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Benjamin Harrison with Group

Date: 04 27 1891
Description: Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, with Mrs. Harrison and a group of men and women on the parapet of Sutro Heights, San Francisco,...
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Elizabeth, Edward, and Benjamin Styles

Date: 1880
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a family, with a child standing between seated parents. These are Benjamin Woolsey Styles, his wife Eliza...
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Benjamin Butts Wisconsin Legislature Assembly Portrait

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Butts, which was part of a composite portrait of Officers, Clerks and Employees of the Wisconsin Assembly. He worke...
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Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1885
Description: Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block East Gorham Street. The front door is partially open, and a woman is sitting to the right of the entranc...
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Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: A view overlooking the grounds towards the Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block of East Gorham Street, and its surrounding property. A man is...
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General Ben Whiteman

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of General Benjamin Whiteman. Quarter-length portrait of Ben Whiteman wearing a suit and necktie. Whiteman fought with General ...
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Brigadier General Benjamin Alvord

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Brigadier General Benjamin Alvord, a soldier, mathematician, and botanist. Alvord fought in the Seminole Wars with the 4th U.S. ...
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Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1870
Description: Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893, 900 block East Gorham Street. There are two deer are the left near trees, and two people are on horseback near the front...
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Jessie Jack Hooper and Family

Date: 05 28 1892
Description: Studio portrait of Benjamin Hooper, Jessie Jack Hooper, and their daughter Lorna on her third birthday.
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Log Cabin used in Presidential Campaign

Date: 1888
Description: Log cabin on trailer pulled by two horses used in the presidential campaign in Wisconsin to promote the candidacy of Benjamin Harrison.
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Benjamin Harrison

Date: 1890
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, 1889-1893. Harrison was born on August 20, 1833, on a farm ne...
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Sophronia Newcomb Larkin

Date: 1845
Description: A sixth-plate daguerreotype of Sophronia Newcomb Larkin, who married Benjamin Franklin Larkin. She is seated, and is wearing a dress with a white collar. H...
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Professor Benjamin Silliman, Chemist

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864), notable American professor of science. He served for many years as a professor of Chemistry and ...
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Portrait of Nawat

Date: 12 1898
Description: Portrait (Front) of Nawat (Left Hand) in native dress with Benjamin Harrison peace medal and holding cane. Part of Algonquian and S. Arapaho Tribes.
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The Man Who Conceived C.S.A.

Date: 1860
Description: Image of a foppish, overdressed man. May be a caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, English statesman. Caption below reads: "The Man who conceived C.S.A." Red i...
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Delegation of Indians to Washington, D.C.

Date: 06 24 1852
Description: Illustration of the Washington, D.C. Delegation of Indians. Five Indians pose with a man in a beard and suit. From Benjamin Armstrong, "Early Life Among Th...
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13th Wisconsin Infantry Company K

Date: 12 1861
Description: Group portrait of seven members of the 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Company K.
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B.F. Hahn and Family Picnic

Date: 1876
Description: Benjamin F. Hahn, his wife Mary and their servant Sarah Hill sit around a table with an intricately patterned cloth with bowls of apples and grapes. The wo...
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The Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1890
Description: View cross yard towards the front entrance to the castle. In front of the entrance, a man and woman sit on the steps leading to the castle.
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Jerome Francis Franklin, Sr.

Date: 1885
Description: Formal quarter-length studio portrait of Jerome Francis Franklin, Sr. as a young man, about 30 years old. At this time he was married to Ettina Mae Perry F...

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