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George W. Peck

Date: 1860
Description: Portrait of George W. Peck, 2nd Lieutenant, Company E, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
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George W. Peck

Date: 1860
Description: Studio portrait of George W. Peck standing next to a chair.
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Beverly Jefferson

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Beverly Jefferson, 1/16th African American, published in Madison Past and Present, 1852-1902, a 1902 book published by the Wisconsin State Jour...
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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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Charles and Harrie Atwood

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite full-length studio portrait of Charles David and Harrie Farwell Atwood, the sons of David Atwood of Madison, Wisconsin. They are posed on a...
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Boss Elisha Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Elisha W. Keyes (1828-1910) a prominent Madison attorney who was appointed Madison postmaster by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. From ...
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Professor W.W. Daniels, Geologist

Date: 1872
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Professor W.W. Daniels, University of Wisconsin geologist. Daniels worked as one of Increase Lapham's assistants during the Wis...
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William Allen

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Professor William Francis Allen.
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Daniel J. Dill

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Daniel J. Dill, 30th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Samuel Harriman

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Brigadier General Samuel Harriman, 13th Wisconsin Volunteers. The 13th Wisconsin was organized during the spring of 1...
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Young Edmond Burdick

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edmond Burdick as a young man.
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Forest and Leonore Middleton

Date: 1925
Description: Forest and Leonore Judkins Middleton pose on a sidewalk. There is snow on the ground.
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Charles Solar Olson

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Solar Olson, in uniform, and a woman. He was a private in Company K, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following...
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Sherwin Gillett, Son of Joseph Gillett

Date: 1880
Description: Portrait of Sherwin Gillett (b. 1879) when he was a baby.
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Governor Jeremiah Rusk

Date: 1883
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Jeremiah Rusk, the 15th governor of Wisconsin.
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John Q. Adams

Date: 1863
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of John Q. Adams, a teacher and Republican politician. He was Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Columbia 2...
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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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Levi Alden

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Description: Three-quarter profile carte-de-visite portrait of Levi Alden, founder of the Janesville Gazette and later an editor of the Madison State Journal<...

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