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Portrait of a Girl

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Description: Waist-up portrait of girl with ringlets, and a belt at her waist with an ornate clasp.
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Girl with Bows in her Hair

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman with bows in her hair, a choker locket, a fringed scarf around her neck and a pocket watch around her waist....
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Portrait of a Woman

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Description: Portrait of a woman in a checked bodice with Norwegian trim and lace.
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Woman with Curls

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Description: Waist-up portrait of a woman with a lace collar and pin. The woman's hair is in ringlets, and she is wearing a bow on top of her head.
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Woman with Norwegian Collar

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Description: Waist-up portrait of a woman wearing a Norwegian collar. Her hair is pulled tightly back from her face.
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Studio Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two women with short hair sitting with their backs to the camera in front of a painted backdrop.
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Woman Curling Man's Hair

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Description: Studio portrait of a standing woman curling the hair of a seated man in front of a painted backdrop.
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Two Women with Matching Hairstyles

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Description: Studio portrait of two seated young women with matching hairstyles, including a single curl in the middle of their foreheads. They are both wearing puffy-s...
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Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, poses in a rocking chair with her hands behind her head. She wears a fancy dress and high buttoned shoes. The...
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Emma Gillett

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Description: Emma Gillett, Sherwin Gillett's mother, standing outdoors next to a hedge. She is holding a pail and a stick in her right hand.
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Daniel Wells Jr.

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of Daniel Wells Jr. The portrait is from waist-up of left profile, with some scratching and damage to the plate. Daniel Wells Jr. e...
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Elizabeth S. Jaques Upham

Date: 05 21 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Elizabeth S. Jaques Upham (1815-1883), wife of Don A.J. Upham, Milwaukee Lawyer. The portrait is a three-fourths figure, hea...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of unidentified woman. Half figure facing front and slightly left. She is wearing a white collar, bell sleeves, and fur cape an...
Historical Object

Mary A. Campbell Freeman

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Description: Hollow-cut silhouette, facing right (proper left), of Mary A. Campbell Freeman (Mrs. James Freeman). Born in Genoa?, NY, married in 1826.
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Archie Case

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype. Three-quarter-length studio portrait of Archie Case sitting sideways in a chair, with right wrist over the back of the chair. Hand...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of unidentified man, a friend of Charles S. Benton of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Half length seated figure facing forward with right...
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Lucy B. Blair

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Lucy B. Blair, seated, facing forward. She is wearing a fan front dress, lace collar, striped ribbon tied at the neck, and p...
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Dr. Daniel Derendorf

Date: 1852
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Dr. Daniel Derendorf. Quarter-length portrait, facing slightly left, gaze forward. He is wearing a suit, cravat, and stand c...
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Three Sisters with the "H" They Made

Date: 1906
Description: Three wood workers are showing the "H" which they made out of birch logs. From left to right: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey and possibly Juliet Rumsey Stroh...
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Ed Brumder

Date: 1920
Description: Ed Brumder is sitting on the branch of a tree which has grown out over the water of Pine Lake. The far shore is in the background.

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