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Keyes Family Children
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph, Kate, and William, the three children of Madison attorney, postmaster, and Republican Party boss Elisha W. Keyes and his first wife Caroline Stevens Keyes.
Bodtker, James F. (Madison, Wis.)
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Boss Elisha Keyes
Carte-de-visite portrait of Elisha W. Keyes (1828-1910) a prominent Madison attorney who was appointed Madison postmaster by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. From the patronage associated with this positio...
Caroline Stevens Keyes
Carte-de-visite portrait of Caroline Stevens Keyes, the first wife of Madison political leader Elisha W. Keyes. The couple was married in 1854 and Mrs. Keyes died in 1865. They were the parents of ...
Joseph Keyes
Carte-de-visite portait of Joseph Keyes, the son of Madison political leader Elisha W. Keyes and Caroline Stevens Keyes. Although photographed in a seated position, all of the details of his checke...
Joseph and Jane Ager's Children
1868
Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of a boy and a girl standing together. The girl has her hand on the boy's shoulder. These are the children of Joseph and Jane Ager, a farm family from Ripon.
Esther Smilie Vilas
Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Esther Green Smilie Vilas (born ca. 1819), the wife of Levi B. Vilas, a prominent Madison businessman, and the mother of Senator William Freeman Vilas.
Professor Ezra S. Carr, Geologist
1866
Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Ezra S. Carr, geologist and California State Superintendent. He held chemistry professorships at various institutions. Bottom of image bears handwritten insc...
