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Kenneth Pray in Childhood Dress

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Kenneth Lewis Moffat Pray (1882-1948. Kenneth was born September 27, 1882,in Whitewater, WI, the ...
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Alfred H. Lathrop

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Description: Tintype of Alfred H. Lathrop in his Civil War uniform carrying a drum over his shoulder. Lathrop was a drummer boy.
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Child Sitting on Bench

Date: 1875
Description: Tintype/ferrotype of a child sitting on a bench wearing a white dress and shoes.
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Blacksmith Wanamaker

Date: 1870
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of a studio portrait of Blacksmith Wanamaker and an unidentified man standing on either side of an anvil. The man on the left is holding ...
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Little Soldier

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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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Group Portrait of Three Men

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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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Alice Kent Trimpey as a Child

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of female child. Full figure facing front, standing with hand on chair, wearing belted, pleated shortwaisted dress off both s...
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Henry A. Cooper

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype. Full-length portrait of Henry A. Cooper, as a young boy, standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a coat, scarf, hat, and what...
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Unidentified Girl

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of unidentified young girl. Full-length portrait, facing front. She is standing on a carpet, with her left forearm resting on a cloth-cov...
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Unidentified Child

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of unidentified child associated with the Billinghurst family. Full-length standing portrait, wearing a belted plaid smock with whi...
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Unidentified Woman and Child

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of an unidentified woman and child. They are facing forward, and the woman is wearing a dark off-the-shoulder dress...
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Three Woodland Indian Men

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of three Woodland Native Americans. Full-length group portrait in front of a painted classical garden studio backdrop. They a...
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Susanah Arnold Frazee

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Susanah Arnold Frazee. Full-length portrait, standing, facing forward, with hand holding the back of a chair. She is wearing a belted ...
Historical Object

John Randolph

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Description: Paper cutout of the silhouette of a man wearing a hat, long suit coat, boots, and holding a cane. Paper on back of framed image reads: "Purchased in Madiso...

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