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Dr. Samuel Barnum Mead, Physician and Botanist

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Samuel Barnum Mead (1799-1880), Illinois-based physician and botanist. Mead, a pioneer in both the fields of medicine and b...
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Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland, Geologist and Physician

Date: 1866
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite of Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland (1793-1877), American scientist. Kirtland, among many other exploits, worked on the 1837 Ohio geolog...
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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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Professor Alexander Winchell, Geologist

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Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite of Alexander Winchell (1824-1891), State Geologist of Michigan and Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the University o...
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The Late Major J.W. Powell

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ...
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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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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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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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Jeremiah Rusk

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Description: Portrait of Jeremiah Rusk seated in a chair.
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Guy W. Dailey

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Guy W. Dailey, which is a detail of a composite photograph of members of the Wisconsin Assembly.
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Senator Edward Colman

Date: 1882
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Colman, member of the Wisconsin Senate in 1882.
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Miletus Knight

Date: 1877
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Miletus Knight, taken from a composite photograph of officers, clerks and employees of the Wisconsin Assembly.
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Horatio Gates Howard Reed

Date: 1870
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Horatio Gates Howard Reed, member of the 1870 Wisconsin Assembly.
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Rasmus B. Anderson Family

Date: 1902
Description: Rasmus B. Anderson, his wife, and son in Anderson's study. Anderson's son holds the family dog.
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Rasmus B. Anderson in His Study

Date: 1902
Description: Rasmus B. Anderson seated in his study with his dog at his feet.
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Rasmus B. Anderson in His Study

Date: 1902
Description: Rasmus B. Anderson seated in his study and taking notes from a book.
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Amasa Cobb in Uniform

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Description: Portrait of Amasa Cobb seated, wearing his military unform.
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Amasa Cobb

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Description: Oval, head and shoulders portrait of Amasa Cobb.
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Cub Scout Party

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Description: Santa Claus handing out presents at a Christmas party for Wisconsin Rapids Cub Scouts.
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Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Grandsons

Date: 1913
Description: Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, well known Chicago minister, with his grandsons Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones (standing) and Jenkin Lloyd Jones on the floor.

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