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Ceylon C. Lincoln

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln as a young soldier in full Civil War uniform. Full-length portrait. He is standing in front of a pai...
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Clara R. Smith and G. McKnight

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Description: Half plate ferrotype/tintype of Clara R. Smith and G(enie?) McKnight (Ripon?). The women are dressed for the outdoors, posing amid garden props including a...
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Victor Berger and Family

Date: 1910
Description: Formal studio portrait of the Berger family and a young boy in front of a painted backdrop. Names, left to right: Doris Berger, Jack Anderson, Victor Berge...
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Three Woodland Indian Men

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of three Woodland Native Americans. Full-length group portrait in front of a painted classical garden studio backdrop. They a...
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Fargo

Date: 1903
Description: A souvenir photograph of Frank B. and Louise Morilla Mears Fargo, taken in Atlantic City. The couple is posing against a prop split rail fence in front of ...
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M.E. Stewart and Mrs. I.B. Woodward

Date: 1884
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of M.E. Stewart and Mrs. I.B. Woodward. Three-quarter length portrait, both seated, facing forward, in front of a painted backdrop. They ...
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William F. Gray, David E. Kiser, William D. Lamont, and Henry Chappel

Date: 06 19 1886
Description: Ferrotype/tintype portrait of three students with their principal, taken in a studio in front of a painted backdrop, the day after their high school gradua...
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Clara Frances Tyrrell

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Clara Frances Tyrrell. Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing halfway to the right, with hands resting on a garden balustrade...
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Man Identified as Fox

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of a waist-up portrait of a man identified only as Fox. He is seated, facing forward, wearing a short blue jacket, cradling a...
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Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1860
Description: A photographic copy of an early, full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907) standing in front of a painted backdrop with column ...
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Clara Demarel

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of a full-length studio portrait of Clara Demarel standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is leaning on a prop pillar with a potted ...
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Two Men

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of a full-length portrait of two men posing with bricks and trowels in front of a painted backdrop. They are standing next to a faux ston...
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Jacob Witting, Jr.

Date: 1885
Description: Jacob Witting, Jr., was born January 15, 1837 in Renhoff, Prussia. He was a soldier in the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Jacob is posing standing with...
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Myrtle Stedman

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Description: Publicity photo of actress Myrtle Stedman. She is wearing a lace dress and a headpiece with one feather. She is standing in front of a wall made to look li...
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Joseph Oiyotte and His First Wife

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Description: A formal, full-length, studio portrait of Joseph Oiyotte, sitting, and his first wife, standing (name to come.) Joseph is the father of the "Five Oiyotte S...
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Doll Collection

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of dolls owned by Mrs. Breese J. Stevens, 401 North Carrol Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Richard P. Momsen

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Description: Three-quarter length sepia-toned portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Richard Momsen. He is sitting sideways on a wooden chair with his arm resting o...
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Chicano Mural

Date: 1976
Description: Artists working on a mural at 5th and National in Milwaukee.
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A.J. Packard, Photographer

Date: 1910
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Arthur J. Packard, an early Manitowoc photographer known for views of the area, its people, harbor and marine vessels fro...
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Wisconsin State Capitol "Resources of Wisconsin" Mural

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Description: Three men working on the "Resources of Wisconsin" mural. The "Resources of Wisconsin mural" painting is located 250 feet above the ground level of the ...

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