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Frederick Layton
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Ferrotype of Frederick Layton posing on a bench holding an umbrella in front of a painted background. Frederick Layton was the son of a Milwaukee butcher and ran the business until his retirement. He used his fortune to build the Layton Art Gallery and also contributed to the Layton Home for Incurables.
circa 1880-1889
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Frederick Layton
circa 1880-1889
Three-quarter length portrait of Frederick Layton who is standing with his hands in his pockets. Layton was the son of a Milwaukee butcher and ran the business until his retirement. He used his for...
Frederick Layton
1877
Vignetted quarter-length portrait of Frederick Layton, at about age 50. Layton was the son of a Milwaukee butcher and ran the business until his retirement. He used his fortune to build the Layton ...
Frederick Layton
circa 1900-1909
Quarter-length portrait of Frederick Layton in middle age.
Frederick Layton in a Garden
1914
Frederick Layton gave this hand-colored photograph of himself in his garden on Marshall Street to his niece Elizabeth Layton Fowle on August 8, 1914. He died in 1919.
Frederick Layton
circa 1850-1859
Waist-up oval-framed tintype portrait of a young Frederick Layton, about 30 years old, in a blue velvet oval compact.
Layton Home for Incurables
circa 1900-1909
View across street towards the Layton Home for Incurables (also called Layton Home for Invalids). The home was suggested by Frederick Layton's wife, Elizabeth Hayman Layton. It was built in 1908 on...
