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Couple in Norwegian Clothes

Date: 1875
Description: Portrait of a couple in old-style Norwegian clothes, with the woman holding a book on her lap.
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Young Man in Vest and Tie

Date: 1875
Description: Portrait of a young man in vest and tie.
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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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Family in Yard for Coffee

Date: 1875
Description: Family posed in yard around a table set for coffee. Behind is a large frame house with stone foundation, latticework at bottom of front porch, and lightnin...
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Family Seated in front of House

Date: 1875
Description: Large bracket house with shutters and man on porch; carpenter's lace in excess; family seated in yard in front of house. House also has latticework at foun...
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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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A Family, their Carriage, and their House

Date: 1875
Description: An unidentified family proudly posed in front of their brick, Greek Revival home, with their carriage and team of horses. Although the location is unidenti...
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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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Portrait of Elderly Man

Date: 1875
Description: Portrait of an older man with beard.
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Cutting Grain

Date: 1875
Description: Two women and six men are cutting grain or hay using hand tools and horse-drawn implements. Behind them is a frame house.
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Family around Table of Books

Date: 1875
Description: A family of thirteen is grouped around a table upon which are many books. A fern leaf is displayed spread out on the white dress of a young woman at the ri...
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Madison's Federal Post Office

Date: 1875
Description: The City of Madison, Federal Post Office, at the corner of Wisconsin and Mifflin Streets. The cornerstone was laid on May 27, 1869. The building was demoli...
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Capitol Square

Date: 1875
Description: View of the Capitol Square from the roof of the Wisconsin State Capitol, looking south. The view includes the Park Hotel, The Baptist Church and St. Raphae...
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Vor Frelsers Kirke

Date: 1875
Description: "Vor Frelsers Kirke" a Lutheran church Dahl photographed during "The Norwegian Lutheran Synod held at Minneapolis, Minn., 1875," as described in Dahl's 187...
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Halle Steensland and Wife Sophia

Date: 1875
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children at the family home, later located at 733 Lakewood Boulevard, Village of Maple Bluff. Fro...
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The Ministers

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of a group portrait of men assembled on the steps to a church door. "The Ministers" gathered at "The Norwegian Lutheran Synod held at Minneapol...
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Bridge, Dam and Mill in Moscow

Date: 1875
Description: View of a bridge, dam and mill. Moscow was platted in 1850 by an Englishman, Chauncy Smith, who dammed the Bluemound branch of the Pecatonica River to run ...
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Iron Bridge across Mississippi

Date: 1875
Description: "Iron Bridge across Mississippi" photographed during "The Norwegian Lutheran Synod held at Minneapolis, Minn., 1875," as described in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogu...
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Interior of Congregational Church

Date: 1875
Description: Interior view of the Congregational Church on West Washington Avenue with a good view of the stained glass rose window, from the series "The Beauties of Ma...
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Group in front of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1875
Description: Small group in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol viewed from East Washington Avenue. Some telegraph wires are strung across foreground. The card is fro...

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