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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Dome

Date: 1878
Description: The dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, which was constructed entirely of iron and glass, as it appeared in 1878. The dome was painted white which s...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Maintenance

Date: 1878
Description: Painters working on the cornice of one of the four octagonal towers of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Also visible is the Italianate ornamentation of the iro...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Dome

Date: 1878
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared after the completion of the dome in 1869. At that time only the dome and the upper stories can be seen above the...
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Family and Carriage

Date: 1878
Description: This image is one of many taken by Dane County photographer Andreas Larsen Dahl. Many of them depict family posed in front of their homes wearing their bes...
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) is shaking the hand of a woman, possibly his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen. Someone has apparently just ...
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People Posed in front of G. Bashford Home

Date: 1878
Description: Two women and a man posed in the garden path of an L-shaped Greek Revival frame house. The front and back doors are open, revealing a breezeway straight th...
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Tollef Olsen Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Tollef Olsen family posed around a table in the yard with the family dog. A framed print of a long-haired retriever is placed prominently on a chair to...
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen Entertains

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) on the right, his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen on the left and some visiting gentlemen, no doubt Luther...
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Thosten Thompson Family

Date: 1878
Description: Seated are Mrs. Guri Gaarden Thompson (mother), one of the Thompson twins, John Thompson (rear), Thosten Thompson (son) and Mr. Thosten Thompson (father). ...
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Dr. McConnell Home

Date: 1878
Description: A family sits in the yard of a large brick house that has round-top windows with two small windows on the third floor. The porch has a latticework skirting...
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Family in Yard with Carriage

Date: 1878
Description: Family in yard with carriage with large stone house behind that has shutters closed. The house was built in 1845. Harmon J. Hill was the first supervisor o...
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Mapleside Home

Date: 1878
Description: Mapleside, the home built by Able Dunning in 1853 on what is now University Avenue. It was razed in 1970 to make way for a Burger King restaurant.
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Group by Centennial Fountain on Capitol Square

Date: 1878
Description: Group in front of the Centennial Fountain on Capitol Square. View of the capitol from Monona Avenue. The fountain is a replica of the Centennial Fountain...
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Andreas Dahl's Photographic Gallery

Date: 1878
Description: Exterior view of Andreas Dahl's photographic gallery. The gallery is attached to his house.
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Lovers Retreat

Date: 1878
Description: View towards a large group of people with a U.S. Flag hanging from a tree. The group is gathered around a stream near a wood fence and gate under trees. Th...
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West Koshkonong Lutheran Church

Date: 1878
Description: West Koshkonong Lutheran Church and cemetery. Octagonal stone church built in 1852, rebuilt in 1893, seating 800 people.
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West Koshkonong Lutheran Church

Date: 1878
Description: West Koshkonong Lutheran Church, an octagonal stone church built in 1852 and cemetery. The headstone of Cecilia Martins Datter is legible. Further refere...
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Portrait of Boy and Girl

Date: 1878
Description: Seated indoor portrait of boy in checked suit and girl in plaid dress, perhaps taken at Dahl's DeForest studio.
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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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Halle Steensland Home

Date: 1878
Description: The Halle Steensland home, an impressive two-story brick house in Maple Bluff, with five family members posed along the front porches. It is possible this ...

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