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Unidentified Child
circa 1860-1869
Quarter plate ambrotype of unidentified child associated with the Billinghurst family. Full-length standing portrait, wearing a belted plaid smock with white collar over knee-length white pantalett...
Eunice Barrett
circa 1860-1869
Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Eunice Barrett. She is wearing a dark dress with a light-colored lace collar. Allegedly the mother of the first white child born in Wisconsin. Ha...
Horace A.J. Upham as a Child
circa 1860-1869
Ninth plate ambrotype of Horace Upham (1853-1919) as a child. Seated three-quarter length figure facing front, wearing sausage curls, knickers with brass buttons at waist, and jacket with white col...
Unidentified Young Woman and Child
circa 1860-1869
Sixth plate ambrotype of a young woman with male child. Waist-up portrait with boy standing to her right, wearing jacket and white collar and cuffs. She is wearing a dark dress, white collar, brooc...
Susan Hotchkiss Searles
circa 1860-1869
Sixth plate ambrotype of Susan Hotchkiss Searles, wife of George Searles. She is seated next to a cloth-covered table, facing forward with hands in lap, wearing a belted fan-front plaid dress, drop...
Portrait of Unknown Young Girl
circa 1860-1869
Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a young girl posing with her hands in her lap. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder polka dot dress with short flared sleeves, high belted waist, an...
