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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of the east gallery of the Wisconsin State Capitol. By 1911, the commission learned that the quarry that supplied the red granite for the piers on... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | People gathered around picket fence in front of a decorated St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Congregational Church, a.k.a. Old Mission Church. The interior walls are covered with cedar trees. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Facade of the Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, a Louis H. Sullivan building. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank on a street corner. Designed by Louis Sullivan. Caption reads: "Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank, Columbus, Wisconsin.... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the interior of the front area in Bethel Lutheran Church, showing the altar and large stained glass window. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated interior view of the First Congregational Church, 222 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the cashier stations and light fixtures of the State Bank. Caption reads: "Interior State Bank of Waupun, Waupun, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View down Canal Street in New Orleans. View is toward the lake from Camp/Chartres Streets. The first building on the right reads "May's Drug Store". The tw... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Wisconsin Historical Society library. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of the West Atwood Street residential district featuring a Victorian house with scalloped shingles and a turret. Many trees shade the street that st... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Residence of Brad Harmon. View of home and yard. Neighboring homes can are in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the library at Wadsworth Hall. There is one large table with two lamps and several mismatched chairs. Sculptures and houseplants also deco... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A train is parked in the St. Louis and San Fransisco railroad depot, with people gathered nearby. Sign on building reads: "Lunch Room Fred Harvey." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the length of the Historical Society Library Reading Room, including tables, chairs, lamps and skylight. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | An interior view of a hotel lobby, filled with chairs and other furniture, plants, columns, and several men standing in the background. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view of a hotel lobby filled with chairs and other furniture, plants, columns, and several men standing in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the living room at the Switzer Foundation for Girls. Bookshelves flank the fireplace in the background, and groupings of chairs and tables fill t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the living room at the Switzer Foundation for Girls, with all chairs upholstered in matching floral fabric. Most of the chairs and sofas circle t... |
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