athol, MA. The portrait is a half figur...
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Male Member of the Ingersoll Family

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified member of the Ingersoll family. The portrait is a half figure, front facing; the subject is seated with his ha...
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Betsy Smith with Daughter Laura and Son George

Date: 1846
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Betsy H. Smith, left, with her daughter, Laura, right,and son, George. The three are the mother, sister and brother of Rosella...
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John McCarty Bowman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of John Bowman, a Madison Real Estate Agent, born in New York. John married Rosellah (Donnell) Bowman in 1863. The portrait is a ...
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Lieutenant Burnett Demarest

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Burnett Demarest, a First Lieutenant in the Wisconsin 8th infantry, Co. C. Demarest mustered into service in 1861 at Eau C...
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Daniel Wells Jr.

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of Daniel Wells Jr. The portrait is from waist-up of left profile, with some scratching and damage to the plate. Daniel Wells Jr. e...
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Colonel Jeremiah Austill

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Col. Jeremiah Austill of Alabama as an older man. Austill fought in the Creek War in Alabama and Georgia, from 1813-14. After ...
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Captain Samuel Murphy

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of a painting of Captain Samuel Murphy. Murphy served with Captain Samuel Brady in the Pittsburgh region during the Revolutionary War...
Painting

Bland Ballard

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Bland Ballard (1761-1853). Ballard was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and also served as a scout for General George...
Painting

General George Rogers Clark

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General George Rogers Clark, as an older man. Clark is most well known for his role in the defense of the Nort...
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Colonel William Martin

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Col. William Martin of Tennessee. Williams was an early Tennessee settler who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812....
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Azel P. Ladd

Date: 1852
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Azel Parkhurst Ladd (1811-1854). Ladd was the Wisconsin state superintendent of public instruction in 1852. Oval-framed quarte...
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Captain Joseph Dickson

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Captain Joseph Dickson, waist-up, facing front and slightly towards the right. Dickson fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832.
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Don A.J. Upham

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Don A.J. Upham (1809-1877). Born in Vermont, Upham was a lawyer who moved to Milwaukee during the territorial period. The po...
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John Williams

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of John K. Williams. Quarter-length portrait, facing front.
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William Lamont

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of William Lamont, quarter length, facing forward, torso slightly left.

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