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Schmidt and Glade Brewers

Date: 1870
Description: Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels.
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Soldiers' Orphans Home

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug...
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Andrew Amundsen Family Pose near House

Date: 1870
Description: The Andrew Amundsen family posing in front of their frame house with some of their furniture. A quilt is on the back of one chair and a shawl is on the bac...
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S. Pettersen Family

Date: 1870
Description: S. Pettersen family around square "center" table with a checkered table cloth in a house yard. A child is seated on the ground with the family dog while an...
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Family with Carriage

Date: 1870
Description: A carriage and a family stand in front of a picket fence in front of an unpainted Greek Revival frame house. Attached to the house is a storefront. Althoug...
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Family near Windmill

Date: 1870
Description: Sixteen people, including four small children dressed in white, are posed in front of a picket fence standing before a small frame house. A windmill and ho...
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Family Playing Croquet

Date: 1870
Description: A family standing in a yard playing croquet, with a frame house and farm buildings behind them. An interesting rustic bench is on the right.
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Couple with Young Children

Date: 1870
Description: A man is standing on the far left with a baby in a baby buggy, a boy on the far right is sitting on a rocking horse on the lawn, and a woman holding baby i...
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Group of People in Carriage by House

Date: 1870
Description: Carriage in front of picket fence with people on horses and on porch of large brick house that has trim on porch top and three chimneys; house has 1868 dat...
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People on Horses

Date: 1870
Description: Carriage in front of picket fence with people on horses and on porch of large brick house that has trim on porch top and three chimneys; house has 1868 dat...
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Group Beside Spring

Date: 1870
Description: Group of people sitting beside spring, perhaps at Winnequah or Picnic Point in Madison. All of them are either holding or are wearing hats.
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Children on Picnic at Lakeshore

Date: 1870
Description: Large picnic group, mainly children, at lakeshore, possibly McBride's Point in Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison.
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Family and Child on Fence

Date: 1870
Description: Family by wood fence with one child sitting on top of gate; wood house with upper window shutter closed and shutter trim around doorway; trellis by porch. ...
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Family in front of Frame House

Date: 1870
Description: Family sitting in chairs in front of fence, with two men standing behind the fence near a well wearing top hats. A frame house with a porch is behind them.
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Masonic Hall

Date: 1870
Description: Text reads: "Masonic Hall at the corner of College Avenue and Oneida Street; built in 1855 by Theodore Conkey, it burned in 1874. The Zuehlke Building was ...
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Jefferson School

Date: 1870
Description: Jefferson School, built on the site of the first cemetery in Janesville.
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Andrew Amundsen Family Pose near House

Date: 1870
Description: Detail from original. Original caption reads: "The Andrew Amundsen family posing in front of their frame house with some of their furniture. A quilt is on ...
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Queen Alexandra and Her Children

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite group portrait of Alexandra of Denmark, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress consort of India, 1901-1...

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