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Nukewatch Classroom

Date: 07 1986
Description: A boy in a classroom wears a red necktie with his school uniform. Other children stand around him also wearing red neckties.
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William Austin Van Brunt

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Description: Eighth plate ferrotype/tintype of William Austin Van Brunt (1847-1935), half figure, facing front and slightly right, wearing suit coat, vest, and white sh...
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Spencer L. Case

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of Spencer L. Case (1885-?). Half figure facing front, wearing coat, vest, and tie. Hand-coloring on cheeks.
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Wisconsin Centennial State Fair

Date: 08 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, speaks into a WHA microphone in the Dairy Building at the Wisconsin Centennial State Fair. She is surrounded by a cro...
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Henry A. Cooper

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype. Full-length portrait of Henry A. Cooper, as a young boy, standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a coat, scarf, hat, and what...
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Henry A. Cooper, Drummer Boy

Date: 1847
Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of Henry A. Cooper, as a young boy, standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a military...
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Portrait of Unknown Young Girl

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a young girl. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder polka dot dress with short flared sleeves, and a ribbon...
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Portrait of Unknown Young Girl

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a young girl posing with her hands in her lap. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder polka dot dress with s...
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Portrait of Unknown Young Girl

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a young girl posing with her hands in her lap. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with short flare...
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Publicity Still from "The Cool World"

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Description: A publicity still from the film "The Cool World" showing six African American teenage boys in a rundown house or apartment. Two of the boys are holding a d...
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First Gillette Tire

Date: 05 23 1917
Description: A group of men, women and children are standing and watching as a Gillette employee works on the first tire produced by the Gillette Rubber Company. From l...
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Louisa Zimmer and Ada (?) Empey

Date: 1872
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Louisa Zimmer and Ada (?) Empey. The girl on the left is standing, facing halfway right, wearing a dark dress and ruched collar, her h...
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William Upham at Age 19

Date: 04 1861
Description: Head and shoulders vignetted portrait of William Upham, taken when he enlisted in the army at the age of 19.
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James Day and Boy

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of James Day (left) and an unidentified boy, possibly Lionel Warrington Day. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing forwar...
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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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Florella P. Burrows and her Sister Helen A. Burrows

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Florella P. and Helen A. Burrows, sisters of George Baxter Burrows of Madison, Wisconsin. They are seated, facing forward. The...
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William D. Ash and Family

Date: 1861
Description: Half plate ambrotype of William D. Ash and his family. Left to right: 1. Helen Mar, later Mrs. E.P. Lamb in Roberts, Wis. 2. William H. Ash, later of Rober...
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Henry A. Cooper

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Henry A. Cooper as a drummer boy in the Union Army. Three-quarter length portrait of him standing in front of a backdrop, ...
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Unidentified Young Man

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Description: Sixteenth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified young man. Head and shoulders portrait facing forward. He is wearing a white shirt, suit coat and cravat.
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Franklin Hoyt

Date: 1862
Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Franklin Hoyt (1846-?). Waist-up portrait facing front, with left hand on his lapel. He is wearing a suit, small bow tie, and cap ...

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