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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of deceased twin infants in coffins. They are Robert and Janet Fitzpatrick, born July 5, 1885, died April 20, 1886, children of Robert and ... |
| Date: | 03 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Five-year-old Wilbur Corcoran, son of Frank and Margaret Corcoran, 624 Williamson Street, lying in a coffin surrounded by flower arrangements and a three-t... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a memorial flower wreath. In the middle is a full-length portrait of a woman in a dress. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of memorial wreaths in the shape of anchors. The memorial includes a photographic portrait of a man, most likely John Best who died in 1890... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "... |
| Date: | 07 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Walter Becker's body in a casket in the front of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 247 Division Street. The casket is surrounded by fl... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Morrison Dean, the wife of Nathaniel Dean of Madison. Mrs. Dean was born in Dodgeville in 1829, moved to Ma... |
| Date: | 05 13 1884 |
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| Description: | "Mourning portrait" of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), taken after his death on the morning of May 13, 1884. McCormick's hair and beard are neatly trimm... |
| Date: | 09 17 1945 |
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| Description: | The body of Donald Bruer in his coffin. Donald, 3 years old, fell from a third floor window and was impaled on a picket fence. |
| Date: | 09 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Body of James S. Timlin, 79, in his coffin. |
| Date: | 03 14 1947 |
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| Description: | Women executive office employees filing past the casket containing the body of Governor Walter Goodland in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 08 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of scene in sanctuary of St. Martin's Catholic Church, during the funeral for Lucille Ballweg, who was the victim of a tornado. |
| Date: | 10 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Open casket containing body of a man, and large floral displays surrounding it. |
| Date: | 12 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Dr. Charles A. Puls, pastor of Luther Memorial church, 1021 University Avenue, looks down on the caskets of a mother and her three children, during funeral... |
| Date: | 07 25 2007 |
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| Description: | Open casket of Margaret Brom, during a wake at St. Bart's. |
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| Description: | European American man layed out on a lounging sofa, dressed in a suit. Probably a corpse lying in state. |
| Date: | 09 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the twin caskets of University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and Glenn, Jr. in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda at the state funer... |
| Date: | 09 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the crowd in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda during the funerals for University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and his son Glenn, ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Mamie Till Bradley, the mother of Emmett Till, weeps during his funeral. The 14-year-old Till was murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi for alle... |
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