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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frederick Moessner wearing a fireman's hat for Madison Engine Co. No. 2. He was one of the original members of Madison Fire Co... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Tintype studio portrait in front of a painted background of George Spaulding of Brodhead, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band. He is seate... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | Half plate daguerreotype of Nelson Dewey (1813-1889). Waist -up, facing forward, wearing suit and with right arm resting on a surface. Dewey was Governor o... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of George Fairfield, facing forward with torso turned slightly right, in a military uniform with rank stripes on sleeves. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and a woman. The woman is standing on the left and has her hand resting on the shoulder of the man ... |
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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: | Ambrotype portrait of James Layton, collodian on glass plate set in a glass/ceramic frame with a gray tape edge binding. He is shown in late middle age sea... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype of Edward P. Bridgman (1834-1915) at left, and unidentified man at right. Two half figures sit on either side of a table on which a... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype of three-quarter portrait of Joseph Crelie. Seated half figure facing front with right elbow on a table, both hands holding a cane ... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Captain Eri Sherman Oakley sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Seated three-quarter view of figure facing front but bo... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of James Hurd. Seated half figure with arm resting on cloth-covered table, wearing Union Army coat and cap, check patterned s... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of James W. Gorum in front of a painted backdrop. Seated three-quarter figure with beard and mustache, facing front with elbo... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of L. Farr and E. Allen. The man is sitting and is wearing a suit, vest, necktie, and watch chain at his waist. The woman appears... |
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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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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of Doctor John M. Evans, from Evansville, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. ... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln. Full-length seated pose facing 45 degrees to the right, with left arm on cloth covered table and ... |
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| Description: | Full-length ferrotype/tintype of an unknown man, and Esther Lomas from Lancaster, Wisconsin, in front of a painted backdrop. The man is seated, and the wom... |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length ferrotype/tintype of a seated man, thought to be Louis Luce, and standing next to him, his daughter Louise, from Stevens Point, WI. Hi... |
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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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