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Lyman Copeland Draper

Date: 1858
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype portrait of Lyman Draper (1815-1891), an American historical collector and librarian.
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Rachel Lawe Grignon

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype, waist-up portrait of Rachel Lawe Grignon, daughter of John Lawe and wife of Pierre Bernard Grignon. Wearing heavy bead necklac...
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Harwood, Brisbane, and Coffin

Date: 1853
Description: Half plate daguerreotype of E. Harwood, Dr. William Brisbane, and Levi Coffin, sitting in a row.
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Clarissa Clark Merwin

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Description: Sixth-plate daguerreotype of Clarissa Clark Merwin, sister of Darwin Clark. Seated half figure facing front, torso facing right. She is wearing a white col...
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Sophronia Newcomb Larkin

Date: 1845
Description: A sixth-plate daguerreotype of Sophronia Newcomb Larkin, who married Benjamin Franklin Larkin. She is seated, and is wearing a dress with a white collar. H...
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Irene Larkin

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Description: Cased albumen print of Irene Larkin, a school teacher. Bust figure facing right, wearing a choker, necklace, and a cross at her lace collar. She has a bow ...
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Ella or Irene Larkin

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Description: Sixth-plate daguerreotype of Ella or Irene Larkin as a child. Seated figure facing front with crossed ankles, wearing striped top and checked skirt. Hand-c...
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Augustin Grignon

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made...
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Aquanama and Paul Ackenebowa

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Menominee Indian chief Aquanama and Menominee Indian Paul Ackenebowa, seated, facing front, both wearing hats, coats and n...
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Darwin Clark

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Darwin Clark, dressed in suit coat, waistcoat, and tie. Hand coloring on cheeks.
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Anna Gourlay

Date: 01 25 1864
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype portrait of Anna Martin Gourlay (1858-1864). She is seated, facing forward, wearing a short-sleeved dress, and holding a doll...
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George Henry Williams

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a portrait of George Henry Williams (deceased child at 18 months), son of Henry C. and Diana T. Williams, and may be the cousi...
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Leonard J. Farwell

Date: 1853
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Leonard J. Farwell, Governor of Wisconsin 1852-54. Quarter length facing left, wearing full beard, coat, vest, tie, and white ...
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Woman and Child

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of unidentified woman seated on a cane-back chair, holding a child on her lap. The woman has a plaid shawl wrapped around he...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Age 9

Date: 1864
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at age 9 when he was attending the district school at Argyle, Wisconsin. Standing f...
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Governor William Barstow

Date: 07 20 1853
Description: Half plate daguerreotype of Governor William Barstow (1813-1865). Quarter-length portrait, facing forward, hand-in-waistcoat.
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Abram D. Smith

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice (1853-1859), Abram D. Smith. Quarter length pose facing forward, in stand collar and tie.
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Dean Family Sleighing

Date: 1852
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Eliab Dean, an early Madison businessman, riding in a sleigh drawn by two horses with his wife Sarah Fairchild Dean and youn...
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Unidentified Woman with Infant

Date: 1848
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a seated woman in a long-sleeve printed dress and shoulder-length side curls, holding a sleeping baby on her lap with her righ...
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Chandler B. Chapman

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype portrait of Dr. Chandler B. Chapman of Madison, quarter length facing front with torso facing right. Dr. Chapman served as a reg...

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