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Daughters of Lucius Fairchild

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Description: Portrait of, from left to right, Mary, Salley, and Carol Fairchild, daughters of Lucius Fairchild.
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Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1885
Description: Formal studio portrait of Belle Case La Follette wearing a black lace dress. This photograph was taken about 1885, the year in which her husband, Robert M....
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Banjo Club

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Description: Banjo Club members pose for group portrait with their instruments.
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Madison Capitol View Looking South

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of view from the Capitol looking southwest by south. In the foreground are the Capitol Park, the First Baptist Church on Carroll Street; and be...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park

Date: 1870
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b...
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Edward Thomas Owen

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Description: Studio portrait of Edward Thomas Owen in suit, with full moustache and beard.
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Fauerbach F.B.C. Lager Bottle

Date: 12 09 1941
Description: Fauerbach F.B.C. Lager bottle on display.
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Ruins of Jones Farm

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: The ruins of the Jones farm after a tornado came through Oregon, Wisconsin.
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Horses in the Ruins

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Horses among the ruins of the Papgleco Farm after it was hit by a tornado.
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People at the Dreher Farm

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: People observe the ruins of the Dreher farm.
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Boy on Dreher Farm

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: A boy standing in the midsts of the ruins of the Dreher Farm after it was hit by a tornado.
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Bartlett Farm

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Men clearing the ruined barn on the Bartlett Farm after it was hit by a tornado.
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Bartlett Farm Ruins

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Three people observe the ruins of the barn that was hit by a tornado on the Bartlett Farm.
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Band Concert at Tenney Park

Date: 1912
Description: A group of formally dressed people gather at Tenney Park to hear a band concert.
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G.A.R. Hall

Date: 1997
Description: Organizing Assembly in G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Hall.
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Larson Family Living in Trailer

Date: 11 16 1951
Description: The Larson family, including a mother, father, and two children, are sitting in the living room of their mobile home (probably at Truax Field trailer camp)...
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Walter L. Houser

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Walter Houser, wearing a polka-dotted bow tie.
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Polar Bears at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of two polar bears in their enclosure at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). A crowd is gathered behind the fence, and in the far backgroun...
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Forest Middleton in Navy Uniform

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of Forest Middleton in a World War I era Navy uniform.
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Griggs Album: Mothers Day at Camp Anna Vilas

Date: 05 1924
Description: Mothers and small children standing and posing in Vilas Park, with other mothers and older children lying prone, propping themselves up with their elbows, ...

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