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Harold F. McCormick and his Wife Edith Rockefeller

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Harold Fowler McCormick with his first wife Edith Rockefeller McCormick.
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Osage Man and Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an Osage man and woman sitting together.
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Osage Women and Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Osage women with an infant girl.
Postcard

World War I Soldier and Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in a chair, and a soldier dressed in a First World War uniform sitting on the arm of the chair. They are posi...
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Elizabeth Blair Comstock

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Description: Hand-colored head and shoulders portrait of Elizabeth Comtock, who is wearing a blue heart pendant.
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Abigail "Abbie" Spooner

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abigail Spooner, a teacher at Odanah.
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Nellie (Bennett) and George Crandall

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Description: A three-quarter length wedding portrait of Nellie Bennett and George H. Crandall.
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Harriet Smith

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted studio portrait of Harriet Smith, wife of Eldai Smith, an early settler in Racine.
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Dousman and Sturgis Studio Portrait

Date: 1873
Description: Nina Lynn Sturgis and Hercules Louis Dousman pose together in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. Hercules is wearing a suit and is seated with his ar...
Print

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works Card

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Description: Advertising card featuring a color illustration of a woman in a bonnet holding a rectangular parasol. Text at bottom reads: "Pure Animal Bone Fertilizer."
Photograph

Moss-haired Girl

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Description: Woman coiffed as a "moss-haired girl" or a "Circassian beauty." A literary tradition exists for the Circassian beauties, but in the United States they achi...
Photograph

Elizabeth Layton

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length portrait of Elizabeth Hayman Layton. She was the sister of Joel Hayman, and the wife of Frederick Layton, who she married in 1851.
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Orpah Layton Dawson

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length portrait of Orpah Dawson in a headdress and high-collared dress. Orpah Layton Dawson was Frederick Layton's aunt and Grace Hayman ...
Photograph

Emma Curtiss Bascom

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Emma Bascom. She is standing and posing with her arms folded on a cloth-covered table or chair, and is wearing a collar pin shaped lik...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified woman. She is sitting in a wicker chair and is holding an open hand fan behind her head.
Photograph

Unidentified Couple

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman and man posing together. The woman is wearing a dark-colored dress and is sitting on a prop stone...
Photograph

Unidentified Woman

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a woman standing in front of a backdrop. She is holding a handbag and is wearing gloves, a dark-colored dress, and a hat.
Photograph

Unidentified Woman

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing in while leaning on an upholstered piece of furniture with a tassel. The woman is we...
Photograph

Unidentified Woman

Date: 1888
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a woman with her head turned to the left in profile. She is wearing a dark-colored lace dress.
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Laura L. Miller

Date: 1891
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Laura L. Miller, who graduated from Sparta High School in 1887, attended U.W. Madison, and became an educator a...

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