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Group Portrait of Young People

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Description: Group portrait of four men and four women posing while sitting and standing in front of a painted backdrop. The men are wearing striped jackets, and two of...
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Mock Hanging

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and two women in a dramatic pose. The woman in the center has her head in a noose and is sticking...
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Double Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Double portrait, probably in a studio, of two men, in two different poses, one on the left and one on the right. Both men are wearing hats and suits. In th...
Postcard

Henry Conrad Bartholomay

Date: 07 1901
Description: Standing full-length portrait of Henry Bartholomay forms the left half of a postcard. The message reads: "Love and Greetings from Your loving cousin Henry ...
Photograph

Two Boys in Costume

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Description: Two boys dressed in costumes posing for a studio portrait. The boy standing on the left is wearing a tall, ruffled hat with a plume, dark stockings, and a ...
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Colonel William Augustus Ray

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Augustus Ray, who was with the 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He is standing side...
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Bruce Barton

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Description: Bruce Barton, board chairman of Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (advertising firm) in his office. Behind him is a large illustration of a street scene. T...
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Ludwig Boehmer, Christian Boehmer, Siegfried Mittelstadt, and Jacob Boehmer

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Description: Half plate ambrotype of (left to right) Ludwig Boehmer, Christian Boehmer, Siegfried Mittelstadt, and Jacob Boehmer standing in front of a painted backdrop...
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Four Couples on the Stage of the Opera House

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four couples, dressed in late eighteenth century costumes, on the stage of the Fuller Opera House. They are posing as if they are...
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Four Women on Stage at the Opera House

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four women in flowing, classical dresses dancing on the stage of the Fuller Opera House. Behind them is a painted backdrop.
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Captain Eri Sherman Oakley

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Captain Eri Sherman Oakley sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Seated three-quarter view of figure facing front but bo...
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James W. Gorum

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of James W. Gorum in front of a painted backdrop. Seated three-quarter figure with beard and mustache, facing front with elbo...
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Unidentified Woman

Date: 1860
Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of a woman sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is holding a straw hat in her lap. Hand...
Photograph

Howard Family

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Description: Sixth-plate ferrotype/tintype. Group portrait of three children standing in front of a painted backdrop. The two young girls are wearing matching jackets. ...
Photograph

Truman Bartlett

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait, facing forward, of Truman Bartlett, from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, sitting on a bench in fron...
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Doctor John M. Evans

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of Doctor John M. Evans, from Evansville, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. ...
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Esther Lomas and Unidentified Man

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Description: Full-length ferrotype/tintype of an unknown man, and Esther Lomas from Lancaster, Wisconsin, in front of a painted backdrop. The man is seated, and the wom...
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Martha Lomas and Esther

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Description: Full-length ferrotype/tintype of Martha and Esther Lomas from Lancaster, Wisconsin, in front of a painted backdrop. One of the women is standing with her l...
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Unidentified Men

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype full-length portrait of three young unidentified men wearing hats, sitting on a twig bench in front of a painted backdrop, facing forward...
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William and Mary Upham with Two Unidentified People

Date: 12 20 1867
Description: Formal studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Upham (standing, left), his wife Mary Upham (seated, left), and a man and woman, bot...

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