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Halbert Eleazer Paine

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Description: Formal vignetted head and shoulders studio portrait of Brigadier General Halbert Eleazer Paine.
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E. A. Ramsay

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Description: Studio portrait of E. A. Ramsay in uniform.
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Henry Brooks

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Description: Head and shoulders carte-de-visite of Henry Brooks of the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
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Nelson Craigue

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Description: Carte-de-visite of Nelson Craigue of the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
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Truman Warren

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Truman A. Warren wearing a suit with a bow tie.
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Adolphus Heiman

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Description: Portrait of Civil War soldier Adolphus Heiman.
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Officers of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artilley

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Description: The First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Battery C; Captain John R. Davis, Lieutenant Ezra R. Lisk, Lieutenant Fred Ullman, Lieutenant Benjamin F. Parker.
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Fred Wheeler

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Fred Wheeler.
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Chancellor John H. Lathrop

Date: 1859
Description: Full-length, carte-de-visite portrait of John H. Lathrop (1799-1866), first chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. Lathrop's tenure was marked by contr...
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Boss Elisha Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Elisha W. Keyes (1828-1910) a prominent Madison attorney who was appointed Madison postmaster by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. From ...
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Captain P.W. Plummer

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Description: Carte-de-visite of Captain P.W. Plummer of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. A handwritten note on the photograph reads: "Killed in the Wilderness".
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Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick holding a top hat (1809-1884), by Matthew Brady. McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor.
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Philo Romayne Hoy, Ornithologist

Date: 1874
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Philo R. Hoy (1816-1892), Wisconsin ornithologist and entomologist. Settled in Racine with his family in 1846. Served as pr...
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John Gould Anthony, Zoologist

Date: 1863
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of John Gould Anthony (1804-1877), head of the Conchology department at the Museum of Comparative Zoology from 1863 until his deat...
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Oliver Marcy, Naturalist

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Oliver Marcy (1820-1899), American educator and natural scientist. In 1862, he became professor and chair of the natural histor...
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Fielding B. Meek, Paleontologist

Date: 1868
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Fielding B. Meek (1817-1876), American paleontologist. Meek became the Smithsonian Institution's first full-time paleontologist...
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Professor Robert von Schlagintweit, Geographer

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Robert von Schlagintweit (1833-1885), German orientalist, geographer and explorer. Along with his oldest brother Hermann, Rober...
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Professor Alexander Winchell, Geologist

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Alexander Winchell (1824-1891), former state geologist of Michigan and professor of Geology and Paleontology at the ...
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Hubert Anson Newton, Astronomer

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Hubert Anson Newton (1830-1896), American astronomer and mathematician. He was best known for his research on meteor...
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John Lawrence Smith, Chemist

Date: 1854
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of John Lawrence Smith (1818-1883), American chemist. From 1846-1850, he worked for the Turkish government, exploring their count...

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