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Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reuben Gold Thwaites, second Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Clara Bewick Colby

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Description: Studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby.
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Portrait of E.W. Keyes

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of E.W. Keyes.
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Mary Louise Atwood

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Description: Studio portrait of Mary Louise Atwood, eldest daughter of David Atwood.
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Mary Louisa Atwood

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Mary Louisa Atwood standing and wearing a long dress, age 47.
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Esther Smilie Vilas

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Esther Green Smilie Vilas (born ca. 1819), the wife of Levi B. Vilas, a prominent Madison businessman, and the mother of...
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Caroline Stevens Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Caroline Stevens Keyes, the first wife of Madison political leader Elisha W. Keyes. The couple was married in 1854 and Mrs. Key...
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Joseph Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portait of Joseph Keyes, the son of Madison political leader Elisha W. Keyes and Caroline Stevens Keyes. Although photographed in a seated ...
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George B. Delaplaine

Date: 1860
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of George B. Delaplaine (1814-1895), of Madison, Wisconsin. Delaplaine arrived in Madison in 1838 after having worked in...
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Michael Dunn

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Michael Dunn.
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Henry Cullen Adams

Date: 1903
Description: Quarter-length oval studio portrait of Henry Cullen Adams.
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Richard Ely

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Richard Ely.
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Roland D. Irving

Date: 1879
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Professor Irving Roland.
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James O. Davidson

Date: 1907
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Governor James O. Davidson, Wisconsin's 21st governor. He is wearing a suit and tie with an upright collar, and a sw...
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Emma Curtiss Bascom

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Emma Bascom. She is standing and posing with her arms folded on a cloth-covered table or chair, and is wearing a collar pin shaped lik...
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Florence Bascom

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders portrait of Florence Bascom.
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Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Publius V. Lawson, of Menasha, standing and leaning against a chair. Portrait was taken when he was a senior at the University ...
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Charles Van Hise

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Description: A studio portrait of Charles Van Hise.
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Thomas Henry Gill

Date: 1877
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Thomas Henry Gill, a Madison and Milwaukee attorney, who also served the Wisconsin Central Railroad as tax and insurance expert...

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