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Woodcut of Women with Child

Date: 1865
Description: A woodprint of women with frightened child entitled "The First Dip Into Salt Water."
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Fred D. Grant

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Fred D. Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, at 15 years of age, standing near a chair in front of a painted backdrop dressed in ...
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J.K.P. Porter House

Date: 1865
Description: Family portrait of the Porters, standing in front of their log cabin with a horse.
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Eau Claire House

Date: 1865
Description: The first Eau Claire House built in 1856. It burned down in 1875.
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Professor Alexander Kerr, Classicist

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Alexander Kerr (1828-1919), Scottish-born Professor of Greek at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Appointed to his...
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Manning Ferguson Force, Army Commander

Date: 1865
Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of Manning Ferguson Force (1824-1899), U.S. Army Commander. Force led the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Un...
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Ed Bass

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Edward Alpheus Bass.
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William Sanderson McCormick

Date: 1865
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of William Sanderson McCormick (1815-1865).
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Strategy or Change of Base

Date: 1865
Description: "Strategy or Change of Base". Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women's clothing hoping to reach the Miss...
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Cartoon of the Flight of Jefferson Davis

Date: 1865
Description: Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women...
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Capture of an Unprotected Female

Date: 1865
Description: "Capture of an unprotected female, or the close up of the Rebellion." Photograph card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in wo...
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Robert H. Spencer

Date: 1865
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Spencer, F & S, 47th Wisconsin Infantry, holding his sword in his left hand and his hat in ...
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David G. James

Date: 1865
Description: Studio portrait of David G. James holding a large, over the shoulder horn, and a hat.
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Woman in Striped Shirtwaist

Date: 1865
Description: Tintype/ferrotype oval waist-up portrait of an African American woman in a striped shirtwaist with white collar and waistband, wearing earrings and a cameo...
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Man in Three-Piece Suit

Date: 1865
Description: Tintype/ferrotype waist-up oval portrait of an African American man wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and partially buttoned vest.
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Portrait of Aunt Betsy Chamberlain

Date: 1865
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite of "Aunt Betsy Chamberlain." She is wearing a dark dress and a white cap tied under her chin.
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Alfred P. Edgerton

Date: 1865
Description: Formal portrait of Alfred P. Edgerton seated at a small table.
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Luther Dixon

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Luther Swift Dixon at age 40.
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Olympia Brown

Date: 1865
Description: Seated portrait of Olympia Brown.
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William H. Cheney (?) and Lyman Richardson

Date: 1865
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of William H. Cheney (?) and Lyman Richardson. Half length portrait, seated, facing forward, wearing their Civil War uniforms...

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