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    Washington; Wisconsin; Wyoming

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    Wisconsin portraits include: a man wearing Viking-style clothing; workers with tools (a machinist and carpenters); men wearing fur coats; a man with blanket and small medicine bag, identified as "Dr. Cole of West Lima." One portrait of a man wearing railroad uniform, identified as a Union Pacific brakeman.

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    California: Marysville; Oroville

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    One portrait of a Chinese man; one soldier in uniform.

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    Nebraska; Nevada

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    Portraits in Nebraska include: a postmortem photograph of a young girl; a soldier holding a rifle. A Virginia City, Nevada portrait has writing on the back: "Indian War soldier wearing 1851 sword belt plate and 1850 officer's sword Medal of Honor. Name unknown."

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    Colorado; Dakota Territory; Hawaii; Idaho

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    Portraits include: an African American woman (Colorado); a cowboy wearing leather chaps (Colorado); men in military uniform, including a Native American soldier (Dakota); native Hawaiians; and a portrait of two Chinese children (Idaho).

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    California: Sierra Nevada towns (excluding Grass Valley and Nevada City)

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    Many of the portraits were made in Placerville and Sonora. One image of three men sitting at a table, smoking cigars and drinking beer; one tintype of a soldier.

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    Colorado; Dakota Territory; Hawaii; Idaho

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    Dakota Territory photographs include some imprinted with South Dakota or North Dakota, which were taken after 1889, the year of statehood. Portraits include: a soldier (Fort Collins, Colorado); a man on a bicycle (Colorado); painters and carpenters with tools (Dakota); an East Indian man with rugs (Dakota); three portraits of native Hawaiian women wearing Western-style dresses (Honolulu, Hawaii); an outdoor group portrait of students and two wooden school buildings (Silver City, Idaho, 1884).

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