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Charles King

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Brigadier General Charles King, Milwaukee author and instructor.
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J.A. Watrous

Date: 12 04 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of J.A. Watrous, Milwaukee journalist and soldier.
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Edwin O. Kimberly

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic calling card of Colonel Edwin O. Kimberly. During the Civil War he was in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. It is noted on the card that he was the ...
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Amasa Cobb

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Amasa Cobb, F & S, 43rd Wisconsin Infantry and 5th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Charles H. Meyerhoff

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Meyerhoff, Company E, 14th Indiana Infantry, wearing eyeglasses and a badge for the Gr...
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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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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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Grand Army of the Republic Reunion

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Description: Studio group portrait of Union veterans gathered for the Grand Army of the Republic reunion. Colonel Rollin M. Strong, 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, i...
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Reunion of the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment

Date: 09 02 1914
Description: Group portrait of the survivors of the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment at their reunion.
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Veterans of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the veterans of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. None are identified.
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Bernhard (Bernt) J. Madsen

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Description: A vignetted, quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Bernt J. Madsen a sergeant in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtain...
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Thore Knudson

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Description: Head and shoulders oval studio portrait of Thore Knudson, a musician in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in a dark suit and tie with a GAR (Grand Army o...
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Thor C. Thompson

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Description: Quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Thor C. Thompson, [name in the roster is Thomas C. Thompson] a sergeant in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The ...
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Three Civil War Veterans

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Description: Carte-de-visite of three Civil War veterans tentatively identified as William Wilson, John M. Baer, and Samuel Ryan. The latter is thought to have been a r...
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Jacob Jacobson

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Jacob Jacobson [as written on the photograph backing; also written as Jacob Jackson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 (“Blu...
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Orvin Thompson

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Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of Orvin Thompson, a private in Company I, 40th Wisconsin Infantry, wearing Grand Army of the Republic uniform and a s...
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Ole K. Flaaten [Ole Knudsen]

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Description: Three-quarter length oval portrait of Ole K. Flaaten [as written on portrait; believed to possibly be Ole Knudsen], a private in Company A, 15th Wisconsin ...
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Ole Everson Luten and Andrew Ellickson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of (right) Ole Everson Luten [as on the photograph backing; also written as Ole Everson on...
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified elderly woman posing standing on the left, and an unidentified elderly man po...
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Edmund B. Gray

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Description: Quarter-length oval framed portrait of Edmund Gray, wearing a military medal on his jacket.

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