Date: | 01 07 1855 |
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Description: | Sketch of the defeat of General Braddock during an ambush in the French and Indian War. Caption reads: "Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and India... |
Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | Portrait of William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908), Civil War and United States Senator, taken while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin. |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Captain Joseph Dickson, waist-up, facing front and slightly towards the right. Dickson fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832. |
Date: | 05 1854 |
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Description: | This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high... |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Ninth plate daguerreotype of a painted quarter-length portrait of Felix Walker, 1793-1828. Mr. Walker fought in the Revolutionary War alongside Daniel Boon... |
Date: | 1859 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cassius Fairchild of Madison, the eldest son of Jairus Fairchild, about 1859. At this time he assumed responsibility for a large part of the fa... |
Date: | 1859 |
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Description: | Typed text on back of photograph: "River Falls Rifle company, River Falls, Wis. Organized 1859, later fought with 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment in Civi... |
Date: | 1855 |
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Description: | An eighth plate daguerreotype of Edward P. Bridgman, 1834-1915, as a young man. Bridgman served in the 37th Massachusetts volunteer Infantry, Company G in ... |
Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886), American Geologist. Fought in the Black Hawk War. Opened a law office and newspaper in Clevelan... |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Patterson (1753-1827). Patterson was a pioneer settler to both Kentucky and Ohio. He served in ... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Dr. Alfred L. Castleman. He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky on December 17, 1808, and came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in ... |
Date: | 1855 |
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Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up seated portrait of Col. John Johnston. Johnston is pictured here as an elderly man; however, he is remembered in Wi... |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General Josiah Harmar. General Harmar fought for the United States against Native Americans in the 1780's and ... |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Weakley. Col. Weakley served as a Representative from Tennessee; born in Halifax County, Va., Jul... |
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