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Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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Playing Chess

Date: 1898
Description: Reverend Henry Faville and his son, Ted, are seated around a small table playing chess in their home.
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Dining room of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Dining room at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys.
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane Pharmacy Dispensary

Date: 1893
Description: Pharmacy supplies are displayed in shelves in an office at the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane, lit by gas lamps hanging above the desk. (Mendota M...
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Seated Couple at Home

Date: 1899
Description: Portrait of an elderly couple seated in their home. The woman is holding a bouquet of flowers. The man is seated slightly behind her, with his right arm o...
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Double Image of Family and Two Boys

Date: 1898
Description: Two exposures of interior portraits. Left is a seated woman holding on to smaller boy both looking left, with seated man and standing older boy facing forw...
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Group Posing by Organ

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing around an organ. A young woman in a white dress is sitting at the organ, facing left, with an older man behind her on the right. On ...
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Lobby of the Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: Interior view of the lobby. Two men are standing along the back wall.
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Decorated Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Dining room decorated with streamers for a wedding reception. The table is set formally with candles and there is a wedding cake as a centerpiece.
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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of the Lucius Fairchild Residence.
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Keyes Residence

Date: 1897
Description: Interior of the Keyes residence, home of Elisha W. Keyes, political leader. According to Keyes' daughter, Mrs. John C. Gaveney, the framed pictures, etc.,...
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Proudfit Wedding Party

Date: 12 05 1898
Description: Wedding party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Proudfit on their fifteenth anniversary.
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Wedding Party

Date: 12 05 1898
Description: The fifteenth anniversary party of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Proudfit, Madison, Wisconsin. All guests wore their own wedding clothes. Seated on floor, left to ...
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Dr. Edward A. Bass with Daughter Everetta

Date: 1895
Description: Dr. Edward A. Bass reading the newspaper while seated next to his daughter, Everetta.
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Dr. Edward A. Bass with Daughter Everetta

Date: 1895
Description: Dr. Edward A. Bass seated, with his daughter Everetta on his knee in front of a curtain.
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Ada and Everetta Bass with Ina

Date: 1895
Description: Ada Bass and her daughter Everetta, posing behind Ada's sister, Ina.
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Ada Bass with Children

Date: 1894
Description: Portrait of Ada Bass seated while holding son Cary, with daughter Everetta standing next to her. Another woman, possibly Ada's mother, Arlina Burlingame, i...
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Everetta Bass with Brother Cary

Date: 1894
Description: Everetta Bass standing next to her brother Cary, asleep in a baby carriage. They are most likely inside the Bass family home.
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Everetta Bass with Brother Cary

Date: 1894
Description: Cary Bass, son of the photographer, asleep in baby carriage with his sister Everetta standing nearby.

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