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Augustin Grignon
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Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made from a gun barrel by Joseph Jourdain, the government blacksmith in Green Bay. Grignon was a fur trader and settler in Green Bay.
1850
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W0146EB
WHi 4170
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W.Y. Martin
circa 1850-1859
Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of W.Y. Martin of Tennessee.
Unidentified Native American Man
circa 1850-1859
Sixth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up portrait of an unidentified Native American man, possibly from the Canadian Woodland Tribe. He is wearing a coat and a fur hat.
Unidentified Man
circa 1850-1859
Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified man. Half length portrait facing forward. He wears a suit, stand collar, and cravat.
William Lamont
circa 1850-1859
Sixth plate daguerreotype of William Lamont, quarter length, facing forward, torso slightly left.
Unidentified Man
circa 1850-1859
Quarter plate daguerreotype. Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a suit and necktie.
William Hall
1850
Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of General William Hall of Tennessee.
