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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of John Cuppy at the age of 100. He was a soldier under Captain Samuel Brady. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin... |
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| Description: | An autographed portrait of Thomas S. Baldwin, builder of the early "Red Devil" airplanes and the first dirigible purchased by the U.S. Army. |
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| Description: | A portrait of an elderly Susan B. Anthony. She is known primarily for her leadership in the women's rights movement, but was also an activist for other soc... |
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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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| Description: | Studio portrait of Lars Davidson Reque, age 90, seated showing a book to his grandniece Martha Rothie Nelson, age 5. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) holding her infant great-niece, Nancy Fowler Merle-Smith (b. 1921). Nettie is sitting in a wheelchair on a path, with s... |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Charles Edward Shepard posing with an axe. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Daniel Steele Durrie (1819-1892), American librarian. Durrie served as the librarian for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (now the Wi... |
| Date: | 12 09 1909 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Dora Larsan, wearing a lace collar and a black dress. |
| Date: | 12 28 1909 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Susan Washburn, who is wearing a black dress and a watch on a chain. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Reverend DeJarnette sitting in a wooden chair at Highlander Folk School. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Arthur W. Page wearing eyeglasses and a necktie. |
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| Description: | Samuel Marshall is seated on a bench outdoors with his dog Mac at his side. Marshall is wearing a hat and has a white beard. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Edwin Harris with neckbeard. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Margaret Cooper, who was one of the first children born in Racine. |
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