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Henry Clay Monument

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Description: View of the Henry Clay Monument with a statue of Clay inside. In front stand two young girls wearing dresses. Each girl is holding a pet rabbit. On the rig...
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Otis Elevator

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view from stairway of the ornate Otis elevator in the Wisconsin Historical Society building. This elevator was installed as original equipment in ...
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Cupola Construction

Date: 06 10 1997
Description: "A cupola is added to the Historic White Limestone School in Mayville."
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Frame 63: January. Mississippians in Front of Capitol

Date: 01 04 1965
Description: A group of people approach the US Capitol on Congress' opening day. This is part of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) challenge that the Nov...
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Frame 69: People Leaving U.S. Capitol Building

Date: 01 04 1965
Description: Four people walking past the U.S. Capitol building likely protesting Congress' opening day.
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Senator George Norris

Date: 1917
Description: Senator George Willliam Norris posed at the base of a fluted column on the portico of the United States Capitol building. He holds a document in his right ...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters Building

Date: 1971
Description: View of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin headquarters building from across Library Mall. A woman and child are sitting on the edge of the William ...
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League of Women Voters of Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin's League of Women Voters. Left to right: unidentified, Jessie Jack Hooper, Mrs. A.J. Rogers [nee Jane Passmore], Mrs. H.M. Youm...
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Obey and Stitt

Date: 06 1970
Description: Congressman David R. Obey with his administrative assistant Lyle Stitt walking down a hall in the United States Capitol building. Statues are along the wal...
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Government Reorganization

Date: 1968
Description: David R. Obey, then a Wisconsin assemblyman, testifying in the Capitol in behalf of the reorganization of state government proposed by the Kellett Commissi...
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Hotel May

Date: 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks and road of the front of the Hotel May. The hotel has a wrap-around porch and balcony. Men in suits are relaxing in chairs on t...
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Vel Phillips in the Milwaukee Common Council

Date: 1970
Description: Vel Phillips speaking into a microphone at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council. Other desks and men are behind her. The council room has ornate interi...
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Madison West High School Mother-Daughter Night

Date: 04 15 1959
Description: Home economics students at Madison West High School wear clothing made at a Mother-Daughter Night. Left to right are: Jane LaCourt, Christine Anderson, Mau...
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Residential Street

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Description: View down row of residential houses along a sidewalk. The first house has a wrap-around open porch with columns on the front and side. In the distance two ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 187-191

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Description: First-rate minds to write books, guide the young and lead the nation
but the target runs close to the ground
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View of Troitsky Prospect in the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Troitsky prospect in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, looking south, showing homes, churches, state buildings, as well as the statue of Pe...
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Charles E. Curver House

Date: 1933
Description: Two unidentified girls pose seated on a large stone in a rock garden on the lawn of the Charles E. Curver home. There are small clumps of flowers in bloom ...
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Nighttime View of the Mayville Park Pavilion

Date: 09 1957
Description: Loehrke/Zastrow wedding. The Mayville Park Pavilion is reflected in the Rock River.
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Battle Creek School

Date: 1931
Description: Students of the Battle Creek School, Joint District No. 4, have gathered outside the school building for their picture. The girls are on or near the front ...
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Photographers and their Models

Date: 08 1979
Description: Flashy models received much attention from amateur photographers at the Sentinal Photo Show.

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