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Swearing-In Native American Civil War Recruits

Date: 1861
Description: Thomas Bigford (in cap, on left) and another official swearing-in two Native American Civil War recruits. Thomas Bigford (1815-1890) of Taycheedah, Wiscons...
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Concordia Singing Society

Date: 1877
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Concordia Singing Society of Alma, Wisconsin. The decorative matte includes musical elements and ...
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Early Electrical Switchboard

Date: 1882
Description: A man shows off an incandescent lamp switchboard with bamboo filiament, lamp receptacle with wooden base, current and pressure indicators and controlling d...
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Portrait of Man with Moustache

Date: 1897
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a man with a long moustache, possibly Brockwau.
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Portrait of Man with Beard

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of a seated man with beard.
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W.T. Price Memorial Display

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "...
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Portrait of Janus (James) Bruce Cartter

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of a man posing sitting in a chair at a table with books on top, possibly Janus (James) Bruce Cartter, 1815-1897. He is in front of a paint...
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Portrait of Man with Small Beard

Date: 1897
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of man in clerical collar, facing slightly to right, with deep set eyes and long goatee.
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Best

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing sitting in a stuffed chair and a woman standing, with her arm on his shoulder, facing him wi...
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Joseph Horatio Osborn

Date: 1885
Description: Portrait of Joseph H. Osborn, a leader in cooperative and Grange movements.
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Byron Paine

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Byron Paine wearing a suit.
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Wisconsin Assembly Clerks and Employees

Date: 1877
Description: Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly. Clerks and employees: 1. T.B. Reid, Sgt-at-Arms 2. W.A. Nowell, Chief Clerk 3. M. Knig...
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Wisconsin State Assembly

Date: 1860
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 08 26 1858
Description: Copy of ambrotype made by W.H. Pearson in Macomb, Illinois. Taken five days after the first debate with Senator Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa, Illinois. Lin...
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1865
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
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Villa Louis Porch

Date: 1898
Description: The Dousman family and friends on the east porch of Villa Louis.
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Night Hunters

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two hunters, Jacob Gross, sitting and holding a lantern, and Henry Herold, standing and holding a rifle a...
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Portrait of Man in Rocking Chair

Date: 1895
Description: Interior portrait of an elderly man holding a book posed sitting in a wicker rocking chair. In the background it appears that a woman is sitting in another...
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Solomon Freeman

Date: 1885
Description: Portrait of Solomon Freeman wearing a suit and sitting in a chair. Solomon Freeman was a slave purchased by Abraham Bush as a boy. The Bush family moved to...
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Rev. Edward Mathews

Date: 1865
Description: Portrait of Reverend Edward Mathews standing in front of a "Moral Map of the United States." He is holding a long, wooden pointer and is gesturing towards ...

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