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Octagonal House

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...
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Queen Elizabeth 2, Hudson River

Date: 1968
Description: A small crowd mills about a cobblestone plaza near a brick building on the wharf adjacent to the Hudson River. The Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship is ...
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Car with Grape Boycott Sign

Date: 1969
Description: A sign on the roof of a car that says, "Grapes = Poverty" supporting the United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO grape boycott. The car is parked on a street in f...
Postcard

Commercial Hotel

Date: 06 28 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand...
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Second O'Dea Family Home on Park Street

Date: 1912
Description: Childhood home of David E. O'Dea (born February 7th, 1920) at 1035 Park Street. This is the second O'Dea family home.
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Leaving for the Honeymoon

Date: 09 1952
Description: Ralph and Helen Widmer leaving for their honeymoon.
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Mrs. Rahjes Seated at her Organ

Date: 12 1981
Description: Mrs. William (Norma) Rahjes seated at her organ at St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
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Martin K. Dahl House

Date: 1885
Description: Martin K. Dahl, far left, sits with three women around a table which has been set in front of an iron fence which encloses a manicured yard. Two of the wom...
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Facade of Co Leigh Co Salon

Date: 03 05 2012
Description: View from sidewalk of the facade of the building that houses Co Leigh Co Salon at 120 East Mifflin Street. This is the former site of Piper's Garden Cafete...
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Scaffold Used to Hoist "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 1914
Description: Scaffold used to hoist the statue "Wisconsin" to the Capitol dome is set up near two stone statues above a stone balcony.
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Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: A group of men look on as the statue "Wisconsin" is lifted from the crate using ropes and pulleys. Ropes are wrapped around the statue and the statue's rig...
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Lobby of the Eugene Hotel

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Description: Lobby of the Eugene Hotel. The hotel was located on the southwest corner of the square.
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Holiday Season at the State Capitol

Date: 12 2013
Description: Interior view looking up in the Wisconsin State Capitol building. A tall tree decorated for Christmas is on the far right. Two people are standing on the c...
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Faulkner Country

Date: 01 2014
Description: Elevated view of the Lafayette County Courthouse from the balcony of Square Books bookstore. Christmas lights, wreaths, and garlands decorate the square, c...
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On a Rainy Day

Date: 06 2014
Description: Two lawn chairs, a small table, and three pots of tomato plants sitting in the corner of a rain-drenched balcony. A rain gauge, decorated with a statue of ...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: View looking down at the Save the Mounds demonstration on the ground floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol against Assembly Bill 620. In the center is a dru...
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Democratic Debate

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: View from the back of the audience of the Democratic presidential debate, held at the Helen Bader Concert Hall in the Helene Zelazo Center for Performing A...
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Below Zero at Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 02 14 2015
Description: View of snow-covered Memorial Union Terrace, with large, dark-colored outdoor pots, and silver metal flagpoles spaced along the railing overlooking Lake Me...
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Spring Reunion and House Repair

Date: 04 04 2015
Description: View looking up at men and women posing along the railing of a porch for a group portrait.
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Cell Doors in Hallway

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Description: Stereograph of three men posing in a long prison hallway. Two men are on the first level balcony with one on the inside of the railing and the other man st...

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