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Carl Tjorbjornsen

Date: 1862
Description: A seated studio portrait of Carl Tjorbjornsen [as written on the photograph backing and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20; also written as Carl Torbjorson publi...
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Albert Emmonson

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Albert Emmerson, a sergeant in Company C, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform and holding a revolver across his chest. The ...
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Knut Iversen Vike

Date: 1862
Description: Portrait of Knut Iversen Vike, Company F, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in his Civil War uniform. The following information is in the published Roster of Wiscon...
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Jeremiah Rusk

Date: 1862
Description: Engraved portrait of Jeremiah Rusk, governor of Wisconsin and the first U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
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Portrait of Nettie Fowler McCormick

Date: 1862
Description: Carte-de-visite of Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) stands for a studio portrait wearing a floor-length dress.
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Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1862
Description: Portrait of inventor and businessman Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884).
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Cyrus McCormick, Jr. (1859-1936)

Date: 1862
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Cyrus McCormick, Jr. as a child.
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McCormick Self-Delivery Reaper

Date: 1862
Description: McCormick self-delivery [self-rake] reaper with buildings in the background. The reaper appears to be the model that Cyrus McCormick displayed at the Londo...
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McCormick Self-Delivery Reaper

Date: 1862
Description: McCormick Self-Delivery [self-rake] reaper parked in front of some wooden buildings. The reaper was likely the model displayed by Cyrus McCormick at the Lo...
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Russell? Automatic Corn Reaper

Date: 1862
Description: Automatic Corn Reaper, most likely on display at the London Exhibition of 1862. A sign above the reaper suggests that the reaper may be "Russell's."
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View of Wisconsin State Capitol and Bascom

Date: 1862
Description: Stereograph from Spaight Street neighborhood looking toward Capitol and Bascom Hall.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Building and Environs

Date: 1862
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison), from Governor Farwell's Octagon House, probably early in 1862. Also visible in the downtown are ...
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Lewis S. Burton

Date: 1862
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Lewis S. Burton, Company B, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with his sword on his left si...
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Samuel W. Smith

Date: 1862
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Samuel W. Smith (from Mineral Point), Company E, 30th Wisconsin Infantry.
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"Fort Hindman"

Date: 1862
Description: Union gunboat "Fort Hindman," a small side-wheel steamship.
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Miller Badger Boys, Company G. Second Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry

Date: 1862
Description: Lithographed poster listing officers and men, most notably Colonel Cadwallader C. Washburn.
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Joseph Hooker

Date: 1862
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Joseph Hooker. General Hooker received a commission of Brigadier General from President Lincoln followin...
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Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1862
Description: Composite of photographs of the Wisconsin Senate of 1862. At the top is a depiction of the Wisconsin State Capitol framed by two draped U.S. Flags. Below t...
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Three Views of the Indian Massacre

Date: 1862
Description: A composite of three views showing the siege of New Ulm on August 19 during the Indian Massacre of 1862. The lower left view depicts wagons and horses on a...
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Elevated View of Vicksburg

Date: 1862
Description: Elevated view of Vicksburg, with the Mississippi River in the background.

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