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Fred Abbott
1890
Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of a man wearing a hat and bolero jacket (chaquetilla). Caption identifies him as Fred Abbott of the Chicago Mandolin Orchestra.
Margaret Marie Watson Allis
1848
Oval-framed quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Margaret Marie Watson Allis, wife of Edward P. Allis.
Sarah A. Leach Alden
Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Sarah A. Leach Alden, wife of Levi Alden.
Emma Abbott
circa 1860-1869
Vignetted quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of opera singer Emma Abbott as a youth. Caption reads: "To my darling little mother."
Mary Ilsley Brigham
Carte-de-visite of a vignetted quarter-length studio portrait of Mary Ilsley Brigham (1838-1894). She is wearing a dark dress with lace on the collar.
Harriet Sprague Elkins Cady
1900
Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Harriet Elkins Cady, daughter of Revolutionary War Colonel Jonathan Elkins, who is buried in Green Ridge Cemetery in Kenosha.