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| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | View of the gymnasium at Northwestern College. A staircase leads up the terraced hill to the brick building. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A view of the facade and side of the First Methodist Church. All visible windows are made of stained glass and the highly ornate steeple is partially obscu... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of the facade and side of the Congregational Church, partially obscured by trees. The bell tower doubles as a clock tower. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A view of a tree-lined residential street with houses partially visible on the left. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of the gate and gatehouse at Hillside cemetery. Caption reads: "Hillside Cemetery, Whitewater, Wis." |
| Date: | 05 14 1887 |
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| Description: | The family home of William Henry Rogers on the shore of Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the interior of Fort Howard after its decommissioning in 1853. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | The Abiel E. Brooks House, built in 1853, with a family group posed on the lawn and porch. Identified (front row, left to right) are Mrs. Noah (Jane Ann) C... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Lakeside lawn set up for croquet game and garden pavilion at the estate, "Sunnybank." A man sits in the grass with two children. On the right in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | James Gates Percival's old armchair, upholstered with carpeting. The chair is displayed outdoors, sitting on a crocheted throw in the grass with trees in t... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across Bascom Hill on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. Student cadets in training march past South Hall down Bascom Hill. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Group of relatives and associates of John Johnston, posed sitting and standing on the steps of the estate. Some of the men wear bowler hats and hold canes,... |
| Date: | 10 09 1887 |
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| Description: | A large group of men pose outside the Rex Magnus Club. Some of the men on the left are holding musical instruments. The words "Rex Magnus" are on the roof. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and h... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp (1825-1890), seated at left, poses with his second wife, Catherine Orb Seipp (1846-1920), seated to his left, with other family... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Edward M. Fuller family and guests during a pause at a 'frolic' at the residence located east of the Yahara River. Part of the group ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man feeding fantail doves on a lawn at Oakwood Sanitarium. The sanitarium is in the background behind trees. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of the 420 N. Carroll Street home of J.R. Mears, built in 1870. The Italianate-style house is on the corner of W. Gilman and N. C... |
| Date: | 06 08 1896 |
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| Description: | The Lucius Fairchild home at 302 Monona Avenue (later Martin Luther King Blvd.) seen from the back garden. Lush foliage surrounds the back door, where a br... |
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