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| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Full-length, carte-de-visite portrait of John H. Lathrop (1799-1866), first chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. Lathrop's tenure was marked by contr... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of John Lawrence Smith (1818-1883), American chemist. From 1846-1850, he worked for the Turkish government, exploring their count... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886), American Geologist. Fought in the Black Hawk War. Opened a law office and newspaper in Clevelan... |
| 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: | 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: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Nettie Fowler McCormick as a young woman, wearing a lace collar. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length sitting portrait of James Strang. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Vignetted waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Pliney [some sources spell it "Pliny"] Alford, a riverboat captain on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of Joseph Mabbett Allcott, proprietor of J.M. Allcott & Co. drug store in Milwaukee. He is sitting in a chair, with a dog resting at his fe... |
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