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Santa Claus and New Year

Date: 1878
Description: Cartoon of "Santa Claus Belated" by a fireplace delivering toys and speaking to a figure representing New Year 1878 saying: "Here we are again."
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Interior Room with Furnishings

Date: 1873
Description: A room with a pump organ, stove, rocking chair, tier table, two paintings and a low hanging light fixture. A "Home, Sweet, Home" sign is hanging above the ...
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Interior Barber Shop

Date: 1874
Description: A highly decorated barber shop interior, possibly Wellman's, with a view of chairs, mirrors and a glass display case with cigars. In the back of the shop i...
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Wellman's Barber Shop

Date: 1874
Description: A highly decorated barber shop interior, possibly Wellman's, with three barbers and three customers. Two men are about to get shaves. A glass display case,...
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View of the Interior of a Church

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: "View of the interior of the church" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." The church was d...
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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 Small Lutheran Church

Date: 1876
Description: View of the interior of a small Lutheran church. A wood-burning stove is in the aisle between the pews, and a painting is hanging above the altar.
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Interior of Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1874
Description: View of the primitive Albion Prairie Methodist church looking down the aisle between the pews towards the pulpit and a small organ. A prominent stove pipe ...
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Church Interior

Date: 1874
Description: View of a church interior looking up the aisle between the pews towards the altar and a small organ. Twin stove pipes run along the side walls.
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Interior of Norwegian-American Lodi Church

Date: 1871
Description: View of the interior of the Norwegian-American Lodi Church, looking up the aisle and towards the Acanthus design altar, which is surrounded by a wooden rai...
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Church Decorated for Wedding

Date: 1876
Description: View of church interior looking up the aisle towards an altar decorated with garlands, possibly for a wedding. A young man stands at the left of the altar....
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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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Interior of Norwegian-American Lutheran Church

Date: 1874
Description: The interior of a Norwegian-American Lutheran Church decorated with garlands and religious admonitions in Norwegian.
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Living Room at 116 East Gorham Street

Date: 1870
Description: Living room and downstairs bedroom of Timothy Brown II and Elizabeth Barnard Brown's house (built 1863), 116 East Gorham Street.
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Interior of a Church

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: Interior view of Blue Mounds Church. Built in 1868, the church was originally named the Norsk Evangelisk Kirke.
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Ole Bull's Residence

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of a room in Ole Bull's Madison residence, where he lived after marrying Sara Chapman Thorp in 1870. The room is furnished with chairs, a table...
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George Brumder at Work

Date: 05 1878
Description: George Brumder, in a three-piece suit and wearing pince-nez eyeglasses, is sitting in a swivel chair at a roll top desk. His unidentified secretary is sitt...

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