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Woman and Child

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of unidentified woman seated on a cane-back chair, holding a child on her lap. The woman has a plaid shawl wrapped around he...
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Thomas Bartlett

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Thomas Barlett of Old Town, Maine. He is seated, resting his arms on the arms of the chair, and holding a handkerchief. His ey...
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Aunt Churchill

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a woman identified as Aunt Churchill. The woman is seated in a chair with her arms folded in her lap. She is wearing ...
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Mrs. Christian Miller

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Christian Miller. Mrs. Miller is seated in a chair with one arm resting ...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype portrait of an unidentified soldier from the 13th Wisconsin Infantry. He is seated with his arm resting over the back of a ch...
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Mary Oaks

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Mary Oaks. She is seated in a chair with one arm draped over the back and the other hand in her lap. She wears a long neck...
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Charles Minton Baker and Elizabeth Holt Baker

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Description: Two sixth plate ambrotypes of Charles Minton Baker, (on left) (1804-1872) and his second wife, (on right) Elizabeth Holt Baker. Baker lived in Lake Geneva,...
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Mary Louise Baker Lidgerwood Browne

Date: 1856
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Mary Louise Baker Lidgerwood Browne. Daughter of Charles Minton Baker of Lake Geneva. Taken in New York before her family jour...
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Elizabeth Waddy Noyes

Date: 1855
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Elizabeth Waddy Noyes, wife of Charles Cowper Noyes and mother of William Brayton Noyes. Waist-up portrait. She is sitting sid...
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Mrs. Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman

Date: 1854
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman. Mrs, Bowman was married to Samuel Hunter Donnel, architect, from 1854 to 1860. Samuel and Rose...
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Alice Kent Trimpey as a Child

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of female child. Full figure facing front, standing with hand on chair, wearing belted, pleated shortwaisted dress off both s...
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Tillie Baker and Anna Matilda Baker

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Tillie (Feb. 22, 1849-1864) and Anna Matilda Baker, possibly twins. Seated full figures with matching off-the-shoulder dresses, ne...
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Mrs. William B. Noyes

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Mrs. William B. Noyes, first wife of William B. Noyes. Seated three-quarter figure facing front and slightly left, arms folded. Sh...
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Robert Marion La Follette with Brother and Sister

Date: 1858
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Bob La Follette with his brother William and sister Josephine. Bob and Josephine are seated; William is standing between t...
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Harriet Sweeney Hough

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Harriet Sweeney Hough. Seated half figure facing front and to the right, wearing long-sleeved printed dress with small white l...
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Captain Eri Sherman Oakley

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Captain Eri Sherman Oakley sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Seated three-quarter view of figure facing front but bo...
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Henry Bowers

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Henry Bowers. Seated half figure facing front with arm on chair back, wearing beard and moustache, and Civil War coat with...
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Lydia Remsen Draper

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lydia Remsen Draper sitting in a chair, (Mrs. Lyman C. Draper, Dr. Draper's first wife) and adopted daughter Helen, (died 1864...
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James D. Butler, Jr.

Date: 1847
Description: Sixth-plate ambrotype. Waist-up portrait of James D. Butler, Jr. sitting in a chair. He has his arms crossed over his chest, and is wearing a jacket and a ...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified woman, facing front. She is sitting in a chair, with one hand in her lap, and t...

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