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Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
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McCormick Rush Street Residence Interior

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Description: Interior view of the McCormick family residence on Rush Street, showing a piano in the left-hand foreground. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick a...
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Governor's Residence, Drawing Room

Date: 03 21 1932
Description: Drawing room at Governor's Residence showing large oval mirror over the left fireplace, 130 East Gilman Street.
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Governor's Mansion — Reception Room

Date: 1930
Description: Interior photograph of the reception room at the former Wisconsin Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street. The painting above the sofa, which belonged to Gover...
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Governor's Mansion — Reception Room

Date: 1930
Description: View of the reception room in the former Wisconsin Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street.
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Wendell Willkie with Governor and Mrs. Goodland

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie with the Governor and Mrs. Walter Goodland and their dog in the Governor's residence during Willkie's 1944 Presidential campaign visit to W...
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Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Willkie with Governor & Mrs. Goodland

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Governor Walter Goodland, Mrs. Willkie, Madge Goodland, and Wendell Willkie chatting in the governor's residence during the 1944 campaign.
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Four Women at YWCA Tea

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Silver tea, benefiting the YWCA at the Governor's residence, 130 E. Gilman Street. Shown seated are Mae Loeffelbein, Anna Johnson, Madeleine Johnson, and H...
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League of Women Voters Garden Party

Date: 07 24 1944
Description: League of Women Voters garden party attended by more than 1,000 people. It was held at the Governor's Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. At the punch table...
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Tea at the Governor's Residence

Date: 10 01 1944
Description: Officers of the Wisconsin Business and Professional Women's Club attending a tea at the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street. Left to right around th...
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Pierce House Interior

Date: 1888
Description: An interior view of the so-called Pierce house, at 424 North Pinckney Street, on the corner of Gilman Street.
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Pierce Home

Date: 1951
Description: Interior view of the Pierce house at 424 North Pinckney Street. This is a view of one of the five fireplaces located within the home.
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Pierce Home

Date: 1951
Description: Pierce home is located at 424 North Pinckney Street. The house was built about 1857. This is an interior view of one of the fireplaces located within the h...
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Pierce Home

Date: 1888
Description: An interior look at the so-called Pierce home, located at 424 North Pinckney Street, at the corner of Pinckney and Gilman Streets. At the time this photogr...
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Main Stairway at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Main stairway of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. This view is of the section of stairway from the first landing to the second lan...
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Tapestry Room at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Tapestry Room at Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. The view is of the fireplace on the north wall.
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Southeast Corner of Dining Room at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: The southeast corner of the dining room at Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. According to the original caption, the paintings on th...
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Ladies' Dressing Room at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: North end of the ladies' dressing room in the basement of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. The room was new, having been remodelle...
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Dining Room at 675 Rush Street

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Description: Ornately decorated dining room at 675 Rush Street [?], the McCormick family residence.
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Madison Business and Professional Women's Club

Date: 10 12 1948
Description: Group portrait of three members of the scholarship committee of the Madison Business and Profession Women's Club meeting at the residence of the governor w...

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