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Frances Adams and Her Daughter

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frances Adams and her daughter. Frances is holding the child's face to her cheek. The child is wearing a light-colored short s...
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Patrick Henry Smith

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Patrick Henry Smith. Waist-up portrait, he is facing slightly right, holding his lapel with his hand. He is wearing a plaid co...
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Doctor Cuyler Tanner

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Doctor Cuyler Tanner. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing forward, wearing double-breasted suit with stand collar an...
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Henry S. Butler

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Henry S. Butler. Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing forward. He is wearing a plaid shirt gathered and belted at t...
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Lucy B. Blair

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Lucy B. Blair, seated, facing forward. She is wearing a fan front dress, lace collar, striped ribbon tied at the neck, and p...
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Martha Wood Crosby

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of Martha Wood Crosby. Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing forward, with left forearm on cloth covered table. She...
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Unidentified Woman with Two Children

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a woman with two children. Three-quarter length portrait. The woman is seated, with her left arm around the boy, and is wearin...
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Emmeline S. Henshaw Whitney

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of Emmeline S. Henshaw Whitney (Mrs. Daniel Whitney), from Green Bay, Wisconsin, originally from Middlebury, Vermont. Quarter-length ...
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George Baxter Burrows

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of George Baxter Burrows. Quarter-length portrait, facing right. He is wearing a suit with printed vest and tie with fringed ends. He...
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George Baxter Burrows and his Brother

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype of George Baxter Burrows and his brother, seated with legs crossed, facing front, smoking cigars and wearing suits and straw hats...
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Frank W. Burrows

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frank W. Burrows, brother of George B. Burrows. Waist-up portrait, facing front, with right arm resting on a table. He is wear...
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Annah Smith

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of Annah Smith, daughter of John J. Smith. She is seated sideways on a chair, facing forward, with her left hand on the chair...
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John Jay Smith with (daughters?) Annah and Clara R.

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of John Jay Smith with Annah and Clara R., possibly his daughters. He and the girl on the far left are sitting, and the other...
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Clara R. Smith and G. McKnight

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Description: Half plate ferrotype/tintype of Clara R. Smith and G(enie?) McKnight (Ripon?). The women are dressed for the outdoors, posing amid garden props including a...
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John O. Wraalstad

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of John O. Wraalstad, Sergeant, Company I. Waist-up portrait, in uniform. He is holding his rifle pointed towards the upper r...
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Mrs. William H. Bowman

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Mrs. William H. Bowman, seated next to a cloth covered table, wearing a dark dress, white collar, lace cuffs, and brooch at the ne...
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Unidentified Soldiers

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of three unidentified soldiers, members of Company K, First Wisconsin Volunteers. They are seated facing forward with their h...
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Reverend Matthew Dinsdale

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Reverend Matthew Dinsdale. Quarter-length portrait facing forward, torso facing slightly left. He is wearing a suit and tie.
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Celia Gaston

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Celia Gaston. She is sitting facing forward, with hands in her lap. She is dressed for the outdoors with cape, gloves, and...
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Chester Hamilton Burgess with Unidentified Soldier

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype. Full-length portrait of Chester Hamilton Burgess standing with an unidentified soldier. Both men are wearing Civil War uni...

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