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Elderly Chippewa

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Description: Pussafuss, an elderly Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of p...
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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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John McArthur

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted portrait of Brigadier General John McArthur. At the start of the Civil War he was a colonel of an Illinois volunteer regiment, but after the Batt...
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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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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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Dr. Jungels

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Description: Dr. Jungels riding his camel, Hedschin, in the desert.
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Djemal Pascha and Colonel Frankenberg

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Description: Djemal Pascha, the senior commander of Turkish forces on the Suez Canal, in the desert with Colonel Frankenberg.
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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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