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| Date: | 1870 |
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| 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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| Description: | Unidentified man of African descent from the Civil War period. |
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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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| Description: | Three-quarter length carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth. The text at the bottom reads: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth." |
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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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| Description: | Tintype (ferrotype), studio portrait of two men in a boat in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Tintype (ferrotype) of two men in a studio holding white hats. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Tintype (ferrotype) portrait of Shadomo, or Dirty Pelican, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) from the Odanah Reservation near Ashland. |
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