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Portrait of Mr. Hendricks

Date: 1895
Description: A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Edward Singleton Holden

Date: 1881
Description: Cabinet card portrait of Edward Holden seated with his legs crossed.
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Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Portrait of Edgar Allen Poe

Date: 1893
Description: Cabinet card of a pastel drawing, formal portrait, waist-up, of Edgar Allen Poe. The drawing was created by Oscar Halling, a little known Baltimore artist ...
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Edward Gilley

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Edward Gilley, an English immigrant and farmer near Cooksville.
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Joseph Adams

Date: 1880
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph Adams, a roundhouse foreman and master mechanic for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway line.
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Louis Agassiz

Date: 1884
Description: Oval-framed, waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a biologist and geologist known for his studies of Earth's natural history.

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