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Unidentified Man

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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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Doctor John M. Evans

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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. ...
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John C. Hawley

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of John C. Hawley, age 6, Evergreens, Madison, Wisconsin. He is wearing a white lace collar, embroidered jacket, vest, and skirt, and is ...
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Ceylon Childs Lincoln

Date: 1868
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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Esther Lomas and Unidentified Man

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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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Archie Case

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype. Three-quarter-length studio portrait of Archie Case sitting sideways in a chair, with right wrist over the back of the chair. Hand...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype. Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a suit and necktie.
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Cyrus Merryfield (?)

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Description: Three-quarter length ferrotype/tintype of Cyrus Merryfield from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He faces front and is wearing a three-piece suit with striped ves...
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Sherman S. Pratt and Wife Serepta Warren Pratt

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Description: Full-length quarter plate daguerreotype of Sherman and Serepta Pratt. The Pratts moved from Bath, NY to Wisconsin Rapids, WI. They are seated facing forwar...
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Lieutenant John H. Purcell and Wife

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of John Purcell and his wife. He is sitting facing halfway to the right, with his hands folded in his lap with his leg crosse...
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Jacob Spaulding

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of Jacob Spaulding. Quarter-length portrait, facing slightly left wearing coat with satin lapels, tie, and goatee. Cheeks hand-colo...
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Daniel G. Stinson

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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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Unidentified Man

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Description: Pannotype on blackened leather of unidentified man. Waist-up, facing front with torso turned slightly right. He is wearing a suit coat and tie.
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of an unidentified man, probably a relative of the Chandler family. Quarter-length portrait, facing front, wearing a suit coat with...
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Unidentified Men

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype full-length portrait of three young unidentified men wearing hats, sitting on a twig bench in front of a painted backdrop, facing forward...
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Eleazer Williams

Date: 1858
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Eleazer Williams (circa 1788-1858). He faces slightly left and wears a dark suit with stand collar. Cheeks and lower lip hand tinted...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Sixteenth plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified man. Quarter-length portrait, facing forward, wearing suit and tie, with sideburn whiskers. Cheeks are ha...
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Captain Peter Smith

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Captain Peter Smith. Full-length portrait, facing front, with body facing slightly right, with his left hand on the back of a chair. H...
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Lamont and His Wife

Date: 1849
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lamont and his wife, Scottish immigrants. Waist-up portrait, seated facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie, and she is w...
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James McKesson

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of James McKesson, pioneer settler in Superior, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward wearing a suit, tie, and...

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