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Darwin Clark

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Darwin Clark, standing and wearing a long coat and a top hat. Clark arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1837, to work on the cons...
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La Fayette Kellogg

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of La Fayette Kellogg, clerk of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Legislature.
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Grace Clark Conover

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Grace Clark Conover, the daughter of Darwin Clark and the wife of Frederic Conover, pictured here as a young girl wearing a sho...
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Helen Adams Kellogg

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Madison resident Helen R. Adams, the second wife of La Fayette Kellogg and the sister of Frances Adams Clark, the wife o...
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Philo Dunning

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Description: Head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Philo Dunning, who in partnership with his son-in-law Louis Sumner, established one of the most prominent ph...
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Sophia Dunning

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Description: Head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Sophia Goodnow Dunning of Madison, Wisconsin, the wife of pharmacist Philo Dunning and the mother of Mrs. Ed...
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Edwin Sumner

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Edwin Sumner, seated, a leading Madison pharmacist who was in partnership with his father-in-law, Philo Dunning.
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Mrs. Edwin Sumner

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Nettie Sumner, the wife of one Madison pharmacist, Edwin Sumner, and the daughter of another, Phil...
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Alfred H. Lathrop

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Description: Tintype of Alfred H. Lathrop in his Civil War uniform carrying a drum over his shoulder. Lathrop was a drummer boy.
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Wallace Stegner

Date: 1965
Description: Writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner, and his wife Mary, during a visit to Alaska as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board and special assist...
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Portrait of Beekeeper

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Description: Portrait of an unknown beekeeper, wearing a beekeeping hat and veil.
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Two Women in Casual Dress

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Description: Three-quarter length cartes-de-visite portrait of two women posing for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are facing each other and holding ha...
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Gus with Horse

Date: 1903
Description: Holding a leather harness, Gus is standing next to a horse in a field. Caption reads: "Gus."
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Studio Portrait of Alfred Holt

Date: 06 1902
Description: This portrait of Alfred Holt shows his long curls. Caption reads: "Alfred — June 1902 — 4 1/2 years."
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Olivia Goldenberger Graduation

Date: 12 1909
Description: Bust portrait of Olivia Goldenberger (later known as Olivia Monona) at the time of her graduation from the University of Wisconsin at the age of 20. It is ...
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Barbara Holt on the Sled

Date: 1929
Description: On a sunny winter day, Barbara Holt is ready to go sledding. She is sitting on the wooden sled and holding the rope in her left hand.

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