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Carrie Lane

Date: 1883
Description: Quarter-length vignetted studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt when she was still single and a teacher in Mason City, Iowa.
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Young Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Head and shoulders oval-framed formal studio portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie.
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Formal studio photograph of a woman standing next to a chair.
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Loyd Harris's Wedding Portrait

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Description: Wedding portrait of Lieutenant Loyd G. Harris, his bride and two attendants.
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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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Winema, Modoc Chief

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Description: Portrait of Modoc Chief Winema, who saved the life of Colonel Meacham in the Modoc War.
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Mrs. Ed St. Cyr (He-no-nee-kaw), Sioux

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Description: Portrait of Mrs. Ed St. Cyr (He-no-nee-kaw), of the Sioux tribe. The text on the back reads: "Mrs. Ed. St. Cyr. She died about two years ago. I helped ...
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Old Bets, Sioux

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Description: Portrait of Old Bets, of the Sioux tribe. Old Bets will be remembered with gratitude by the Minnesota captives for her kindness in 1862.
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U-Se-Do-Ha, Sioux

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Description: Portrait of U-Se-Do-Ha, a Sioux woman.
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Sangish (Salish) Woman

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Description: Portrait of Sangish (Salish) woman.
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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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Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of a young woman. She is wearing a band over her ringlet curls, a dark dress with buttons down the front, a short white lacy c...
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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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Norwegian Lutheran Church

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Description: The congregation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.
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Julia Darst Conover

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Julia Darst Conover, the first wife of University of Wisconsin faculty member, Obadieh M. Conover. She died in Madis...
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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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