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George Byron Merrick

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of George Byron Merrick (1841-1931) of the 30th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Colonel Samuel Stone

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Samuel Stone (1798-1876), Massachusetts-born Union Colonel. Before his army service, Stone's various occupati...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth in Fur Clothing

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), an American physician and naturalist who is shown in a Russian-American fur trapper's c...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth, Physician

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), American physician and naturalist. In 1871, Woodworth became the first Surgeo...
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The Late Major J.W. Powell

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ...
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Amasa Cobb

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Description: Oval, head and shoulders portrait of Amasa Cobb.
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Charles King

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Brigadier General Charles King, Milwaukee author and instructor.
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J.A. Watrous

Date: 12 04 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of J.A. Watrous, Milwaukee journalist and soldier.
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Fritz Anneke

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Description: Ninth plate tintype/ferrotype portrait of Fritz Anneke sitting in a chair. Fritz Anneke was a German socialist and newspaper editor and writer. He immigrat...
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Portrait of General Frederick C. Winkler

Date: 1895
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of General Frederick C. Winkler of Milwaukee from the 1895 Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Rep...
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Captain William Hogbin

Date: 1915
Description: Captain William Hogbin stands on the steps of his tailor shop at 414 West Gilman Street. Captain Hogbin was born in England and trained as a tailor there. ...
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Ernest G. Fischer

Date: 1942
Description: Informal portrait of Association Press correspondent Ernest G. Fischer while he was held at Bad Nauheim during World War II. Fischer's papers are part of t...
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Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
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Lt. Col. Stokes, Corps of Royal Engineers and Lt. Col. P.S. Morris

Date: 1918
Description: Portrait of (left to right): Lieutenant Colonel R.G.S. Stokes, Corps of Royal Engineers; and Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army ...
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Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris

Date: 1918
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris, the commanding officer of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, in uniform and sitting at his desk.
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Lieutenant Colonel Stokes

Date: 1918
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Stokes, the commanding officer of the Corps of Royal Engineers, in uniform and sitting at his desk.
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Captain B.D. Gutherie

Date: 1918
Description: Seated portrait of Captain B.D. Gutherie, the supply officer for the 1st Battalion, 310th United States Engineer Corps. He is wearing his uniform and is si...
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Lieutenant Gray

Date: 1918
Description: Seated portrait of Lieutenant Gray from Company C of the 310th United States Engineer Corps, in uniform posed at a desk.
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Colonel John G. Clark

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Description: Waist-up oval portrait of Colonel John Clark.
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Personality in the News

Date: 09 07 1959
Description: Marine Corps reserve unit adviser, Major E.G. Usher, is shown at his desk. Usher was in the news because he advised a change from a separate effort to help...

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