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Two Girls Sitting on Bench

Date: 1885
Description: Two young girls in white dresses trimmed with lace posing for a studio portrait on a bench covered with a kilim rug.
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Woman Posing with Dog

Date: 1888
Description: Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a...
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Polish Men

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Description: Studio portrait of five men in suits posed in front of a painted backdrop.
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Martin Norde

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Description: Seated, three-quarter length cabinet card portrait of Martin Norde, a first sergeant in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform. The following inform...
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John O. Wraalstad

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders studio portrait of John Olson Wraalstad, a sergeant in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtai...
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Andrew Thompson

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Description: Quarter-length vignetted cabinet card portrait of Andrew Thompson [as written on backing of photograph; also written as Andreas Thompson Descriptive Rolls,...
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Mrs. Langtry in "As in a Looking-Glass"

Date: 1887
Description: Lillie Langtry is in character as the adventuress Lena Despard from the play "As in a Looking-Glass." In this full-length portrait, she is seated, facing ...
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Andrew Torguson

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length head and shoulders profile cabinet card portrait of Andrew Torguson [as written on portrait; also written as Andrew Torkelson on D...
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Christian Jacobson

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Description: Vignetted waist-up studio portrait of Christian Jacobson, a corporal in Company I, Wisconsin 15 Infantry, in uniform holding his musket across his chest. T...
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Nathan Myrick

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Description: Portrait of Nathan Myrick, first white settler of La Crosse.
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Hans Hanson

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Description: Vignetted, quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Hans Hanson, a corporal in Company G, Wisconsin 15th Infantry. The following information was obtained fr...
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Ole T. Westby

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted cabinet card portrait of Ole T. Westby, a private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtaine...
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Captain N.A. Peterson

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Description: Three-quarter length cabinet card portrait of Captain N.A. Peterson, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who was master and part owner of the schooner “Selt”...
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Richard Ely

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Richard Ely.
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Eldai Smith

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted studio portrait of Eldai Smith, an early settler in Racine.
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Harriet Smith

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted studio portrait of Harriet Smith, wife of Eldai Smith, an early settler in Racine.
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Harlow M. Waller

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Harlow Waller standing and wearing a star-shaped medal and and embroidered ceremonial collar over his suit. He is p...
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Edward Singleton Holden

Date: 1881
Description: Cabinet card portrait of Edward Holden seated with his legs crossed.
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Fred Pabst

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Description: Head and shoulders semi-profile vignetted portrait of Fred Pabst.
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Fritz Rasmussen

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Description: Quarter-length vignetted studio portrait of Fritz William Rasmussen.

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