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Increase Lapham

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Increase A. Lapham, facing forward, holding a child (possibly Seneca G. Lapham) with his right arm. The child is leaning his h...
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George Fairfield

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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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Charlotte Newcomb

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Description: Sixth plate opalotype portrait of Charlotte Newcomb, facing forward and very slightly to the right.
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Tintype Family Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait of family of four in front of a painted backdrop. An older man and a woman sit in front, and a younger man and woman stand behind them.
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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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Portrait of a Couple

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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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Mary Oaks

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Mary Oaks. She is seated in a chair with one arm draped over the back and the other hand in her lap. She wears a long neck...
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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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Charles Minton Baker and Elizabeth Holt Baker

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Description: Two sixth plate ambrotypes of Charles Minton Baker, (on left) (1804-1872) and his second wife, (on right) Elizabeth Holt Baker. Baker lived in Lake Geneva,...
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Charles Minton Baker

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Charles Minton Baker. Baker was a lawyer, politician, b. New York City. He attended Middlebury College, Vt., studied law, ...
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Elizabeth Holt Baker

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Description: One sixth plate right profile ambrotype of Elizabeth Holt Baker. The front of her hair is styled with ringlets, and at the back is lace. She is also wearin...
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Mary Louise Baker Lidgerwood Browne

Date: 1856
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Mary Louise Baker Lidgerwood Browne. Daughter of Charles Minton Baker of Lake Geneva. Taken in New York before her family jour...
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Young Girl

Date: 1860
Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of a young girl, most likely of the Charles Minton Baker family. She is sitting in a chair with her hands in her lap. Hand-coloring o...
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Reverend Nils Otto Tank

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Reverend Nils Otto Tank, seated, facing front and to the right with left elbow on a table. Tank was a Moravian religious l...
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Julia Smith

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Julia Smith. She is sitting with one arm resting on a cloth covered table and the other hand in her lap holding a small bouque...
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Samuel Hunter Donnel

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Samuel Hunter Donnel. He is sitting with his hands in his lap and is wearing a formal suit with vest and top hat. Samuel Hunte...
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William B. Noyes

Date: 1852
Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype of William B. Noyes at the age of 16. Noyes is wearing a suit and top hat. Noyes was born in New York City on January 11, 1836. H...
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William Cowper Noyes

Date: 1862
Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of William Cowper Noyes as an infant. Son of William B. Noyes and Julia (Page) Noyes of Janesville. William died at the age o...
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Young Male Member of the Ingersoll Family

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a young man from the Ingersoll family. Half-figure, subject facing forward, wearing stand collar, plaid tie, vest, and suit ja...
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Christian Miller

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Christian Miller of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Miller was the uncle of the donor of the portrait, Mrs. Julia Hicks. Half ...

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