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Unidentified Men

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of two unidentified men. Three-quarter length portrait of the men sitting, facing forward, with their hands on their laps. ...
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Unidentified Men

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype full-length portrait of three young unidentified men wearing hats, sitting on a twig bench in front of a painted backdrop, facing forward...
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Eleazer Williams

Date: 1858
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Eleazer Williams (circa 1788-1858). He faces slightly left and wears a dark suit with stand collar. Cheeks and lower lip hand tinted...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Sixteenth plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified man. Quarter-length portrait, facing forward, wearing suit and tie, with sideburn whiskers. Cheeks are ha...
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Captain Peter Smith

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Captain Peter Smith. Full-length portrait, facing front, with body facing slightly right, with his left hand on the back of a chair. H...
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Alexander W. Collins

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Alexander W. Collins in Civil War uniform, waist-up portrait, facing front. Top button and several lower buttons closed, c...
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Lamont and His Wife

Date: 1849
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lamont and his wife, Scottish immigrants. Waist-up portrait, seated facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie, and she is w...
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James McKesson

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of James McKesson, pioneer settler in Superior, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward wearing a suit, tie, and...
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Unidentified Young Man

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of unidentified man, waist-up portrait, sitting in front of a painted land- or sea-scape backdrop, with curtains tied back on the rig...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of unidentified man, probably a relative of the Chandler family. Bust portrait, facing forward, wearing light-colored suit with v...
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R. W. Wells

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of R.W. Wells, a druggist and civic leader in Waupun, Wisconsin. He was elected as trustee of Waupun in 1865. He faces forward with t...
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Jedidiah K. Wood

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Jedidiah K. Wood, from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, in an unusual pose standing behind a lectern. He wears a suit and tie with the c...
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Augustus Ledyard Smith

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Augustus Ledyard Smith from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Quarter-length portrait, facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie,...
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Colonel Samuel Stone

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Colonel Samuel Stone. Half length, seated, portrait, facing forward with left forearm on cloth covered table. He is wearing a ...
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Leverett Steele Kellogg

Date: 1845
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Leverett Steele Kellogg, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin pioneer in 1836, from Connecticut. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. He is we...
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John H. Knapp

Date: 1845
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of John H. Knapp. He is seated, facing forward, and is wearing a suit with velvet collar, plaid vest, cravat, and stand-up collar...
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Jerome Luther Marsh

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Jerome Luther Marsh. Half length figure, facing forward, wearing dark suit and tie, with satin or silk vest.
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Elisha Burdick with Unidentified Man and Child

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Elisha Burdick with unidentified man and child. Men are seated, facing forward, wearing suits. Burdick on left, wears full bea...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of unidentified man, a friend of Charles S. Benton of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Half length seated figure facing forward with right...
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John Catlin and Wife

Date: 1847
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of John Catlin and his wife, seated, facing forward. He wears a suit, and she a dark dress with white collar, and plaid ribbon cr...

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