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Frances Adams and Her Daughter

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frances Adams and her daughter. Frances is holding the child's face to her cheek. The child is wearing a light-colored short s...
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Elisha Burdick with Unidentified Man and Child

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Elisha Burdick (1822-1896), father of Mrs. William Snow Miller. One quarter length portrait with torso facing right and eyes f...
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Patrick Henry Smith

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Patrick Henry Smith. Waist-up portrait, he is facing slightly right, holding his lapel with his hand. He is wearing a plaid co...
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Doctor Cuyler Tanner

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Doctor Cuyler Tanner. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing forward, wearing double-breasted suit with stand collar an...
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Henry S. Butler

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Henry S. Butler. Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing forward. He is wearing a plaid shirt gathered and belted at t...
Painting

Wallace Mygatt

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Description: Painted miniature, possibly on ivory, of Wallace Mygatt. One quarter length portrait, facing forward, wearing a suit and collar turned down over tie. He ha...
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Unidentified Woman with Two Children

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a woman with two children. Three-quarter length portrait. The woman is seated, with her left arm around the boy, and is wearin...
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Florella P. Burrows and her Sister Helen A. Burrows

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Florella P. and Helen A. Burrows, sisters of George Baxter Burrows of Madison, Wisconsin. They are seated, facing forward. The...
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Frank W. Burrows

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frank W. Burrows, brother of George B. Burrows. Waist-up portrait, facing front, with right arm resting on a table. He is wear...
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John Jay Smith with (daughters?) Annah and Clara R.

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of John Jay Smith with Annah and Clara R., possibly his daughters. He and the girl on the far left are sitting, and the other...
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Unidentified Soldiers

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of two Civil War soldiers in uniform, seated, both with left hands in hidden hand pose with jackets buttoned.
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John O. Wraalstad

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of John O. Wraalstad, Sergeant, Company I. Waist-up portrait, in uniform. He is holding his rifle pointed towards the upper r...
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Mrs. William H. Bowman

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Mrs. William H. Bowman, seated next to a cloth covered table, wearing a dark dress, white collar, lace cuffs, and brooch at the ne...
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Unidentified Soldiers

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of three unidentified soldiers, members of Company K, First Wisconsin Volunteers. They are seated facing forward with their h...
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Reverend Matthew Dinsdale

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Reverend Matthew Dinsdale. Quarter-length portrait facing forward, torso facing slightly left. He is wearing a suit and tie.
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Celia Gaston

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Celia Gaston. She is sitting facing forward, with hands in her lap. She is dressed for the outdoors with cape, gloves, and...
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Unidentified Woman and Child

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of an unidentified woman and child. They are facing forward, and the woman is wearing a dark off-the-shoulder dress...
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Unidentified Family

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of a family with a woman on the left, a man standing in the center, and two young children. The backdrop is a pine ...
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Unidentified Boy and Girl

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of unidentified boy and girl, seated side by side, facing forward, with hands folded in laps. He is wearing a suit with striped vest,...
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Granville Johnson

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Granville Johnson, who fought and died in the Civil War. Waist-up portrait facing forward.

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