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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Quarter-plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length portrait of John H. Fonda, settler in the Prairie Du Chien area. He is sitting facing front, with one hand in... |
| 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: | A tinted tintype of a Civil War soldier posing with an officer's sword in front of an elaborately painted studio backdrop depicting a tent, an American fla... |
| Date: | 02 1862 |
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| Description: | Tintype of a model gun intended to accompany a patent application. The five-barreled gun, invented by William Bradford, is mounted on wheels. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate full-length military portrait of Harlow Milton Waller, facing forward with right hand holding his sword at his side. The portrait is hand tin... |
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| Description: | Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three men, two sitting, and one standing. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a Civil War Soldier. Three-quarter length portrait, perhaps Captain Edward Devlin, of Mineral Point, holding a sword. He s... |
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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 ferrotype/tintype of Simon O. Myhre of Company I, 15th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry. Seated, facing forward, with rifle held up, pointing to up... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln as a young soldier in full Civil War uniform. Full-length portrait. He is standing in front of a pai... |
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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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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of a waist-up portrait of a man identified only as Fox. He is seated, facing forward, wearing a short blue jacket, cradling a... |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of unknown soldier. Three-quarter length portrait, facing forward, sitting in a chair sideways with his legs crossed. He is in uniform wi... |
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