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Civil War Soldier

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Description: A tinted tintype of a Civil War soldier posing with an officer's sword in front of an elaborately painted studio backdrop depicting a tent, an American fla...
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Mrs. Christian Miller

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Christian Miller. Mrs. Miller is seated in a chair with one arm resting ...
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Celestia Mills

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of Celestia Mills. Miss Mills is seated with one arm resting on a table, and holding an open book with her other hand. M...
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Ambrotype Portrait of Man and Woman

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Description: A pair of sixth plate ambrotype waist-up portraits of an unidentified man and woman. In each portrait the subject is seated with the left hand on the lap a...
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Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women. The woman on the left wears eyeglasses and a white collar and is sitting in a chair with a boo...
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Woman Posed with Book

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Description: Sixteenth plate ferrotype/tintype of an old woman. She is seated with her hands in her lap and is holding a book. She is wearing a white bonnet tied with a...
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Mrs. Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman

Date: 1854
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman. Mrs, Bowman was married to Samuel Hunter Donnel, architect, from 1854 to 1860. Samuel and Rose...
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Betsy Smith with Daughter Laura and Son George

Date: 1846
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Betsy H. Smith, left, with her daughter, Laura, right,and son, George. The three are the mother, sister and brother of Rosella...
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Elizabeth S. Jaques Upham

Date: 05 21 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Elizabeth S. Jaques Upham (1815-1883), wife of Don A.J. Upham, Milwaukee Lawyer. The portrait is a three-fourths figure, hea...
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Horace Griswold Bliss

Date: 1845
Description: A cased daguerreotype of Horace Griswold Bliss, purported to be Madison's first pharmacist. Subject is seated, looking forward, bent to the right at a 3/4 ...
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Harriet Sweeney Hough

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Harriet Sweeney Hough. Seated half figure facing front and to the right, wearing long-sleeved printed dress with small white l...
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Unidentified Woman, Probably Mary Oakley Hough

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of unidentified woman, probably Mary Oakley Hough. Seated half figure facing front and gazing left, wearing untied bonnet, with r...
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Portrait of Unknown Woman

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of woman sitting and holding a book upright in her lap next to a cloth covered table. She is wearing a shawl over her dress a...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified woman, facing front. She is sitting in a chair, with one hand in her lap, and t...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of unidentified man who is wearing a suit coat, striped vest, and a cravat. He is sitting in a chair with one ...
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Martha Lomas and Esther

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Description: Full-length ferrotype/tintype of Martha and Esther Lomas from Lancaster, Wisconsin, in front of a painted backdrop. One of the women is standing with her l...
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Daniel G. Stinson

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Daniel G. Stinson, Kings Mountain hero, of Chester Co., S.C. He is sitting in a chair and is wearing a suit coat and vest, and has his...
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Unidentified Young Girl

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified young girl. She is sitting on a chair, with her left hand resting on a cloth-covered table on which three boo...
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Unidentified Girl

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of unidentified young girl. Full-length portrait, facing front. She is standing on a carpet, with her left forearm resting on a cloth-cov...
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Unidentified Boy and Girl

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of unidentified boy and girl, seated side by side, facing forward, with hands folded in laps. He is wearing a suit with striped vest,...

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