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Woodcut of Women with Child

Date: 1865
Description: A woodprint of women with frightened child entitled "The First Dip Into Salt Water."
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Young Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1865
Description: Belle Case La Follette, later the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., posed in a dress that her Grandmother Case spun, wove, and sewed for her.
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Strategy or Change of Base

Date: 1865
Description: "Strategy or Change of Base". Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women's clothing hoping to reach the Miss...
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Cartoon of the Flight of Jefferson Davis

Date: 1865
Description: Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women...
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Capture of an Unprotected Female

Date: 1865
Description: "Capture of an unprotected female, or the close up of the Rebellion." Photograph card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in wo...
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Portrait of Aunt Betsy Chamberlain

Date: 1865
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite of "Aunt Betsy Chamberlain." She is wearing a dark dress and a white cap tied under her chin.
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Carte-de-Visite of Judith Kilburn

Date: 1865
Description: Studio portrait, carte-de-visite, of Judith Kilburn, later wife of Moses Farnum.
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Portrait of Mrs. Gerhard Inbusch

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite seated portrait of Mrs. Gerhard Inbusch. She is wearing a large brooch with a lace collar.
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Olympia Brown

Date: 1865
Description: Seated portrait of Olympia Brown.
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The Orb Sisters

Date: 1865
Description: Sisters Margarethe, left, and Catherine Orb posing for a full-length, standing portrait wearing matching dark floor-length gowns with fur-trimmed short sle...
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Company B, 49th Reg. Wisconsin Infantry Roster

Date: 1865
Description: A Civil War roster commemorating the soldiers of Company B in the 49th Reg. Wisconsin Infantry. There is an eagle at center top with a banner that reads: "...
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H.R.H. The Princess, Of Wales

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Alexandra, Princess of Wales, posing with a toddler on her back. This is probably her first-born son, Albert Victor.
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Alexandra, Princess of Wales

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen of the United Kingdom, posing with a toddler in her ar...
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Marie De Marie Allen

Date: 1865
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Marie De Marie Allen, wife of Chippewa Falls founder Hiram S. Allen.

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