Collection	Lillian G. Kimball
Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Albumen print on carte de visite mount of Ebenezer Hubbard.
Medium	Cardstock/Photographic Emulsion
Notes	Three quarter seated view of Ebenezer Hubbard, middle aged man, wearing a dark suit and white shirt. He was the uncle of Lillian Kimball. Ebenezer Hubbard was born in Maine circa 1810. He married Mary Thompson on December 27, 1836 in Buckfield, Maine. The couple had two daughters: Martha Hubbard Johnston and Ellen Hubbard Skinner. They also adopted their nephew, E. H. Hubbard. He was a pioneer who arrived in Sheboygan in 1847 and Winnebago County in 1847 where in partnership with L. P. Sheldon, he built the third lumber mill in Oshkosh. They were burned out in 1855. He was a Winnebago County Supervisor from the 3rd Ward of Oshkosh in 1854 & 1855. In 1874 he purchased a sawmill in Florida and vast tracts of pine lands, which were operated by his son E. H. Hubbard. In 1877 he erected a mansion on the edge of town and owned a farm in Section 35 Algoma Township. He also erected a block of storefronts on Main Street in 1875. He was also vice-president of the Union National Bank in Oshkosh.
Object ID	P2000.25.55
Object Name	carte de visite
People	Hubbard, Ebenezer
Place	Oshkosh, WI
Print size	H=4 W=2 1/2 in
Subjects	Victorian male portrait photographs Pioneers Banking Bankers Union National Bank Farmers Lumber industry Lumbermen Politicians County government
Title	Ebenezer Hubbard
Year Range from	1870
Year range to	1875

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