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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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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: The Historical Society's early library and painting collections on display in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This photograph was taken about 1880 befor...
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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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Interior of Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 1876
Description: Interior view of the Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue.
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Interior of Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 1876
Description: Interior of Grace Episcopal Church, decorated with garlands. This may not be a photograph made by Dahl because the size of the stereograph is uncharacteris...
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Interior of Ole Bull Residence

Date: 1879
Description: The interior of the Ole Bull Residence at 130 East Gilman Street, featuring good views of Victorian furniture, carpeting, lamps (including a crystal chande...
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Fairchild Residence

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

Date: 1888
Description: An interior view of the Lucius Fairchild House, showing the sitting room and a partial view of the dining room. The house was constructed in 1850 at 302 So...
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Proudfit Silver Wedding Anniversary Party

Date: 12 05 1899
Description: Group portrait of family and guests at A.E. Proudfit's silver wedding anniversary party, which took place at the Morris residence.
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Joseph and Rachel Jastrow

Date: 1888
Description: Professor Joseph Jastrow reading, and Rachel Jastrow playing guitar in a room on the top floor of Ladies' Hall (later Chadbourne Hall, razed 1957), in Madi...
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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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Family in Living Room

Date: 1898
Description: Fred M. Brown holding Eleanore and Timothy III, with Alice and Mary Brown in the foreground in the living room at 121 East Gilman Street. A portrait of Ti...
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Alice Brown

Date: 1899
Description: Alice Brown in the Fred & Annie Brown house, 121 East Gilman Street.
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Brown Family Portrait

Date: 1898
Description: Members of the Brown family and friends taken in the Fred and Annie Brown house, 121 East Gilman Street.
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Annie Storer Brown and Two Children

Date: 1898
Description: Annie Storer Brown with two children, Eleanore Annie Brown (on her lap), and Alice Brown (in rocking chair), at their home, 121 East Gilman Street.
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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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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: 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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