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Alexander Simplot and His Wife

Date: 1866
Description: Tintype of Alexander Simplot, sitting, and his wife, standing, who is wearing a fashionable hat and coat and holding a fur muff.
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Man in Three-Piece Suit

Date: 1865
Description: Tintype/ferrotype waist-up oval portrait of an African American man wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and partially buttoned vest.
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Frank Lloyd Wright as a Young Boy

Date: 1874
Description: Carte-de-visite of architect Frank Lloyd Wright as a young boy.
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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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Eliza Scidmore

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Description: A studio portrait of a young Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore in a light-colored dress. She is leaning against a wood railing.
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Older Eliza Scidmore

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, holding a book. She has a horse-shaped pin at her collar.
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George Scidmore as a Child

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length studio portrait of young George Hawthorne Scidmore standing with his hand on a newel post, and holding a hat in his other hand.
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Pastor C.B. Willerup

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite vignetted portrait of Pastor C.B. Willerup. In 1851, he helped establish the first Norwegian – Danish Methodist church in Cambridge,...
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Morris Hillquit

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Morris Hillquit.
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Elderly Hero

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Description: Autographed carte-de-viste of John L. Burns, the elderly resident of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania who volunteered to fight with the Union Army during the battl...
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Dr. John H. Vivian

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Description: An autographed portrait of John Vivian.
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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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Joseph and Emma Gillett

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Description: Portrait of Joseph and Emma Gillett, Sherwin Gillett's parents.
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Portrait of Small Child

Date: 1880
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of a small child sitting in a chair.
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Carte-de-Visite Couple

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of an unidentified couple. The man is seated, and the woman is standing beside him.
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Rosa S. Strong

Date: 1877
Description: Carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of Rosa S. Strong, 53-years-old.
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Clara Seipp

Date: 1883
Description: A standing, full-length studio portrait of Clara Seipp, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is dressed in a dress and coat with hat, muff and gl...
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Elizabeth Layton

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length portrait of Elizabeth Hayman Layton. She was the sister of Joel Hayman, and the wife of Frederick Layton, who she married in 1851.
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Frederick Layton

Date: 1877
Description: Vignetted quarter-length portrait of Frederick Layton, at about age 50. Layton was the son of a Milwaukee butcher and ran the business until his retirement...
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Grace Hayman Fowle

Date: 02 1893
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Grace Hayman Fowle. She is wearing gloves, and a fur-trimmed cloak over a flower printed and ruffled dress. Grace was the ...

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