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Portrait of Unknown Man

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of a quarter-length portrait of a man. Hand coloring on cheeks and lips.
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Thomas J. Moorman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Thomas J. Moorman. Quarter-length portrait, facing front and slightly left. He is wearing a suit coat, tie, and stand collar.
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Unidentified Man and Woman

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of an unidentified man and woman, seated, facing front, with the woman's hand on the man's shoulder. Both are dressed in dark colors....
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Elisha Burdick with Unidentified Man and Child

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Elisha Burdick (1822-1896), father of Mrs. William Snow Miller. One quarter length portrait with torso facing right and eyes f...
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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...
Painting

Wallace Mygatt

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Description: Painted miniature, possibly on ivory, of Wallace Mygatt. One quarter length portrait, facing forward, wearing a suit and collar turned down over tie. He ha...
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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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William H. Church with his Schoolteacher

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of William H. Church with his schoolteacher, both sitting and facing forward. The man on the right has his arm around the shoulder of...
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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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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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Unidentified Family

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of a family with a woman on the left, a man standing in the center, and two young children. The backdrop is a pine ...
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Reverend Jason Lothrop

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Description: Half plate ambrotype of Reverend Jason Lothrop of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait facing front, torso slightly to left. He is wearing a suit and stan...
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Burrows Family

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Description: Half plate daguerreotype of the Burrows siblings, children of Reverend Baxter Burrows and Lydia Boynton Burrows of Montpelier, Vermont. Left to right: Flor...
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William D. Ash and Family

Date: 1861
Description: Half plate ambrotype of William D. Ash and his family. Left to right: 1. Helen Mar, later Mrs. E.P. Lamb in Roberts, Wis. 2. William H. Ash, later of Rober...
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Unidentified Boy and Girl

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of unidentified boy and girl, seated side by side, facing forward, with hands folded in laps. He is wearing a suit with striped vest,...
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Granville Johnson

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Granville Johnson, who fought and died in the Civil War. Waist-up portrait facing forward.
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Ansom Case, Mary, and Leroy

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Ansom, Mary, and Leroy Case. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward. Mary is wearing lace fingerless gloves, and a dress with g...

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