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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | An oval-framed, seated studio portrait of Anderson Herman, a private in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform, holding a musket across his chest. T... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Civil War soldier Nils (Niels) J. Gilbert, Company A, of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, believed to have been taken in October... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Portrait of James Garland Sturgis in his West Point(?) cadet uniform. Born January 24, 1854; son of Samuel Davis Sturgis I and younger brother of Nina Stu... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Born August 1, 1861, Samuel Sturgis was the younger brother of Nina Sturgis Dousman. He attended West Point Military Academy and had a distinguished career... |
| Date: | 08 07 1863 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of William H. McIntosh, Company F, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, at the age of 26. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | View of two rooms possibly in the Martin K. Dahl home. The room in the foreground has a square entrance way and is filled with a piano, three matched chair... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Reverend J.A. Ottesen's library, with a chair, a dictionary opened on a stand and a framed photograph on top of books on a shelf. Entitled... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of A.L. Dahl's brother, Nels. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a memorial flower wreath. In the middle is a full-length portrait of a woman in a dress. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "... |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Newton H. Culver, Company C, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, at 23 years of age. |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Private Charles Baker, Company I, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Henry Clay Taylor (1838-1864), 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company A, wearing a Union soldier's uniform. Henry was a bookke... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Engraved portrait of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) American astronomer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, and ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison. The building is now Music Hall. Two statues are in a stained glass window alcove, and portraits line the second floor balc... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A decorated Christmas tree surrounded by toys, including a wagon, drum, and wheelbarrow. A painting is displayed on a stand nearby, and a painted umbrella ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Flags hanging above a McCormick Harvesting Machine display at what is possibly the World's Columbian Exposition (The World's Fair of 1893). A painting of a... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite full-length studio portrait in front of a backdrop of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) chief. In this portrait he is past the age of seventy. He is... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man standing with a frilled-bodice, cloth hunting shirt with leather leggings. A wool plaid shawl is worn toga-style; an... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man posing on chair in front of a painted backdrop. He has a beard and is wearing a hat, jacket, and trousers. |
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