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| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Charles Krips. Charles Krips was the uncle of the donor of the portrait, Mrs. Julia Hicks. The portrait is a bust figure, faci... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate daguerreotype of Laura Smith. Miss. Smith was the sister of Rosellah Bowman; she died of consumption in Athol, MA. The portrait is a half figur... |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Betsy H. Smith, left, with her daughter, Laura, right,and son, George. The three are the mother, sister and brother of Rosella... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Burnett Demarest, a First Lieutenant in the Wisconsin 8th infantry, Co. C. Demarest mustered into service in 1861 at Eau C... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Bland Ballard (1761-1853). Ballard was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and also served as a scout for General George... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General George Rogers Clark, as an older man. Clark is most well known for his role in the defense of the Nort... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Azel Parkhurst Ladd (1811-1854). Ladd was the Wisconsin state superintendent of public instruction in 1852. Oval-framed quarte... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Captain Joseph Dickson, waist-up, facing front and slightly towards the right. Dickson fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | A sixth plate daguerreotype of Elijah Swan. The subject is half length, facing front. He is holding a cane in his right hand, and an unidentified object i... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | An eighth plate daguerreotype of Edward P. Bridgman, 1834-1915, as a young man. Bridgman served in the 37th Massachusetts volunteer Infantry, Company G in ... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | A cased daguerreotype of Horace Griswold Bliss, purported to be Madison's first pharmacist. Subject is seated, looking forward, bent to the right at a 3/4 ... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of Horace Griswold Bliss sitting in a chair with his legs crossed, wearing a striped coat, striped vest, and striped tie... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Captain John Gass, (1765-?). The portrait is waist-up, facing front but slightly to the left. He wears a vertically striped ... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ambrotype of Martin Stoddard at age 17. Half figure facing front and slightly left, wearing coat, vest, and tie. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Bob La Follette with his brother William and sister Josephine. Bob and Josephine are seated; William is standing between t... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of William La Follette, brother of Robert Marion La Follette, at 16-years-old. Half figure facing front. Hand-coloring on che... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up portrait of Susan Shriver Meyer Sweeney. Half figure facing directly front, wearing round-rimmed spectacles and whi... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Elbridge F. and Mary D. Ayer. Seated three-quarter figures, man on left, woman on right. Elbridge wears suit, vest and bow tie... |
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