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Worth Gown

Date: 1880
Description: Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.
Photograph

Old Post Office

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the old Post Office that was located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Mifflin Street.
Photograph

View of University Drive

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of University Drive as it parallels Lake Mendota.
Photograph

Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1880
Description: A cyanotype print of the Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block East Gorham Street, and the surrounding estate.
Photograph

Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1880
Description: Cyanotype print of the Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block of East Gorham Street, and its surrounding yard.
Photograph

La Follette Home

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the home in which Robert M. La Follette, Josephine La Follette, and their mother lived when they first came to Madison.
Photograph

Bascom Hall

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. People are sitting and walking on the lawn. For a re...
Photograph

Bascom Hill

Date: 1880
Description: View up Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) is at the top of the hill.
Photograph

Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1880
Description: View from across road of four-story dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view across Park Street of Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Adjacent buildings (to the hall) along Park Street are,...
Photograph

Science Hall

Date: 1880
Description: View down Langdon Street of building at base of Bascom Hill at the intersection with Park Street. This building stood from 1876-1884. A horse and carriage ...
Photograph

The Park Hotel

Date: 1880
Description: An exterior view of the Park Hotel, at the corner of Main and Carroll Streets. Children and adults are standing on the street corner on the left. A large g...
Map or Atlas

Map of Washburn Observatory and Surrounding Grounds

Date: 1880
Description: This map is pen-and-ink on paper. The map shows buildings, trees, and water and gas pipes, relief is shown by contours. The back of the map reads: "Univers...
Photograph

Assembly Chamber

Date: 1880
Description: Assembly Chambers in the second State Capitol. Note the gas lamps.
Photograph

Sherwin Gillett, Son of Joseph Gillett

Date: 1880
Description: Portrait of Sherwin Gillett (b. 1879) when he was a baby.
Photograph

Lucius Fairchild Home

Date: 1880
Description: View across lawn of the residence of Lucius Fairchild, in Madison. A woman is standing outdoors near the entrance. A fence surrounds the yard of the house,...
Map or Atlas

Plat Showing Position of R.R. Tracks Along Lake Shore of Block 86, Madison, Wis

Date: 1880
Description: This blueprint map shows proposed railroad tracks between Carroll Street and Wisconsin Avenue along Lake Monona.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin ...

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