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| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Samuel Foster Haven (1806-1881), Massachusetts anthropologist, librarian, and archaeologist. Haven is best known as t... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), Scottish-American scientist. Widely considered one of the greatest scientists of his genera... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite of Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland (1793-1877), American scientist. Kirtland, among many other exploits, worked on the 1837 Ohio geolog... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867). Worked as Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at University of Pennsylv... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Thomas Bassnett (b. 1808, d. aft 1885), American meteorologist. Handwritten inscription at bottom of card reads, "Thos. Bassnet... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), American physician and naturalist. In 1871, Woodworth became the first Surgeo... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite of Robert Kennicott (1835-1866), American Naturalist. After 1853 he worked for Spencer Fullerton Baird at the Smithsonian Insti... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Laurits Esmark (1806-1884), Norwegian Zoologist. Esmark served as a professor of Zoology at Christiania University in... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Alexander Kerr (1828-1919), Scottish-born Professor of Greek at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Appointed to his... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of Raja Radhakant Deva Bahadoor (1783-1867), Indian scholar and author. Best known for writing the Sanskrik Encyclopedia, Sabdakalpadruma (... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite featuring a bust of Samuel C.F. Hahnemann (1755-1843), German physician. Hahnemann is credited as the founder of homeopathic medicine, as w... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish poet and author of fairy tales. Inscription at bottom of card reads, "H... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of John W. Taylor, British genealogist. Handwritten inscription on bottom reads, "John W. Taylor, Leeds - England, 1869.... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of William H. Pratt of Davenport, Iowa. Handwritten inscription at bottom reads, "Pratt, 1864." |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite of Dr. Albert H. Hoy, Racine physician. |
| Date: | 05 1875 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Hannah (Barber) Billinghurst (1832-1900) of Horicon. Hannah was the wife of lawyer Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), who served... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Nettie Fowler McCormick as a young woman, wearing a lace collar. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Mary Virginia (1861-1941) and Anita McCormick (1866-1954) as children. They are wearing dresses and have ribbons in their hair. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Portrait of inventor and businessman Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Cyrus McCormick, Jr. as a child. |
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