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Lillian Sholes

Date: 1872
Description: Lillian Sholes, demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes.
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Interior of Martin K. Dahl Home

Date: 1872
Description: View of two rooms possibly in the Martin K. Dahl home. The room in the foreground has a square entrance way and is filled with a piano, three matched chair...
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Portrait of Woman with Lace Trim Collar

Date: 1872
Description: Seated portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace trim collar with pin and earrings.
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Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1872
Description: Portrait of Frederick Horn (1815-1893), a Democrat. He was a lawyer and editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News. His years of public service began in 1842 and ...
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Mary Virginia McCormick as a Young Girl

Date: 1872
Description: Studio portrait of a young Mary Virginia McCormick (1861-1941) in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a white dress with a striped sash, and sittin...
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Professor W.W. Daniels, Geologist

Date: 1872
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Professor W.W. Daniels, University of Wisconsin geologist. Daniels worked as one of Increase Lapham's assistants during the Wis...
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Theodatus Garlick, Sculptor and Plastic Surgeon

Date: 1872
Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of Theodatus Garlick (1805-1884), American surgeon and sculptor. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Garlick was one of th...
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Mary and Anita McCormick

Date: 1872
Description: Studio portrait of Mary Virginia (1861-1941) and Anita McCormick (1866-1954) as children. They are wearing dresses and have ribbons in their hair.
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Ethelinda Thorsen (later Johnston)

Date: 1872
Description: Head and shoulders carte-de-visite of Ethelinda Marie Thorsen (1856-1947), age 16, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, daughter of John Thorsen (b. 1820), a lumberman...
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Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 1872
Description: A composite photograph of the members of the Wisconsin Assembly.
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Patrick Henry O'Rourke

Date: 1872
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Patrick O'Rourke.
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Jessie Jack and Florence Jack

Date: 1872
Description: Copy print of a tintype portrait of sisters Jessie and Florence Jack. Jessie is about 7 or 8 years old. The girls wear matching dresses.
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Louisa Zimmer and Ada (?) Empey

Date: 1872
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Louisa Zimmer and Ada (?) Empey. The girl on the left is standing, facing halfway right, wearing a dark dress and ruched collar, her h...
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Portrait of Woman with Lace Trim Collar

Date: 1872
Description: Seated portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace trim collar with pin, and earrings.
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Reverend Ole Amble

Date: 1872
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Reverend Ole Amble, a Norwegian immigrant and Lutheran pastor, taken around the time he was a seminarian at Augsburg S...

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