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William and Emma Godfrey

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of William and Emma Godfrey. The couple is shown waist-up seated next to each other with their hands crossed on their laps. There...
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Charles Krips

Date: 1851
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Charles Krips. Charles Krips was the uncle of the donor of the portrait, Mrs. Julia Hicks. The portrait is a bust figure, faci...
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George Krips

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of George Krips of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George is the uncle of the donor of the portrait, Mrs. Julia Hicks. The portrait i...
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Male Member of the Ingersoll Family

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified member of the Ingersoll family. The portrait is a half figure, front facing; the subject is seated with his ha...
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John McCarty Bowman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of John Bowman, a Madison Real Estate Agent, born in New York. John married Rosellah (Donnell) Bowman in 1863. The portrait is a ...
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Lieutenant Burnett Demarest

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Burnett Demarest, a First Lieutenant in the Wisconsin 8th infantry, Co. C. Demarest mustered into service in 1861 at Eau C...
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Colonel Jeremiah Austill

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Col. Jeremiah Austill of Alabama as an older man. Austill fought in the Creek War in Alabama and Georgia, from 1813-14. After ...
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Captain Samuel Murphy

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of a painting of Captain Samuel Murphy. Murphy served with Captain Samuel Brady in the Pittsburgh region during the Revolutionary War...
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Azel P. Ladd

Date: 1852
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Azel Parkhurst Ladd (1811-1854). Ladd was the Wisconsin state superintendent of public instruction in 1852. Oval-framed quarte...
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Captain Joseph Dickson

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Captain Joseph Dickson, waist-up, facing front and slightly towards the right. Dickson fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832.
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John Williams

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of John K. Williams. Quarter-length portrait, facing front.
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William Lamont

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of William Lamont, quarter length, facing forward, torso slightly left.
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Elijah Swan

Date: 1850
Description: A sixth plate daguerreotype of Elijah Swan. The subject is half length, facing front. He is holding a cane in his right hand, and an unidentified object i...
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Captain Edward Devlin (?)

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a Civil War Soldier. Three-quarter length portrait, perhaps Captain Edward Devlin, of Mineral Point, holding a sword. He s...
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Vietnam Veteran

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Description: A Vietnam veteran with a moustache wearing a beret and military medals and patches on his shirt. He is at an anti-war demonstration and took part in the Wi...
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Edward P. Bridgman and Daughter

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Edward P. Bridgman and his daughter in Madison, WI. Seated half figure of man facing front, torso turned to right, wearing coat an...
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Civil War Soldier Playing Fife

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a Civil War soldier standing while playing a fife. He is facing front, dressed in his uniform long coat, buttoned up, belt...
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Chauncey Williams

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Dr. Chauncey Williams, of Lafayette, Onondaga County, New York. Father of Henry C. Williams, and grandfather of N.M. Brown...
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Calvin Smith

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Calvin Smith, son of Lyman Smith, and a cousin of Catherine A. Smith Hallock of Middleton, Wisconsin. Half figure, facing fron...
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S.S. Pratt with Wife and Sons Phineas and Marcus

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of S.S. Pratt, his wife, and their two sons, Marcus on the right, and Phineus Warren on the left. Pratt and his wife are seated half ...

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