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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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Abel Dunning

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Description: Portrait of Abel Dunning (1811-1881), one of the first farmers to take up residence in Dane County and the brother of prominent pharmacist Philo Dunning.
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Leo Huberman

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Description: Casual portrait of Leo Huberman, founder and co-editor of the socialist "Monthly Review".
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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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Two Shoemakers

Date: 10 25 1940
Description: Carte-de-visite with a photograph of a painting by James R. Stuart. It depicts two white-haired, bearded shoemakers, with Langford on the left and his part...
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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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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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Jane Addams

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as w...
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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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Walter G. Adams

Date: 1895
Description: Quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of Walter G. Adams, a mechanic from Sandwich, IL.
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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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Levi Alden

Date: 1899
Description: Carte-de-visite profile portrait of Levi Alden, founder of the Janesville Gazette and later an editor of the Madison State Journal. He was a ...

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