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T.G. Mandt

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Description: Quarter-length formal studio portrait of T.G. Mandt.
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Studio Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man with short hair posed sitting with his arms crossed and wearing a light-colored shir...
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Infant Syl Posed near Mirror

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Description: Infant Syl Dankoler posed in front of a mirror for a professional portrait.
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Thomas Forbush

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Description: Three-quarter-length portrait of Thomas (Tom) Forbush, Company E, 61st Illinois Infantry, holding his musket. He was better known as a river pilot on the S...
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Studio Portrait of a Woman and Young Boy

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Description: A studio portrait of a woman and a young boy posing in front of a painted backdrop. The woman is sitting on the left wearing a patterned dress and holding ...
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Stuffed Old Abe

Date: 1890
Description: "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881 he was stuffed, mounted, and put in the Capitol museum.<...
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Forest Middleton and Dog

Date: 1893
Description: Carte-de-visite of Forest Middleton, wearing a sailor suit. He is posed resting his head on a large dog. Both are lying on a fur rug.
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Laura B. James

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length studio portrait of Laura James, in profile. She is the mother of Ada James.
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Group Portrait of Men and Women on Balcony

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Description: Half plate daguerreotype of fourteen people, seven men and seven women, posing behind a balcony balustrade, with a paisley-bordered blanket or shawl draped...
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Art During War

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Description: The pursuit of art during wartime. Professor Richard Anders modelling a bust of General von Haeseler, Berlin.
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Edward J. Carlier

Date: 1932
Description: Standing, three-quarter length portrait of Edward J. Carlier (1893-1954) posing with an elbow resting on tires and a pencil and papers in his hands. Establ...
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Harriet Sprague Elkins Cady

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Harriet Elkins Cady, daughter of Revolutionary War Colonel Jonathan Elkins, who is buried in Green Ridge Cemet...

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