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The Iron Brigade

Date: 11 1863
Description: Civil War General John C. Starkweather, center; Lt. Colonel George B. Bingham, left; and General Rufus King, right; all of the Iron Brigade.
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Increase A. Lapham

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Description: Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair.
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H.H. Bennett

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of H.H. Bennett standing. He is wearing a uniform, holding a hat in his left hand, and resting his right hand on the back of a ...
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H.H. Bennett and Dog

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Description: Studio portrait of H.H. Bennett and a dog.
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Edward G. Kneeland

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Edward G. Kneeland of Shullsburg, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band.
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Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...
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Family Portrait

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Description: Family portrait of mother, father and 8 children (ca. 1900).
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Staged Scene

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Description: A scene staged in front of a backdrop. A man on his knees is leaning over the seat of a chair that has been turned sideways. Syl hangs on his back while th...
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Large Group Seated in Photography Studio

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Description: A large group of people posed in chairs at Harry Dankoler's photography studio. Syl is the youngest child on the front row near the center aisle on the rig...
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Group Posed in Photography Studio

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Description: A posed photograph in front of a backdrop with two men standing to the left near a board resting on a book in the foreground. A woman and three other men a...
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Woman with Two Men

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Description: A woman who appears to be Aunt Helen shakes hands with a man in a room while another man looks on. The room appears to be a studio as it has a large painte...
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James Williams

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of James Williams, Company A, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, sitting and reading a book in front of a painted backdrop.
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Charles Stewart

Date: 1861
Description: Seated portrait of Corporal Charles Stewart (b. 1832), Company B, 8th Wisconsin Infantry, wearing the one of the grey uniforms in which Wisconsin's first e...
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Silas Stewart

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Silas Stewart, Company B, 8th Wisconsin Infantry. Stewart enlisted in 1861 and served until the end of the war without b...
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Reverend Samuel W. Eaton

Date: 1864
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Reverend Samuel Eaton posed with his hands on the back of a chair.
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Generals Fairchild, Bragg, and Gibbon of the Iron Brigade

Date: 1865
Description: Studio portrait of General Lucius Fairchild, General E.S. Bragg, and General John Gibbon, all of the Iron Brigade. All three men wear an unidentified ribbo...
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Studio Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant sitting and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River ...
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Studio Portrait of a Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a moustache posing standing next to an upholstered chair in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a belted j...
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Studio Portrait of a Man and Four Children

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Description: A studio portrait of a man and four children in front of a painted backdrop. The man is sitting on a chair in the center, and is holding one child. Two you...

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