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William H. Metcalf

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of William H. Metcalf.
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Cyrus Hall McCormick

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Description: Engraved portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reap...
Photograph

Cyrus Hall McCormick

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Description: Engraved portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reap...
Print

Leander J. McCormick

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Description: Engraved portrait of Leander James McCormick (1819-1900) by the Century Publishing and Engraving Company. Leander was a younger brother of Cyrus Hall McCor...
Photograph

Robert E. Lee

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Description: Portrait of an aging Robert E. Lee, in profile.
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne & Co. harvesting machines showing three old men. Two of the men appear to be listening to the third man. I...
Photograph

Portrait of Elderly Couple

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of an elderly couple, both seated in chairs in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

G.A.R. Beloit

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Description: Outdoor portrait of eight members of the Grand Army of the Republic, including W.H. Wheeler.
Photograph

Frank W. Hoyt

Date: 03 24 1945
Description: Portrait of Frank W. Hoyt, 93, of 416 North Livingston Street, who still goes to his office every day. Mr. Hoyt, whose family came to Wisconsin from New Yo...
Photograph

Fred Rietbrock

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Fred Rietbrock.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of an Elderly Man

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Description: An unidentified elderly man stands with a cane for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest, and trousers.
Photograph

Four Adults and Four Children

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Description: An elderly couple sit surrounded by two other adults standing behind them, and four children, two boys and two girls. They are posing in front of a painted...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Elderly Couple

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated elderly man with a beard, and an elderly woman in a dress standing beside him. Both are wearing hats in front of a painted ba...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Elderly Bearded Man

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated elderly man with a moustache and long beard.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of John Hazen Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is smoking a pipe and holding a cane in his left ...
Photograph

The Lloyd Jones Family

Date: 1883
Description: A group portrait of about 40 members of the Lloyd Jones family. The empty chair in the front row was placed in memory of the wife of Richard Lloyd Jones.
Photograph

Moses Harman and His Grandson

Date: 01 1906
Description: Studio portrait of Moses Harman, 75-years-old, holding his baby grandson George Harman O'Brien, 4-months-old.
Photograph

Elderly African American Man

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Description: A studio portrait of an elderly African American man.
Photograph

Elderly Man Near Shed Door

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Description: A view of an elderly bearded African American man leaning out of a wooden door.
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic, John H. Williams, Post No. 4

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait of the five surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic, John H. Williams, Post No. 4. Standing from left to right around the framed chart...

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