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Dr. E.A. Birge Reading Sun Machine in Car

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Description: Dr. Edward Ashael Birge reading a sun machine inside a car. In 1875 Dr. Birge first came to teach natural history at the University of Wisconsin, and remai...
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Emery DeNoyer

Date: 07 26 1941
Description: Emery DeNoyer (b.1887), singer of lumberjack songs. "He earned his keep in the Wisconsin lumber camps not by logging (for he only had only one eye and one ...
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Harry Dyer and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 08 06 1941
Description: Harry Dyer (b.1864), a former logger and Mississippi riverman, with Helene Statman-Thomas.
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Harry Dyer and Robert Draves

Date: 08 06 1941
Description: Singer Harry Dyer (b.1864), right, and sound engineer Robert Draves.
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John Ciezczak

Date: 08 11 1941
Description: John Ciezczak (b.1885?), a Polish watchmaker, who sang songs in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Kasshubian for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. He is...
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Robert Walker

Date: 08 14 1941
Description: Outdoor portrait of Robert Walker. He recorded lumberjack songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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George Spaulding

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of George Spaulding of Brodhead, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band. Mustered out July 8t...
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Edwin Oscar Kimberley

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Description: Edwin Oscar Kimberley of Brodhead, Wisconsin, leader of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band. Mustered out July 8th, 1865.
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Frederick Knickerbocker

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick Knickerbocker of Shullsburg, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band. Mustered ou...
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Sient Marris

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Description: Studio portrait of Sient Marris, the 1st Brigade's quartermaster.
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Unidentified Man of African Descent

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Description: Unidentified man of African descent from the Civil War period.
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Slave from New Orleans

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Description: A carte-de-visite of a slave sitting with three children. The text at the bottom read: "Learning is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca, & Rosa. Slaves from N...
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Charles Darwin

Date: 09 12 1925
Description: A carte-de-visite of Charles Darwin.
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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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James Duane Doty

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of James Duane Doty during his tenure as territorial governor of Utah. Doty had been territorial governor and delegate o...
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International Cub Cadet Advertisement

Date: 1961
Description: Front cover and interior foldout section of an International Cub Cadet advertising pamphlet. The advertisement features two color photographs of a man and ...
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Portrait of John E. Chapman

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of John E. Chapman.

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