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Unidentified Man and Woman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified couple. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. The woman is wearing a dark dress of fine fabric, watch key chain, ...
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Woman with Bucket and Broom

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype full-length portrait of an unidentified young woman standing, facing left, holding a broom partially inside a bucket draped w...
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Doctor John M. Henderson

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype. Waist-up portrait of Doctor John M. Henderson, seated, facing forward with torso turned slightly left. He is wearing a suit and tie,...
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Henry A. Cooper

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Henry A. Cooper as a drummer boy in the Union Army. Three-quarter length portrait of him standing in front of a backdrop, ...
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Susan Hotchkiss Searles

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of Susan Hotchkiss Searles, wife of George Searles. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. She is wearing a dark dress with a lig...
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Phillip Greenthal

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Phillip Greenthal. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward, in a white shirt, short tie, and cap. He is wearing a strap ...
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Drawing of the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1857
Description: Half plate ambrotype of a drawing of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Copy of the design by Samuel Hunter Donnel and August Kutzbock, Madison architects, showi...
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Susan Hotchkiss Searles

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Susan Hotchkiss Searles, wife of George Searles. She is seated next to a cloth-covered table, facing forward with hands in lap, we...
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George Searles and George Olmstead

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length portrait of George Searles and George Olmstead (r.), standing, facing forward, with their hands holding their l...
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Three Woodland Indian Men

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of three Woodland Native Americans. Full-length group portrait in front of a painted classical garden studio backdrop. They a...
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House, probably in Madison, Wisconsin

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of a white house with dark shutters, probably located in Madison, Wisconsin. The house has a gable end at the left, with a portico ...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype of unidentified man. Bust portrait, facing forward and torso slightly left. He wears a suit and cravat around a stand collar. Han...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of unidentified man. Bust portrait facing forward, wearing suit, cravat, and stand collar, with right hand holding clothing near ...
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Edward S. and Hollis C. Wade

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Edward S. and Hollis C. Wade, sitting in chairs, facing forward, wearing buttoned suit coats, cravats, and ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Oakley

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Mr. and Mrs. Oakley, parents of Mrs. Sylvanus Wade of Greenbush, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward, with ...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of unidentified man. Waist-up portrait, facing slightly left, wearing suit, cravat, and stand collar. Sideburns extend below his ...
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Unidentified Woman, possibly Van Pelt

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of an unidentified woman, described as the mother of Alexander Van Pelt. Waist-up portrait, facing forward, with her hands ac...
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Thomas Stoddart

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of Thomas Stoddart (1820-1902), born in Edinburgh, Scotland, immigrated to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Quarter-length portrait, f...
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Group of Six Unidentified People

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Description: Half plate ferrotype/tintype of three men and three women. The men are seated in front, wearing suits, with their hands in their laps. The man on the left ...
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Portage City, Wisconsin

Date: 1856
Description: Half plate ambrotype of an elevated view of Portage City, Wisconsin. The view encompasses a wooden Gothic Revival church and steeple on the right, with a d...

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