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| Date: | 1860 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of the Oshkosh harbor, showing the bridge over the Fox River and several moored sailing vessels. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Portrait of an African American man in a shirt, unbuttoned vest and jacket and a striped bow tie. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype of a brick structure, possibly in Green Bay, Wisconsin, housing the office of J.S. Baker, Land Agent. The building is three stories... |
| Date: | 03 04 1881 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of a commercial street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Peter Larsen in a Civil War uniform holding a firearm. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Profile of Reuben Gold Thwaites taken in his home. This portrait was used as the basis for a painting by John Johansen of Reuben Gold Thwaites that resides... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype. Waist-up seated studio portrait of Governor Louis P. Harvey (1820-1862), facing front with torso turned slightly left. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Patterson (1753-1827). Patterson was a pioneer settler to both Kentucky and Ohio. He served in ... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General Josiah Harmar. General Harmar fought for the United States against Native Americans in the 1780's and ... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of General Benjamin Whiteman. Quarter-length portrait of Ben Whiteman wearing a suit and necktie. Whiteman fought with General ... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General William Irvine. The portrait shows General Irvine in his military uniform. General Irvine served as a ... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Lieutenant Albert Lamson, taken at Falmouth, Virginia. Lamson is posed, in military uniform, seated and holding a sword ... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Bland Ballard (1761-1853). Ballard was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and also served as a scout for General George... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General George Rogers Clark, as an older man. Clark is most well known for his role in the defense of the Nort... |
| Date: | 05 21 1850 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln. Full-length seated pose facing 45 degrees to the right, with left arm on cloth covered table and ... |
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