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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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Circus Performers Gather to View Eclipse

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Description: Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey circus performers gathered in front of a circus tent to view a solar eclipse. Some are wearing protective eyeglasses.
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Pioneer Home of Nels Wickstrom

Date: 1891
Description: This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing...
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Bernice Robinson

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Description: Bernice Robinson with students at first citizenship school at Johns Island.
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Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
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Milwaukee Exchange

Date: 1883
Description: Women switchboard operators at the sole Milwaukee telephone exchange.
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Telephone Switchboard and Operators

Date: 1920
Description: Women work on nine-place telephone switchboard that served 1,145 single-line flat-rate telephones originating 10 calls per day, on average.
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Martha Washington

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Description: Full-length portrait of Martha Dandridge Washington from an 1878 painting by E.F. Andrews.
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Julius Porter and Lucretia Wait

Date: 1909
Description: Julius Porter Wait and his wife, Lucretia Melvina (Mosher) Wait. He has a beard, and is sitting on a chair, wearing dark work clothes and tall, loose boots...
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Susan B. Anthony

Date: 03 1884
Description: Studio portrait of Susan B. Anthony wearing a black dress. She is standing and leaning on the back of a chair.
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Assembly Speaker's Desk

Date: 1897
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'...
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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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Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
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Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
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Woman and Child

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of unidentified woman seated on a cane-back chair, holding a child on her lap. The woman has a plaid shawl wrapped around he...
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Couples Dancing Outside

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Description: Couples folk dancing outside, with a stage in the background with musicians. Lights are strung above the dancers heads with rows of people sitting in chair...
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Telephone Switchboard

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Description: Mrs. Thompto and employee Ethel Clemens working at the telephone switchboard.
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Fort Howard Hospital Parlor

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Description: View of a parlor built partially out of stone. A fireplace is on the back right wall, with a portrait hanging above it, and a spinning wheel near the left ...
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Sarah Goodnow Clark

Date: 1854
Description: Sarah Goodnow married early Madison settler Darwin Clark in 1848 and died in Madison in 1854. Her sister Sophia was married to Madison pharmacist Philo Du...
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Maria A. Morrison

Date: 1860
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Maria A. Morrison, born Maria Amelia Hickox in 1800, the wife of Wisconsin pioneer James Morrison. With her husband, Mrs...

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