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| Description: | Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Col. William W. Robinson, Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Harriet Douglas Whetten (b.1822). Whetten was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. She served on hospital ships out of New York and Philadelphia from 18... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Theodora Youmans (Mrs. Henry), President of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association, holding a Wisconsin flag and standing in front of a paint... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Stereograph portrait of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875) examining the sixth fragment of a 33 lb. meteorite found in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski, wearing her crown and gown, rides on the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station. |
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| Description: | L.E. Mercer, of Lenox Iowa, posed with honey-producing equipment. Mercer is wearing a full suit, bow tie, and hat. |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype, waist-up portrait of Rachel Lawe Grignon, daughter of John Lawe and wife of Pierre Bernard Grignon. Wearing heavy bead necklac... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
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| Description: | Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair. |
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| Description: | William H. Brisbane, Chaplain of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry. Inset photograph taken from a large Civil War commemorative roster. |
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| Description: | Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of... |
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| Description: | Formal vignetted head and shoulders studio portrait of Brigadier General Halbert Eleazer Paine. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length formal studio portrait of Lucius Fairchild. |
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| Description: | Two lumberjacks pose at the base of a tree with a double-handled saw poised to cut. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Frances (Mrs. Lucius) Fairchild. |
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| Description: | Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of United States senator Isaac Stephenson. |
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| Description: | Helen Farnsworth Mears sitting on a ladder and resting her head against her hand. |
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