Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype portrait of Lyman Draper (1815-1891), an American historical collector and librarian. |
Date: | 1853 |
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Description: | Half plate daguerreotype of E. Harwood, Dr. William Brisbane, and Levi Coffin, sitting in a row. |
Date: | 1850 |
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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... |
Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | An actor in an Indian headdress and jewelry for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears and presented ... |
Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | An actor dressed as an army officer, holding a saber, for the performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears ... |
Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | A woman dressed in Indian headwrap with feather, wrapped in a blanket, for a performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth... |
Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | Actress standing with crossed arms dressed in Indian headdress and wrap for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth ... |
Date: | 1855 |
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Description: | Waist-up portrait of Mary Elizabeth Mears, also known as Nellie Wildwood. |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Portrait of Mary Ann Hall McCormick (1780-1853), wife of Robert McCormick (1780-1846). Mary Ann and Robert McCormick were the parents of inventor and indus... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Solomon Juneau. He was born in Lower Canada on August 9th, 1793, Juneau came to Michigan (then), now Wisconsin, in Septembe... |
Date: | 1855 |
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Description: | Portrait of Byron Kilbourn, Milwaukee businessman. |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of George H. Walker, who was born in Lynchburgh, Campbell County, Virginia, October 5th, 1812. He emigrated to Wisconsin in Oc... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of James Duane Doty, who was a Wisconsin judge, territorial governor, congressman, and land speculator. |
Date: | 1853 |
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Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Leonard J. Farwell, Governor of Wisconsin 1852-54. Quarter length facing left, wearing full beard, coat, vest, tie, and white ... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn... |
Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | A formal photographic portrait of the Potowatomi chief Shab-eh-nay (Shau-be-na, or Shabbona), who died in 1859. Shab-eh-nay was photographed shortly before... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Childs. He was born in the town of Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts on April 3, 1798. Childs arrived in Gr... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Henry L. Baird. He was born in Ireland and came to Wisconsin in July of 1824. Baird resided in Green Bay and was 45-years... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of William R. Smith. He was born at the "Trappe," Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in August of 1787. He came to Wisconsin in ... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of D. Jones. He was born in Dutchess County, New York, on February 14, 1788. Jones came to what was then the Territory of Mi... |
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