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Jerome Skaalen with Wife and Guests

Date: 1878
Description: Some men are in a yard sitting and standing with scythe, rake and pitch fork. A woman sits on the front porch of a frame house with shutters, one closed on...
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First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
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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 Senate Clerks

Date: 1860
Description: Oval portrait of Wisconsin Senate Clerks. Standing in back is J.H. Warren. Seated from left to right are J.B. Selby, Mr. Wright, Willard Merrill, G.M. Powe...
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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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Men Using Steel Husker and Shredder

Date: 1930
Description: Men use a steel husker and shredder and a Farmall Regular tractor on the farm of J. Peter Peterson.
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Civil Rights Rally at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 06 13 1961
Description: Large group of protesters in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with many carrying signs in favor of Civil Rights for African-Americans. One man holds a s...
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The Schlitz

Date: 1905
Description: The Schlitz Saloon on the corner of Doty and King Streets. The saloon was owned by Fred C. Harbort from 1900-1907. There is a man in an apron standing at t...
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Take Over Newspaper

Date: 07 26 1972
Description: Individual crouches on the sidewalk against a brick wall in front of the Rennebohms at Lake and State Streets (now Walgreens) hawking Take Over news...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Court Room

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Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol courtroom. Judges are sitting in seats below a wall of framed portraits.
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Mendota State Hospital Employees

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Description: Employees of the Mendota State Hospital posing outdoors in front of a tree.

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