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Mrs. Ollie Jacobs

Date: 07 26 1941
Description: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (b. 1862), sitting in a wheelchair.
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Hannah Simpson

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Description: Studio portrait of Hannah Simpson, mother of Ulysses S. Grant. This image is one of several on a page from the Grant family bible.
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Harriet Rhoads

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Harriet Rhoads at the time of her marriage to Lieutenant D.G. Hudson of Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois (1862).
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Cordelia A.P. Harvey

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Cordelia Harvey wearing a hooded cape.
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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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Sally Blair Fairchild

Date: 1862
Description: Sally Blair Fairchild, the wife of Jairus Fairchild, the first mayor of Madison, and the mother of Lucius, Cassius, Charles Fairchild, and Sarah Fairchild ...
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Mrs. George B. Smith

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Description: Full-length portrait of Eugenia Weed Smith, the wife of George B. Smith, a former mayor of Madison, prominent Democratic party leader, and attorney.
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Maria A. Morrison

Date: 1860
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Maria A. Morrison, born Maria Amelia Hickox in 1800, the wife of Wisconsin pioneer James Morrison. With her husband, Mrs...
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Mrs. Nathaniel Dean

Date: 1860
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Morrison Dean, the wife of Nathaniel Dean of Madison. Mrs. Dean was born in Dodgeville in 1829, moved to Ma...
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Jane Wright (Porter)

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Description: Studio portrait of Jane Wright as a young girl.
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Anita McCormick as a Young Girl

Date: 1873
Description: Portrait of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) as a young girl. She wears a striped sash over an embroidered dress, and a ribbon in her hair.
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Anita McCormick as a Young Woman

Date: 1881
Description: Carte-de-visite of a three-quarter length studio portrait of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) as a young woman sitting in a chair. She is posing leaning ...
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Mary and Anita McCormick

Date: 1872
Description: Studio portrait of Mary Virginia (1861-1941) and Anita McCormick (1866-1954) as children. They are wearing dresses and have ribbons in their hair.
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Strategy or Change of Base

Date: 1865
Description: "Strategy or Change of Base". Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women's clothing hoping to reach the Miss...
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Cartoon of the Flight of Jefferson Davis

Date: 1865
Description: Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women...
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Mathilde Anneke and Mary Booth

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Description: A studio portrait taken in Zurich of Mathilde Anneke, who is standing next to Mary Booth. Booth is seated.
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Abner Doubleday and his Wife Mary

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Major General Abner Doubleday in uniform, sitting, and his wife Mary, standing, wearing a cape over her dress.
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Ulysses S. Grant and Family

Date: 1866
Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family.
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George B. McClellan and his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Major General George B. McClellan standing, with his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy, seated.
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Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, showing him as he fled from being captured by Union troops when they took Richmond, Virginia. He is dis...

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