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Ole Bull Residence Billiard Hall

Date: 1874
Description: Partial view of billiard hall and Lake Mendota from the Ole Bull Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. Two people on shore are pointing to a sailboat. Later, ...
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Ole Bull Residence Billiard Hall

Date: 1874
Description: Ole Bull Residence Billiard Hall behind his house, 130 E. Gilman Street. Frame building with railing on side and latticework on bottom, with shutters and c...
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Women at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: Women in hats in foreground, with railroad tracks below and sign that says, "Look out for the cars," and "While the bell rings the whistle blows." Very lik...
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Lake City Cornet Band

Date: 05 17 1870
Description: A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ...
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Spectators at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake.
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Camping Party at Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1876
Description: A camping party rests at the top of a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park.
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Octagonal House

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...

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