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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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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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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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Else Heine

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Description: A portrait of Else Heine, a nurse.
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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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ACORN at Democratic Delegation

Date: 1980
Description: An elderly woman wearing an ACORN button sits next to a little girl at the Democratic delegation. They are clapping and there is a "Kennedy" banner behind ...
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James Steele

Date: 10 20 1856
Description: Quarter plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length studio portrait of James Steele sitting in a chair with his arm resting on a table covered with a patterned c...
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Col. John Johnston

Date: 1855
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up seated portrait of Col. John Johnston. Johnston is pictured here as an elderly man; however, he is remembered in Wi...
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John Carr

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of John Carr wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and dark necktie. A pair of eyeglasses are resting on the ...
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Israel Donalson

Date: 09 1855
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Samuel Donalson, 1767-1860, around the age of 90, sitting and holding a cane. Mr. Donalson was an early set...

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