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Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Anna M. Fox

Date: 1890
Description: Formal studio portrait in front of a painted background of Anna Fox, who married William F. Vilas of Madison, Wisconsin. This photograph was taken in Washi...
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James Garland Sturgis

Date: 1870
Description: Portrait of James Garland Sturgis in his West Point(?) cadet uniform. Born January 24, 1854; son of Samuel Davis Sturgis I and younger brother of Nina Stu...
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of members of a Whitewater, Wisconsin football team.
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Women Astronomers

Date: 1880
Description: Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in the United States at Vassar College.
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Women with Schuetzen Rifles

Date: 06 1887
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ...
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 08 13 1860
Description: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln before he grew a beard, taken from an ambrotype.
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Grover Cleveland

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait of Grover Cleveland around the time he first took office as president of the United States.
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First Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 1876
Description: View of the First Norwegian Lutheran Church interior looking up the aisle between the pews and towards the altar. Double oil chandeliers are hanging from t...
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Interior of Perry Lutheran Church Parsonage

Date: 1877
Description: Interior view of the Perry Lutheran Church parsonage, home of the Reverend Jacobson and family. Included in the view is a rocking chair, peacock feathers i...
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Parlor Interior of Herman Amberg Preus's Parsonage

Date: 1871
Description: View of a parlor interior (probably that of Herman Amberg Preus's parsonage) with a bay window and draperies, a statue, plants, an ornate clock on a table ...
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Interior of Martin K. Dahl Home

Date: 1872
Description: View of two rooms possibly in the Martin K. Dahl home. The room in the foreground has a square entrance way and is filled with a piano, three matched chair...
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Interior Room with Furnishings

Date: 1873
Description: A room with a pump organ, stove, rocking chair, tier table, two paintings and a low hanging light fixture. A "Home, Sweet, Home" sign is hanging above the ...
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Rev. J.A. Ottesen's Library

Date: 1876
Description: Interior view of Reverend J.A. Ottesen's library, with a chair, a dictionary opened on a stand and a framed photograph on top of books on a shelf. Entitled...
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Interior Barber Shop

Date: 1874
Description: A highly decorated barber shop interior, possibly Wellman's, with a view of chairs, mirrors and a glass display case with cigars. In the back of the shop i...
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Wellman's Barber Shop

Date: 1874
Description: A highly decorated barber shop interior, possibly Wellman's, with three barbers and three customers. Two men are about to get shaves. A glass display case,...
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Church Interior

Date: 1879
Description: View of a church interior looking up the aisle between the pews and towards the altar. An acoustical hood or sounding board is over the pulpit, and the alt...
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Luther Valley Church

Date: 1869
Description: Interior view of church from the rear towards the altar, probably Luther Valley Church, originally built in 1863. A steeple was added in the 1870s. The alt...
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View of the Interior of a Church

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: "View of the interior of the church" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." The church was d...
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Interior of Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 1876
Description: Interior view of the Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue.

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