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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Board of Control

Date: 1893
Description: Office of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions, in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, showing details of ...
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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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Fairchild Dining Room

Date: 1880
Description: The ornate interior of the Lucius Fairchild house at 302 South Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Monona Avenue in 1877). Built by Lucius' father Jairus Fairchild i...
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Van Cortlandt House Parlor

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Description: Interior view of a parlor in the Van Cortlandt House. Four portraits line the walls and a chandelier hangs above a table with a bowl on it in the center of...
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Hammond-Hardwood House

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Description: The Hammond-Hardwood House's colonial kitchen features a fireplace with furniture surrounding it, a clock and candle holders atop the mantle, and lamps and...
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Fairlawn Home Parlor

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Description: The Fairlawn home's colonial parlor and bedrooms. This view shows two rocking chairs and a grandfather clock in the parlor as well as the open doorways of ...
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Sitting Room

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Description: Interior view of sitting room with a tall ceiling. The room is decorated in art deco style with a light fixture, upholstered chairs, patterned carpet, patt...
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Living Room at Christmas Time

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Description: View of living room featuring an elaborately upholstered armchair, a small decorated Christmas tree atop a table, and two long-haired lap dogs posing on th...
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Reception Room

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Description: The Reception Room at the National Hotel. Caption reads: "Reception Room, National Hotel, Kalispell, Mont."
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Music Room

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Description: A view of the Hotel Vendome's music room. The room has a piano, tables, lamps and chairs. Built in 1871 and massively expanded in 1881, the Vendome was a l...
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Boxwood Manor

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Description: A view of the main rooms of the Boxwood Manor. On the left is a flower arrangement on a table in front a large mirror.
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Reading Room of the First Church of Christ Scientist

Date: 1900
Description: View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b...
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St. Joseph's Guest House (Sisters of the Holy Ghost)

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Description: Interior view of a bedroom at St. Joseph's guest house. The room is furnished with a bed, dresser, table, and chair. The fireplace on the left has an arche...
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Music Room at Academy of Jesus and Mary

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Description: A piano stands on a carpet among chairs and decorative plants inside a music room at the Academy of Jesus and Mary. Paintings and statues stand on the pian...
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Secretary of State Testifying at the Foreign Operations Subcommittee

Date: 03 14 1989
Description: Secretary of State James Baker testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Wisconsin Congressman David R....
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Watching TV

Date: 04 1991
Description: Man watching a program on a large television. In front of him is a TV tray. There is a VCR on top of the television. Although unidentified it is likely tha...
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Interior of Conrad Schmitt Home

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of the parlor of the Conrad Schmitt (Sherwin Gillett's father-in-law) home. Family photographs are on the wall and on the piano.
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The Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1892
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Conrad Schmitt family of Muscoda. Emma Schmitt married Sherwin Gillett in 1906.
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Postmaster and Family

Date: 1910
Description: A book in his hands, Postmaster Ed King sits in his wallpapered living room, staring past his wife to the window. Edna, his daughter, is seated at the pian...
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Secretary of State Testifying at the Foreign Operations Subcommittee

Date: 03 14 1989
Description: Secretary of State James Baker testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Wisconsin Congressman David R. ...

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