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Increase A. Lapham

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Description: Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair.
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Christian Frautschi Furniture Store

Date: 1895
Description: Members of the Frautschi family pose at the Christian Frautschi Furniture Store. From left to right are Alice, Irving, Christian and Arthur Frautschi.
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Hiram H. Herrick

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Hiram H. Herrick of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War. He enlisted from Middleton, Wisconsin, and was the father ...
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Leonard J. Farwell

Date: 1853
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Leonard J. Farwell, Governor of Wisconsin 1852-54. Quarter length facing left, wearing full beard, coat, vest, tie, and white ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assembly Detail

Date: 03 15 1899
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 ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assembly Detail

Date: 02 15 1899
Description: Detail of the 1899 Assembly Chamber photograph, showing a row of legislators at their desks. Until well into the 20th century, individual legislators had n...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assemblyman

Date: 1909
Description: Otto Onstad, a newly elected assemblyman from Dane County, in the newly constructed Assembly Chamber of the present Wisconsin State Capitol. He is sitting ...
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Lars Davidson Reque

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Description: Studio portrait of Lars Davidson Reque who came from Norway to settle in Koshkonong, Wisconsin in 1840.
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N.L. Dahl

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Description: Photograph of N.L. Dahl in front of a horse-drawn hearse. Photograph is mounted on an advertising card reading: "For Coffins, Caskets, and Trimmings at rea...
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William Zeiman

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of William Zeiman, which is a detail of a composite photograph of members of the Wisconsin Assembly of 1877.
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Benjamin Butts Wisconsin Legislature Assembly Portrait

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Butts, which was part of a composite portrait of Officers, Clerks and Employees of the Wisconsin Assembly. He worke...
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R.L. Joiner

Date: 1891
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of R.L. Joiner, a member of the Wisconsin Senate. From a composite of portraits.
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Wisconsin Senate Clerks

Date: 1860
Description: Oval portrait of Wisconsin Senate Clerks. Standing in back is J.H. Warren. Seated from left to right are J.B. Selby, Mr. Wright, Willard Merrill, G.M. Powe...
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Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1880
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate of 1880 around a photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1860
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate.
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Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1893
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisonsin Senate.
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Guy W. Dailey

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Guy W. Dailey, which is a detail of a composite photograph of members of the Wisconsin Assembly.
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Senator Edward Colman

Date: 1882
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Colman, member of the Wisconsin Senate in 1882.
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Miletus Knight

Date: 1877
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Miletus Knight, taken from a composite photograph of officers, clerks and employees of the Wisconsin Assembly.
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Horatio Gates Howard Reed

Date: 1870
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Horatio Gates Howard Reed, member of the 1870 Wisconsin Assembly.

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