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Assembly Chamber

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Interior view of the Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol, with seating for legislators, featuring the Edward Blashfield mural: "The State of Wi...
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Assembly Chamber Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber mural, "The State of Wisconsin, its Past, Present, and Future," by Edwin Blashfield. Also shows Speaker's podium a...
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Senate Parlor

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Senate Parlor in the Wisconsin State Capitol, showing elaborate decorations and furniture.
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a party of Indians on horseback, on an upland, striking the trail (adapted from a photograph, by permission, made in the National Park). ...
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a trading station on the borders of a lake, the Whites and Indians are bargaining for furs, and the canoe is the means of transportation....
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Colonial Period Travel by State Coach

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Colonial period travel by stagecoach which is halted at an inn and the horses are being changed, some of the passengers are getting off, one of four murals...
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Supreme Court Doorway

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Supreme Court doorway, with a sculpture of a badger over the door in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 02 1904
Description: Ruins of the Senate Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 26-27. Here the damage was almost total, leaving only a piece of plas...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Senate

Date: 1899
Description: The only known visual documentation of the Senate Chamber in the third Wisconsin Capitol. It was probably more colorful than it appears here. In 1869 a rep...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assembly Chamber

Date: 02 15 1899
Description: Elevated view of legislators in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Senate Detail

Date: 1899
Description: Detail of the 1899 Senate photograph, showing details such as the president's chair (much more ornamented than the Assembly Speaker's chair) and desk with ...
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Construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, during construction. Details of interior, including ceiling and arches.
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Orpheum Theater Interior

Date: 04 02 1927
Description: Elevated view from left side of stage of the new Orpheum Theater interior, showing the stage, orchestra pit, auditorium and balcony. A sign on the right si...
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin students (primarily women) studying in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. On the left is the Visitors Gallery.
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The Milwaukee Journal Building Interior

Date: 1926
Description: Building completed around 1926-27. Interior view of a desk area which runs along the right wall, with wood paneling on the desks and columns. Two tall wri...
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Main Hall of Wadsworth Hall

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the main hall of Wadsworth Hall. There is a table in the center of the room with books and a lamp, a fireplace at right and a stairway at ...
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Dining Room at Wadsworth Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View of the dining room at Wadsworth Hall. There is a table with a centerpiece and four chairs. Other chairs line the walls of the room. There is a firepla...
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Historical Library Doors

Date: 1914
Description: Detail view of the two doors at the north end of the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room which provided access to the separate periodical rea...
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John Gilbert's House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of actor John Gilbert's Spanish-style house at 1400 Tower Grove Road. There is a tower on the hill in the background.
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Virginia Dousman

Date: 1893
Description: Full-length formal portrait of Virginia Dousman. She is wearing a light-colored, off-the-shoulder dress, with straps. Her hands are clasped. In the backgro...

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