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| Date: | 04 05 1852 |
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| Description: | Whole plate daguerreotype of view along the east bank of the Galena River (also known as the Fevre River). From a full plate daguerreotype by Alexander Hes... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of John Brady of Virginia, son of Captain Samuel Brady. Half-length, facing front with torso turned slightly to right. |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait of Van Swearingen Brady of Ohio, son of Captain Samuel Brady. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ambrotype quarter-length portrait of Mr. Ira Colby, a teacher of the Union School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has a beard and is wearing a suit ... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype. Waist-up seated studio portrait of Governor Louis P. Harvey (1820-1862), facing front with torso turned slightly left. |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | Half plate daguerreotype of Nelson Dewey (1813-1889). Waist -up, facing forward, wearing suit and with right arm resting on a surface. Dewey was Governor o... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of a studio portrait of Blacksmith Wanamaker and an unidentified man standing on either side of an anvil. The man on the left is holding ... |
| Date: | 10 20 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length studio portrait of James Steele sitting in a chair with his arm resting on a table covered with a patterned c... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of a woman and a young girl. The woman is seated, and the girl is standing beside her resting her hand on the woman's should... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up seated portrait of Col. John Johnston. Johnston is pictured here as an elderly man; however, he is remembered in Wi... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate daguerreotype of a painted quarter-length portrait of Felix Walker, 1793-1828. Mr. Walker fought in the Revolutionary War alongside Daniel Boon... |
| Date: | 09 1855 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Samuel Donalson, 1767-1860, around the age of 90, sitting and holding a cane. Mr. Donalson was an early set... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype, Quarter-length portrait of Josiah Ficklin. Hand coloring on cheeks. Ficklin was from Lexington, Kentucky, and one of the defende... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of James Robertson. Robertson was a contemporary of Daniel Boone and was active in the exploration of the State of ... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Captain James Ward. Ward was from Mason County, Kentucky, and a compatriot o... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Patterson (1753-1827). Patterson was a pioneer settler to both Kentucky and Ohio. He served in ... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Weakley. Col. Weakley served as a Representative from Tennessee; born in Halifax County, Va., Jul... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Quarter-length portrait of Isaiah Boone. Mr. Boone is holding a cane in his hand. Boone was from Indiana. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Judge Christopher S. Wood. Wood fought with General Simon Kenton. Hand coloring on cheeks. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General Josiah Harmar. General Harmar fought for the United States against Native Americans in the 1780's and ... |
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