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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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Mary La Follette and her Children

Date: 1858
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Mary La Follette and her four children, left to right, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Josephine, William, and (standing) El...
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Vedder House

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of the Cornelia Vedder house. A woman is standing on the porch. Described as the house "where George Winnie, a conductor on 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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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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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 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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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of a woman posing with her hands in her lap. She is wearing a white lace collar and a beaded necklace over a...
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Sawyer Sisters

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of five Sawyer sisters, Sylvia, Zernia, Anna, Artemus, and Cordelia. They are facing front, and are wearing striped or prin...
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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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House, probably in Madison, Wisconsin

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of a white house with dark shutters, probably located in Madison, Wisconsin. The house has a gable end at the left, with a portico ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Oakley

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Mr. and Mrs. Oakley, parents of Mrs. Sylvanus Wade of Greenbush, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward, with ...
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Caspar William Burmeister and Wife Elise Thimm Burmeister

Date: 02 21 1851
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Caspar William [Wilhelm(?)] Burmeister and Elise Thimm Burmeister on their wedding day, February 21, 1851. They are seated, ...
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Katie Ruem

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of a young woman wearing a straw boater hat and a dress or blouse with puffy sleeves, and a high collar. A caption identifies her a...
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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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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: Photograph of a woodcut of the Eben and Roseline Peck cabin. It was built by or for Roseline, the first white settler in Madison. The drawing was inspired ...

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