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North Town Apothecary

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Exterior view of the North Town Apothecary.
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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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William Harrisen

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Description: Carte-de-visite of assistant surgeon William Harrisen of the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
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Thomas Potts James, Botanist

Date: 1869
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Thomas Potts James (1803-1882), American Botanist. Working for most of his early life as a pharmacist in Philadelphia...
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Edmund Andrews, Surgeon

Date: 1869
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Edmund Andrews (1824-1904), Vermont-born surgeon. Andrews served as Professor of Comparative Anatomy at the Universit...
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Dr. Samuel Barnum Mead, Physician and Botanist

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Samuel Barnum Mead (1799-1880), Illinois-based physician and botanist. Mead, a pioneer in both the fields of medicine and b...
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Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland, Geologist and Physician

Date: 1866
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite of Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland (1793-1877), American scientist. Kirtland, among many other exploits, worked on the 1837 Ohio geolog...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth in Fur Clothing

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), an American physician and naturalist who is shown in a Russian-American fur trapper's c...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth, Physician

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), American physician and naturalist. In 1871, Woodworth became the first Surgeo...
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George W. Perrine, M.D.

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of George W. Perrine (1816-1872), Milwaukee-based medical doctor. Spent the early part of his medical career in New York...
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Samuel C.F. Hahnemann, M.D.

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite featuring a bust of Samuel C.F. Hahnemann (1755-1843), German physician. Hahnemann is credited as the founder of homeopathic medicine, as w...
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Albert H. Hoy, M.D.

Date: 1868
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite of Dr. Albert H. Hoy, Racine physician.
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Children Dressed as Nurses

Date: 1917
Description: Outdoor portrait of three girls dressed as Red Cross nurses and a boy with a bandage on his head. One girl holds a U.S. flag.
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William H. Harrison

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Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of William H. Harrison, Assistant Surgeon, F & S, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
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Edwin J. Farr

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Edwin J. Farr, Assistant Surgeon, F & S, 30th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Clara Barton

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Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Clara Harlowe Barton. On April 20, 1862, after the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas), she established an...
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Dr. John H. Vivian

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Description: An autographed portrait of John Vivian.
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W. W. Albers

Date: 1884
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of William W. Albers, a Democratic politician and businessman. This image is from the time he was a student at the ...
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Joseph Mabbett Allcott

Date: 1856
Description: Carte-de-visite of Joseph Mabbett Allcott, proprietor of J.M. Allcott & Co. drug store in Milwaukee. He is sitting in a chair, with a dog resting at his fe...

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