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Augustin Grignon

Date: 1850
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...
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John Cuppy

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up portrait of John Cuppy at the age of 100. He was a soldier under Captain Samuel Brady.
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Orville Wright in Old Age

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Description: Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin...
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Robert E. Lee

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Description: Portrait of an aging Robert E. Lee, in profile.
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Daniel Steele Durrie, Librarian

Date: 1892
Description: Portrait of Daniel Steele Durrie (1819-1892), American librarian. Durrie served as the librarian for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (now the Wi...
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Arthur Page

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Description: Studio portrait of Arthur W. Page wearing eyeglasses and a necktie.
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Edwin R. Harris

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edwin Harris with neckbeard.
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Rabbi Morris Lazaron

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Description: Rabbi Morris Lazaron is seated next to Lessing Rosenwald at a formal dinner. There is a palm leaf on the table.
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Walter Bray

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Walter Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandfather.
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Elderly African American Man

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Description: A studio portrait of an elderly African American man.
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Theodore Pierce in a Tuxedo

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Description: Ted Pierce poses in a living room near a window. He is wearing a tuxedo, with no jacket.
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Family in Living Room

Date: 1910
Description: View of a family relaxing in the living room of their home. Features men, women, and children sitting around a table. Caption reads: "A Happy Home in Orogr...
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W.V.B. Holloway

Date: 1946
Description: W.V.B. Holloway, Richard Quinney's maternal grandfather, sitting at a a table looking at a large book of maps. A phone is mounted to the wall next to him ...
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Kim Nguyen at Home

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Description: Kim Nguyen is sitting at home. There is a map of Vietnam on the wall behind him.
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: A Trappist monk in black robes stands in front of an arched doorway at the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. The stone columns around him have floral capita...
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Reunion of the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment

Date: 09 02 1914
Description: Group portrait of the survivors of the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment at their reunion.
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Birthday Party

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Description: Seven residents of the Dane County Hospital and Home gather around a table to celebrate a birthday. A birthday cake sits on the table.
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John Muir with a Book

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of John Muir. He is seated and is reading a book.
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John Johnson

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Johnson, a private in Company D, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental an...
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Edmond Burdick

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edmund Burdick with moustache and gray hair.

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