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Assembly Chamber

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Interior view of the Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol, with seating for legislators, featuring the Edward Blashfield mural: "The State of Wi...
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Assembly Chamber Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber mural, "The State of Wisconsin, its Past, Present, and Future," by Edwin Blashfield. Also shows Speaker's podium a...
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Senate Chamber

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol Senate chamber showing seating for senators, and a three-panel mural: "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific" by Kenyon Cox.
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a party of Indians on horseback, on an upland, striking the trail (adapted from a photograph, by permission, made in the National Park). ...
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a trading station on the borders of a lake, the Whites and Indians are bargaining for furs, and the canoe is the means of transportation....
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Colonial Period Travel by State Coach

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Colonial period travel by stagecoach which is halted at an inn and the horses are being changed, some of the passengers are getting off, one of four murals...
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a 1915 harbor scene with a steamship, railway train, automobile, and airplane. One of four murals by Charles Yardley Turner, representing...
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State Capitol Rotunda

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda, with a view of three levels of the building.
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North Reading Room Mural

Date: 10 03 1934
Description: The mural depicts colonial period travel by stagecoach, which is halted at an inn while the horses are being changed. Some of the passengers are getting of...
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North Reading Room Mural

Date: 10 03 1934
Description: The mural depicts a trading station on the borders of a lake, the Whites and Indians are bargaining for furs, and the canoe is the means of transportation....
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North Reading Room Mural

Date: 10 03 1934
Description: Mural depicting a party of Indians on horseback, on an upland, striking the trail (adapted from a photograph, by permission, made in the National Park). On...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 03 04 1930
Description: Exterior view of main entrance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on the left.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: View across lawn towards Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall), with a statue of Abraham Lincoln in front at the top of Bascom Hill on the University of Wiscons...
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Eau Claire County Courthouse Bell Tower

Date: 1875
Description: View of the courthouse, with bell tower. The building was built about 1870. The roof and lower part have since been changed.
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Baskin O & V Detail

Date: 07 28 1974
Description: Exterior decorative detail featuring carved columns decorated with faces, vines and leaves on Baskin O & V at 7 North Pinckney Street.
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Terra Cotta Detail

Date: 10 27 1974
Description: Decorative terra cotta details on the exterior front of the Schlimgen Building at 1327 University Avenue.
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Strand Theater Details

Date: 03 09 1975
Description: Decorative details on the upper exterior of the Strand Theater at 16 East Mifflin Street featuring classical Greek engaged (recessed) columns that reflect ...
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Lion Head Gargoyle

Date: 05 18 1975
Description: Carved lion head which serves as an ornament above the entrance of the Baccarat Tavern at 235 King Street.
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Ornamental Swag

Date: 06 29 1975
Description: Ornamental swag depicting fruits, flowers, and foliage tied with ribbon in the National Mutual Benefit Insurance Co. (Beaver Building) at Monona Avenue and...
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Edgewood High School column

Date: 11 23 1975
Description: The base of a column at Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue, decorated with angels and crosses that hint at Renaissance style.

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