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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Quarter-plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length portrait of John H. Fonda, settler in the Prairie Du Chien area. He is sitting facing front, with one hand in... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of the Kravig/Kravik sons, one seated and one standing. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A spinning wheel, chair, and other kitchen objects in the corner of a room. Caption reads: "Corner of Pioneer Kitchen, Douglas County Historical Museum, Su... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, Eben Peck. |
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| Description: | Seated studio portrait of Walter Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandfather. |
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| Description: | Seated studio portrait of Rachel Baker Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother. |
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| Description: | Wooden-framed studio portrait of Nathan Church Reynolds, Richard Quinney's great grandfather. |
| Date: | 09 1855 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Samuel Donalson, 1767-1860, around the age of 90, sitting and holding a cane. Mr. Donalson was an early set... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Col. William Martin of Tennessee. Williams was an early Tennessee settler who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812.... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Harrison Ludington, the future 13th governor of Wisconsin (left) and Talbot C. Dousman (right). They are both wearing top hats and suits. They ... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Augustus A. Bird. A pioneer woman who came from New York to Milwaukee by a team of horse... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln. Full-length seated pose facing 45 degrees to the right, with left arm on cloth covered table and ... |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of John Jay Smith and Mary A. Hoadley Smith, pioneer settlers of Sheyboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Both are seated, facing forward, with hands... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of James McKesson, pioneer settler in Superior, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward wearing a suit, tie, and... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of Matilda Hood, first female settler in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in 1829. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing forward, ha... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Leverett Steele Kellogg, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin pioneer in 1836, from Connecticut. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. He is we... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of five Sawyer sisters, Sylvia, Zernia, Anna, Artemus, and Cordelia. They are facing front, and are wearing striped or prin... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype. Waist-up portrait of Doctor John M. Henderson, seated, facing forward with torso turned slightly left. He is wearing a suit and tie,... |
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