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Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reuben Gold Thwaites, second Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Esther Smilie Vilas

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Esther Green Smilie Vilas (born ca. 1819), the wife of Levi B. Vilas, a prominent Madison businessman, and the mother of...
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Caroline Stevens Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Caroline Stevens Keyes, the first wife of Madison political leader Elisha W. Keyes. The couple was married in 1854 and Mrs. Key...
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Joseph Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portait of Joseph Keyes, the son of Madison political leader Elisha W. Keyes and Caroline Stevens Keyes. Although photographed in a seated ...
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George B. Delaplaine

Date: 1860
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of George B. Delaplaine (1814-1895), of Madison, Wisconsin. Delaplaine arrived in Madison in 1838 after having worked in...
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Michael Dunn

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Michael Dunn.
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Generals Fairchild, Bragg, and Gibbon of the Iron Brigade

Date: 1865
Description: Studio portrait of General Lucius Fairchild, General E.S. Bragg, and General John Gibbon, all of the Iron Brigade. All three men wear an unidentified ribbo...
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Studio Portrait of Girl in Snow with Dog and Doll

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Description: Cabinet card studio portrait of a young girl, posed with a doll in a baby carriage and her dog. The background is a painted backdrop of the Wisconsin State...
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Two Women in Casual Dress

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Description: Three-quarter length cartes-de-visite portrait of two women posing for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are facing each other and holding ha...
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Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Publius V. Lawson, of Menasha, standing and leaning against a chair. Portrait was taken when he was a senior at the University ...
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Pecan Club, Sun Prairie Snowbound Party

Date: 02 1881
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of fifteen well-dressed men and women. Caption identifies them as members of the Pecan Club, attending the Su...
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Hattibel Merrill

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Hattibel [Harriet Bell] Merrill, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelors of Sci...
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Charles Kendall Adams

Date: 1892
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Kendall Adams, president of Cornell University (1885-1892), and of the University of Wisconsin (1892-1901).
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Catherine Fox Adamson

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Catherine Fox Adamson, daughter of Dr. William Fox and wife of Civil War captain Frederick Adamson. She was also the sis...
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Catherine Fox Adamson

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Catherine Fox Adamson, daughter of Dr. William Fox and wife of Civil War captain Frederick Adamson. She was also th...
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Catherine Fox Adamson

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Catherine Fox Adamson, daughter of Dr. William Fox and wife of Civil War captain Frederick Adamson. She was also th...
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George Adamson

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Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of George Adamson, a farmer and nephew of Harriet Lucinda Adamson Fox.
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Sarah A. Leach Alden

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Sarah A. Leach Alden, wife of Levi Alden.
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William Francis Allen

Date: 1879
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of William Francis Allen, professor of ancient languages and history at UW-Madison. Dr. Allen had taught newly eman...

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