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Jefferson Coates

Date: 1870
Description: Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde...
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Man in Buggy

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Description: A carte-de-visite of a man in a buggy.
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Man and Bicycle

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Description: A carte-de-visite in front of a painted backdrop of a man standing next to a large bicycle.
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Tom Thumb and Wife

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Description: A carte-de-visite of "General Tom Thumb" (Charles Stratton) and his wife Lavinia Warren, the "Little Queen of Beauty".
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Two Men in Boat

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype), studio portrait of two men in a boat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Man Eating

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of a man eating at a table.
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Two Men Holding Hats

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of two men in a studio holding white hats.
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Early Automobile

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of a man seitting in an early automobile.
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Two Men and Woman in Buggy

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of two men and a woman in a buggy.
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Shadomo

Date: 1891
Description: Tintype (ferrotype) portrait of Shadomo, or Dirty Pelican, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) from the Odanah Reservation near Ashland.
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Covered Wagon

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of a covered wagon on the plains.

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