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Nina Sturgis Dousman

Date: 1870
Description: Portrait of Nina Sturgis Dousman, wife of H. Louis Dousman.
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John Nuwi

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Description: Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun...
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Osage Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Black Bow's wife, with infant in a papoose, and Saucy Chief's squaw.
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Native American Family

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Black Dog, wife, and papoose sitting.
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Generals Fairchild, Bragg, and Gibbon of the Iron Brigade

Date: 1865
Description: Studio portrait of General Lucius Fairchild, General E.S. Bragg, and General John Gibbon, all of the Iron Brigade. All three men wear an unidentified ribbo...
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Portrait of Anna Chapman

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Description: Portrait of Anna Chapman, later Anna Chapman Dunn (Mrs. Merrill).
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Lewis Anderson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Lewis Anderson, a private in Company G, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following informat...
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Ole Everson Luten and Andrew Ellickson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of (right) Ole Everson Luten [as on the photograph backing; also written as Ole Everson on...
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Studio Portrait of Seated Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of European American man posed sitting. He has his right ankle crossed over his left leg at the ...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of European American man posed sitting. He is wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, and striped n...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a panted backdrop of a European American woman posed sitting in a wooden chair. She is wearing a plaid skirt and light-colored ...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American woman posed standing with her right hand on the back of a chair covered w...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing with her hands on the back of a chair ...
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mr. and Mrs John Breirg, posing standing near a prop fence and gate. The man is standing on the left wear...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a boy posing standing on the left, and a woman posing sitting on the right. The woma...
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Charles J. Van Schaick

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an European American man posing sitting. Identified as Charles J. Van Schaick.
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Wedding Party

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Description: Studio group portrait of a wedding group, all wearing corsages, posing in front of a painted backdrop. includes the bride and groom, a man sitting on the l...
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of unidentified men and woman sitting close together. The man is wearing a dark-colored suit coat, ...
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Alma Schmidt Petersen

Date: 1945
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Alma Schmidt Petersen (1894-1989). The granddaughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, Alma and her husband Dr. William F. ...
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Emma Dryer

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Emma Dryer. She is wearing a light-colored cloak, or jacket with large sleeves, over a ruffled, high-necked blouse.

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