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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | An actor dressed as an army officer, holding a saber, for the performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears ... |
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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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| Description: | Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three men, two sitting, and one standing. |
| Date: | 05 21 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Elizabeth S. Jaques Upham (1815-1883), wife of Don A.J. Upham, Milwaukee Lawyer. The portrait is a three-fourths figure, hea... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype of Edward P. Bridgman (1834-1915) at left, and unidentified man at right. Two half figures sit on either side of a table on which a... |
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| Description: | Half plate ambrotype of (left to right) Ludwig Boehmer, Christian Boehmer, Siegfried Mittelstadt, and Jacob Boehmer standing in front of a painted backdrop... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of S.S. Pratt, his wife, and their two sons, Marcus on the right, and Phineus Warren on the left. Pratt and his wife are seated half ... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of William B. Noyes and his first wife. Two seated half figures facing front. Noyes wears a bow tie with long tail, and his wife wear... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified woman, probably Mary Oakley Hough. Half figure facing front and slightly left, with right elbow resting on a s... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Captain Nathaniel Rollins (1832-1901). Half length portrait, standing, facing forward with left hand on hip and right restin... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified couple. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. The woman is wearing a dark dress of fine fabric, watch key chain, ... |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of a young Frank Miller. Full-length portrait, standing, facing forward, with one arm resting on a cloth-covered stand, with one leg cros... |
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