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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in the United States at Vassar College. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Susan B. Anthony (standing), with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, five years after completion of their three-volume work entitled "History of Woman Suf... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Portrait of an elderly couple seated in their home. The woman is holding a bouquet of flowers. The man is seated slightly behind her, with his right arm o... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Indoor view of an elderly man posing sitting in a chair, and an elderly woman standing. They are probably in a bedroom. Perhaps the Peterson family. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Mrs. Harriet Wood Wheeler, wife of Leonard Hemenway Wheeler, at the age of 74. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Madame Thérèse Schindler (1774-1855), an early resident of Mackinac Island. |
| Date: | 06 18 1890 |
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| Description: | Group portrait outdoors of the reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, held at the farm of George W. Dibble in Rock County. Back row, left... |
| Date: | 09 16 1896 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of a reunion of the Iron Brigade, veterans of the Civil War, and their families at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin. The couple seated in... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mrs. William Krueger, sitting, with a potted geranium plant placed on a table behind her. A blanket is hanging behind her as a backdrop. |
| Date: | 10 1899 |
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| Description: | A view of men and women husking corn in the field behind a farmhouse. Sitting from left to right are: August Prahl, August Krueger, Sarah Krueger, William... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Elsey Ormsbee Bristol. Elsey was born May 27, 1783; married August 1, 1804 at Warwick, Massachusetts to Cha... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Waist-up carte-de-visite of "Aunt Betsy Chamberlain." She is wearing a dark dress and a white cap tied under her chin. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Informal group portrait outdoors of elderly woman with two young children. “Laura, Elizabeth, and Aunt Ellen Richardson.” |
| Date: | 08 1898 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mary Ann Dudley, as an old lady, seated in a garden, Sullivan. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Cadle seated in a bedroom, looking out a window. On the table in front of her is a cup and saucer. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mrs. Harry Adams seated in a residential interior. She is holding a flower in her lap. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of eight members of the Thwaites family. Three of the women are sitting, and one has a young boy sitting in her lap. Two men, a woma... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A cyanotype portrait of Mary Crane, a Ho-Chunk Indian woman. She has a blanket around her shoulders and is wearing a headband. |
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