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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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Major George Bill

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Major George Bill, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1903, the year in which a constitutional amendment approved expansion of the court from five to seven judg...
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Samuel C. Johnson

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Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Samuel C. Johnson, a corporal in C Company, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with corporal chevrons on the sleeves. The foll...
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Morris Family Portrait

Date: 1912
Description: Informal portrait of the W.A.P. Morris family, with the patriarch seated at the head of the table at the left, and his children and grandchildren. Portrai...
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Bass Family Portrait

Date: 1905
Description: Lorinda Hill Bass sits in the center, with daughters Martha Bass Haskin, left, and Rhoda Bass Shephard beside her. Her sons, Edward, left, and Frank, right...
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Private Henry C. Stafford and 1st Lieutenant Issac N. Earl

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Private Henry C. Stafford, Company I, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, and, standing on his left side, 1st Lieutenant Issac N. Ear...
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Lewis Jones

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Lewis Jones from Company E of the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
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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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John F. Harker

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of John F. Harker, Company K, 13th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Walter Quintin Gresham

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Walter Quintin Gresham with the rank of Brigadier General. At the start of the war he was initially denied...
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Albion Parris Howe

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Albion Parris Howe, commander of the 2nd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Jairus Richardson, Post No. 12

Date: 05 25 1901
Description: Grand Army of the Republic, Jairus Richardson, Post No. 12 in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, meeting at the Methodist Church. From left to right are: Charles ...
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Family with Portrait

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Description: Seven members of the Fragon family sitting and standing for a portrait around a framed painting of a young man, possibly a deceased family member. An older...
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Lewis Anderson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Lewis Anderson, a private in Company G, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following informat...
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Governor Emanual Lorenz Philipp

Date: 1918
Description: Photograph of a painted portrait of Governor Emanual Lorenz Philipp, the 23rd Governor of Wisconsin. He was a conservative Republican, born in Honey Creek ...
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Lieutenant H. Pryale

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant H. Pryale of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, C Company, wearing a heavy coat and gloves, as well as a fur hat. ...
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Lieutenant Gray

Date: 1918
Description: Seated portrait of Lieutenant Gray from Company C of the 310th United States Engineer Corps, in uniform posed at a desk.

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