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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Bland Ballard (1761-1853). Ballard was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and also served as a scout for General George... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General George Rogers Clark, as an older man. Clark is most well known for his role in the defense of the Nort... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Col. William Martin of Tennessee. Williams was an early Tennessee settler who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812.... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Azel Parkhurst Ladd (1811-1854). Ladd was the Wisconsin state superintendent of public instruction in 1852. Oval-framed quarte... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Captain Joseph Dickson, waist-up, facing front and slightly towards the right. Dickson fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832. |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Don A.J. Upham (1809-1877). Born in Vermont, Upham was a lawyer who moved to Milwaukee during the territorial period. The po... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of John K. Williams. Quarter-length portrait, facing front. |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted background of Little Soldier. He is standing next to a chair and holding a firearm. Hand-coloring on chee... |
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| Description: | Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three men, two sitting, and one standing. |
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| Description: | Studio group portrait of four men, three sitting and one standing. |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of a woman standing in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two women, one sitting and one standing. |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of William Lamont, quarter length, facing forward, torso slightly left. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | A sixth plate daguerreotype of Elijah Swan. The subject is half length, facing front. He is holding a cane in his right hand, and an unidentified object i... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | An eighth plate daguerreotype of Edward P. Bridgman, 1834-1915, as a young man. Bridgman served in the 37th Massachusetts volunteer Infantry, Company G in ... |
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| Description: | A sixteenth plate daguerreotype of Agnes Sharp. The portrait is a full facing view of her head. Hand-coloring of gold details on choker. |
| Date: | 05 21 1850 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a Civil War Soldier. Three-quarter length portrait, perhaps Captain Edward Devlin, of Mineral Point, holding a sword. He s... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of Horace Griswold Bliss sitting in a chair with his legs crossed, wearing a striped coat, striped vest, and striped tie... |
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