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Increase A. Lapham

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Description: Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair.
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Spring Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: The Spring Tavern on the way to Verona.
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Labor Day Picnic

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Description: A man gives a little girl balloons that say "Jobs With Justice".
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 08 1907
Description: The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18...
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Wisconsin Capitol, South Wing

Date: 1921
Description: Employees of the business office of the Insurance Department.
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Malcolm Hanson at WHA

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Description: Malcolm Hanson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison radio station in the Department of Physics. Hanson helped to develop the radio station and equipment.
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Capitol Park Entrance and Madison City Hall

Date: 1880
Description: View from the Wisconsin Avenue entrance of the Capitol Park to Madison City Hall. The City Hall building has a clock tower on the roof. The stone gateways ...
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Radio Broadcasting In The Gymnasium

Date: 1922
Description: Several men broadcasting via radio from the University of Wisconsin gymnasium during a basketball game.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assemblyman

Date: 1909
Description: Otto Onstad, a newly elected assemblyman from Dane County, in the newly constructed Assembly Chamber of the present Wisconsin State Capitol. He is sitting ...
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Mrs. Kehl Feeds An Infant

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Description: Genevieve Kehl, the wife of Leo Kehl, assisted her husband in many ways in the operation of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison. In addition to work on th...
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David Atwood

Date: 1861
Description: Studio portrait of David Atwood.
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Park Street

Date: 1934
Description: Park Street looking north toward the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Assembly Members

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Description: Assembly members in session in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Merlin Hull

Date: 1913
Description: Portrait of Merlin Hull, Speaker of the Assembly.
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 1908
Description: Lincoln Monument in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A corner of Bascom Hall is on the left, and in the background are t...
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Fred Harvey Harrington

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Fred H. Harrington, who was the University of Wisconsin-Madison President beginning in 1962. During his nine-year tenure, Mr. Har...
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Television Station

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Description: Michael Henry is seated at the mixing board at a local television station. There is a cable access program playing on the monitor above him called "Glad To...
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Peggy Algren and Henry Lawrence Ahlgren

Date: 1966
Description: Peggy Algren (b. 1943) and her father Henry Lawrence Ahlgren at her graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 1966. At the time Henry Ahlgren was a Un...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

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Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. He was Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969.
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Old Abe Reproduction

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Description: An eagle of the same type as "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, displayed in the Civil War Roo...

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