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Rachel Lawe Grignon

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype, waist-up portrait of Rachel Lawe Grignon, daughter of John Lawe and wife of Pierre Bernard Grignon. Wearing heavy bead necklac...
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John H. Fonda

Date: 1860
Description: Quarter-plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length portrait of John H. Fonda, settler in the Prairie Du Chien area. He is sitting facing front, with one hand in...
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E.O. Kimberley

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Description: Studio portrait of E. (Edwin) O. Kimberley wearing a hat and holding a musical instrument in his lap, possibly a trumpet. Kimberley was leader of both the ...
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Lucetta Case

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Description: Quarter plate tintype/ferrotype of Lucetta Case (1808-1884). Three-quarter-length seated figure wearing dark dress with white collar, and ribbons in hair, ...
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Carl Gustaff Mellberg

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Carl Gustaf Mellberg.
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Governor Louis Harvey

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter plate ambrotype. Waist-up seated studio portrait of Governor Louis P. Harvey (1820-1862), facing front with torso turned slightly left.
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General Ben Whiteman

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of General Benjamin Whiteman. Quarter-length portrait of Ben Whiteman wearing a suit and necktie. Whiteman fought with General ...
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Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
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Lieutenant Albert T. Lamson

Date: 1863
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Lieutenant Albert Lamson, taken at Falmouth, Virginia. Lamson is posed, in military uniform, seated and holding a sword ...
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Lieutenant Harlow Waller

Date: 1861
Description: Quarter plate full-length military portrait of Harlow Milton Waller, facing forward with right hand holding his sword at his side. The portrait is hand tin...
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Reverend Nils Otto Tank

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Reverend Nils Otto Tank, seated, facing front and to the right with left elbow on a table. Tank was a Moravian religious l...
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Colonel William Martin

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Col. William Martin of Tennessee. Williams was an early Tennessee settler who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812....
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Don A.J. Upham

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Don A.J. Upham (1809-1877). Born in Vermont, Upham was a lawyer who moved to Milwaukee during the territorial period. The po...
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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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Captain John Gass

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Captain John Gass, (1765-?). The portrait is waist-up, facing front but slightly to the left. He wears a vertically striped ...
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Edward P. Bridgman and Man

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of Edward P. Bridgman (1834-1915) at left, and unidentified man at right. Two half figures sit on either side of a table on which a...
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Donnel and Wife

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Donnel and wife. Full figures, seated. Mr. Donnel wears a coat, vest, and tie, and has his left arm behind his wife. Mrs. Do...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait of unidentified middle-aged man with receding hairline with his hands folded toghether at his waist. He is we...
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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...
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Joseph Crelie

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of three-quarter portrait of Joseph Crelie. Seated half figure facing front with right elbow on a table, both hands holding a cane ...

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