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Date: | 1878 |
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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... |
Date: | 02 1904 |
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Description: | Second floor corridor of the South Wing in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, looking south, after the fire. The view is across the Rotunda, showing the he... |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Detail of view of office of the Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions located in the Wisconsin State Capitol additio... |
Date: | 1897 |
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Description: | Assembly Speaker's desk, showing an unidentified woman, probably a tourist, standing by the Speaker's chair. In front of the Speaker's desk are the clerks'... |
Date: | 10 1869 |
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Description: | The second Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction, showing the workmen and the equipment they used to hoist construction materials into place. |
Date: | 05 1896 |
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Description: | The office of Historical Society Librarian Minnie Oakley in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. From 1866 to 1883 the Historical Society occupied the entire... |
Date: | 1898 |
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Description: | Cluttered work space of the librarian responsible for the Historical Society's newspaper collection during the period when the Society occupied rooms in th... |
Date: | 1951 |
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Description: | The layout plan for the Lambertville Music Circus with elevations of stage and pit. |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Aftermath of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27. This image provides the best of only a few known photographs of the ornamentation of the w... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Close-up of the demolition of the dome of the Third Capitol, one of the few known photographs that permits such close observation of the architectural deta... |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Madison's old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster Street, with two ladder wagons pictured in front of the station. The wagon on the left is ... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Madison's old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster Street, with Police Station on the left. Probably photographed at the turn of the century ... |
Date: | 1899 |
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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... |
Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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Description: | Elevated view of legislators in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
Date: | 03 15 1899 |
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Description: | Detail of the Assembly Chamber photograph focusing on the journalists seated near the front of the room. During the 19th century, coverage of Capitol news ... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Detail of several senators. The Senate was less crowded than the Assembly because of its small numbers, allowing a better glimpse of the floral carpet and ... |
Date: | 1899 |
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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 ... |
Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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Description: | Detail of the Assembly Chamber photograph, showing the visitors' gallery, the oversize brackets that supported it, and the ornamentation of the gallery. As... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Staff of the State Treasurer at work. Although the office was clearly located in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, this photograph may have been taken aft... |
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Description: | Detail of photograph of the office of the state treasurer, enlarged to show a typical lighting fixture from the third Wisconsin State Capitol. As originall... |
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