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Martha and Notley Henderson

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Martha and Notley Henderson with their three children. Their son Allen is standing. The Hendersons were e...
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African American Man

Date: 1874
Description: Portrait of an African American man in a shirt, unbuttoned vest and jacket and a striped bow tie.
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Portrait of Mrs. Hendricks

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of Mrs. William W. "Fannie" Hendricks in formal dress, including a fur scarf and feather hat, in front of a painted backdrop.
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Portrait of Mr. Hendricks

Date: 1895
Description: A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Wisconsin Assembly Clerks and Employees

Date: 1877
Description: Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly. Clerks and employees: 1. T.B. Reid, Sgt-at-Arms 2. W.A. Nowell, Chief Clerk 3. M. Knig...
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Woman in Striped Shirtwaist

Date: 1865
Description: Tintype/ferrotype oval waist-up portrait of an African American woman in a striped shirtwaist with white collar and waistband, wearing earrings and a cameo...
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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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Child Sitting on Bench

Date: 1875
Description: Tintype/ferrotype of a child sitting on a bench wearing a white dress and shoes.
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Man in Three-Piece Suit

Date: 1865
Description: Tintype/ferrotype waist-up oval portrait of an African American man wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and partially buttoned vest.
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John Stevenson Natchy

Date: 06 09 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a suit and bow tie. Caption reads: "Pupil of my mother's in A.M.A. [American Missionary Associatio...
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Solomon Freeman

Date: 1885
Description: Portrait of Solomon Freeman wearing a suit and sitting in a chair. Solomon Freeman was a slave purchased by Abraham Bush as a boy. The Bush family moved to...
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Ezekiel Gillespie

Date: 1850
Description: Black and white copy print of a daguerreotype portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie.

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