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John Alcock
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Oval-framed tintype portrait of John Alcock, a professor of phonography/shorthand at Bayless' Business College of Dubuque. He moved to Platteville and founded the Platteville Business College. John was born in Arkengarthdale, England, and emigrated to the United States as a child.
1880
Judkins' Tintype and Ferrotype Gallery (Rockford, IL)
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