Date: | 1878 |
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Description: | The Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared after the completion of the dome in 1869. At that time only the dome and the upper stories can be seen above the... |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Office of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions, in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, showing details of ... |
Date: | 1898 |
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Description: | The Genealogical Alcove in the Historical Society's quarters in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Although the Society had only moved into these rooms in ... |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | View, ca. 1873-1879, of Madison looking down Wisconsin Avenue toward the third Wisconsin Capitol, a view that suggests something of the ongoing importance ... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | The third Wisconsin Capitol (the second in Madison) as it appeared shortly after the construction was completed. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Floor plan and seating chart for the Assembly for their first meeting in the East Wing of new Wisconsin State Capitol building. After the completion of th... |
Date: | 02 04 1864 |
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Description: | Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman... |
Date: | 1876 |
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Description: | Invitation to the annual ball at Turner Hall, sponsored by Madison's Andrew Proudfit Steam Fire Engine Company #2. The company, which was organized in 1870... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | The only known visual documentation of the Senate Chamber in the third Wisconsin Capitol. It was probably more colorful than it appears here. In 1869 a rep... |
Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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Description: | Elevated view of legislators in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
Date: | 03 15 1899 |
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Description: | Detail of the Assembly Chamber photograph focusing on the journalists seated near the front of the room. During the 19th century, coverage of Capitol news ... |
Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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Description: | Detail of the 1899 Assembly Chamber photograph, showing a row of legislators at their desks. Until well into the 20th century, individual legislators had n... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Detail of several senators. The Senate was less crowded than the Assembly because of its small numbers, allowing a better glimpse of the floral carpet and ... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Detail of the 1899 Senate photograph, showing details such as the president's chair (much more ornamented than the Assembly Speaker's chair) and desk with ... |
Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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Description: | Detail of the Assembly Chamber photograph, showing the visitors' gallery, the oversize brackets that supported it, and the ornamentation of the gallery. As... |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Territorial Capitol (first in Madison) viewed from State Street. The back wall of the east wing of the replacement capitol (second on the site) c... |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | East (King Street) wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol and the south wall of the Territorial Capitol (at the left) taken from the roof of the buildin... |
Date: | 1868 |
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Description: | William Thomas Fish, who served as Madison's fire chief, 1867-1868. Although posed for a formal studio portrait, Fish is wearing his uniform and hat and h... |
Date: | 1868 |
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Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Intersection of King and East Main streets photographed by John S. Fuller from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof, about 1860-1863. In the foreground two st... |
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