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John H. Fonda

Date: 1860
Description: Quarter-plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length portrait of John H. Fonda, settler in the Prairie Du Chien area. He is sitting facing front, with one hand in...
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Girl with Bows in her Hair

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman with bows in her hair, a choker locket, a fringed scarf around her neck and a pocket watch around her waist....
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Elderly Woman in Bonnet

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of an older woman wearing a bonnet sitting in a chair with a tasseled armrest.
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Woman Wearing a Bonnet and Holding Book

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Description: Full-length portrait of an older woman sitting in a chair with a lace cloth on the back. The women is wearing a bonnet and is holding a book in her lap. A ...
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Elderly Man

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Description: Portrait of an older man sitting in a chair.
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Bearded Man and Wife

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Description: Full-length portrait of a bearded man and a woman sitting.
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Vedder House

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of the Cornelia Vedder house. A woman is standing on the porch. Described as the house "where George Winnie, a conductor on the...
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Woman Holding Books

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Description: Woman with books posed standing on a board sidewalk, possibly in front of the William T. Price home.
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Little Girl and Toy Weber Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Young girl posing sitting in a scale model or toy version of a Weber farm wagon on a residential lawn.
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"The Spirit of the Northwest"

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Description: "The Spirit of the Northwest," a sculpture by Sidney Bedore which features a missionary, an explorer, and a Native American.
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Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, poses in a rocking chair with her hands behind her head. She wears a fancy dress and high buttoned shoes. The...
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Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
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Lieutenant Harlow Waller

Date: 1861
Description: Quarter plate full-length military portrait of Harlow Milton Waller, facing forward with right hand holding his sword at his side. The portrait is hand tin...
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Joseph Crelie

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of three-quarter portrait of Joseph Crelie. Seated half figure facing front with right elbow on a table, both hands holding a cane ...
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Unidentified Civil War Officer

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified Civil War Union officer. Full-length portrait of man standing facing front, with his hand inside his unifor...
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Sid with Wagon Wheels

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Description: Portrait of Sid standing on a lawn near a row of wagon wheels set into the ground. A lake is below in the background. Sid is wearing khaki pants, and a but...
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Unidentified Child

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of unidentified child associated with the Billinghurst family. Full-length standing portrait, wearing a belted plaid smock with whi...
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House, probably in Madison, Wisconsin

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of a white house with dark shutters, probably located in Madison, Wisconsin. The house has a gable end at the left, with a portico ...
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View of a White House

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of a view of a two-story white house, with its gable end facing forward, front door and two windows on the first floor, and two win...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: Photograph of a woodcut of the Eben and Roseline Peck cabin. It was built by or for Roseline, the first white settler in Madison. The drawing was inspired ...

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