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Twin Infants in Coffins

Date: 1886
Description: Studio portrait of deceased twin infants in coffins. They are Robert and Janet Fitzpatrick, born July 5, 1885, died April 20, 1886, children of Robert and ...
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Anita McCormick as Bridesmaid

Date: 03 05 1889
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) dressed as a bridesmaid for the wedding of her brother Cyrus McCormick, Jr. (1859-1936) t...
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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke seated, surrounded by flowers and plants.
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Fancy Dress Party

Date: 08 19 1887
Description: Cabinet card of a group portrait of four men in front of a painted backdrop. Two are dressed in male formal attire, with top hats. The other men are dresse...
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Gustav and Kunigunde Willms

Date: 1880
Description: Studio wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) and Kunigunde (Dorn) Willms (1857-1941) in their wedding outfits. Ku...
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A Procession Led by Children

Date: 1886
Description: A procession of the Monona Lake Assembly led by children carrying flowers. The Monona Lake Assembly Pavilion is partially visible on the left.
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Portrait of Mary C. Gates

Date: 1880
Description: Full-length portrait of Mary C. Gates of Chicago, later Mrs. George Walter Oakley of Madison. From the Hawley and Oakley family collections. G.W. Oakley, 1...
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Kayes Park House

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of the large hotel at Kayes Park on the south shore of Geneva Lake. There are two girls standing in the foreground, with well-dressed women in ...
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Catherine Seipp and Her Children

Date: 1887
Description: Group studio portrait in front of a painted background. Catherine Orb Seipp, seated at left, poses with her children. From left: Conrad, Clara, Emma (stand...
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Catherine Orb Seipp

Date: 1880
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Catherine Orb Seipp (1846-1920), wife of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is standing and wea...
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Anita McCormick in Bridesmaid Dress

Date: 1888
Description: Group portrait of four women in front of a painted backdrop. Original caption reads: "Elizabeth King (left), possibly Katherine Isham,---, and Anita McC [M...
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Mary E. Stewart and Jennie E. Woodworth

Date: 1889
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Mary E. Stewart and Jennie E. Woodworth at Brenham(?), Texas, 1889. Miss Stewart was a Milwaukee educator and journalist. Both are sea...
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M.E. Stewart and Mrs. I.B. Woodward

Date: 1884
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of M.E. Stewart and Mrs. I.B. Woodward. Three-quarter length portrait, both seated, facing forward, in front of a painted backdrop. They ...
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William F. Gray, David E. Kiser, William D. Lamont, and Henry Chappel

Date: 06 19 1886
Description: Ferrotype/tintype portrait of three students with their principal, taken in a studio in front of a painted backdrop, the day after their high school gradua...

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