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Family under Large Tree

Date: 1875
Description: Newhouse family in yard under large tree, with frame house that has latticework siding on the front porch as well as a Hekla sign, indicating that the hous...
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Woman Holds Framed Portrait with Family Group

Date: 1875
Description: A family group is posing in yard. Part of the group is sitting around a table in front of a picket fence which encloses the brick Greek Revival house. Anot...
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Funeral Party around Casket

Date: 1874
Description: Group portrait of a large funeral party assembled around a casket in front of an upright-and-wing frame house. Two older men on the left, one identified as...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1901
Description: Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ...
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Author Sigurd Olson

Date: 01 21 1973
Description: Sigurd Olson, who became a leading exponent of the conservation philosophy, is shown here autographing books in a bookstore.
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Two Portraits of an Elderly Man

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Description: Two portraits of an elderly man with a beard posing sitting with a Farmer's Almanac in his coat pocket. Behind him is a dropcloth for a backdrop.
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Three Women Reading

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Description: Interior group portrait of three European American woman posing sitting and looking at a book. The woman on the left is knitting.
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Boy with Photo Albums

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Description: View towards a boy standing outdoors in the grass leaning against a table with photo albums stacked on it. A fence is in the background, and a buggy is par...
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Two Images: Group Posing with Photographer's Cart; Woman with Child

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Description: Two images: on the left are two adults and two children posing in front of C.R. Monroe's Photography cart. A person is standing on the cart. On the right i...
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Governor John J. Blaine in his Office

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Description: Governor John J. Blaine, Wisconsin's 24th governor, sits in an office next to a desk in a leather chair. Papers, books and a telephone are on the desk. On ...

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