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Norwegian Family with Possessions

Date: 1870
Description: Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc...
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Andrew Proudfit House

Date: 1877
Description: Boys posing in front of the Andrew Proudfit house at the corner of Fairchild Street and West Washington Avenue. Proudfit was the vice president of First Na...
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Family in Yard with Carriage

Date: 1878
Description: Family in yard with carriage with large stone house behind that has shutters closed. The house was built in 1845. Harmon J. Hill was the first supervisor o...
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Professor R.B. Anderson, his Family and Visitors

Date: 1877
Description: "Professor R.B. Anderson, his Family & Visitors." Seated outdoors left to right around a table are: Mrs. R.B. Anderson, H. Herlofson, Professor Rasmus B. A...
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The Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1890
Description: View cross yard towards the front entrance to the castle. In front of the entrance, a man and woman sit on the steps leading to the castle.
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Women and Child at the Edge of Lake Mendota

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view of three women and a young girl standing at the edge of a small cliff on the shores of Lake Mendota. Various shrubs and small trees grow on t...
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Young Girl on Wooden Bridge

Date: 1894
Description: A young girl poses on a rustic wooden bridge in the woods.
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Resting on a Porch

Date: 1899
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Chas Joss and Mrs. Van Dyke sit on a residential porch. A planter of ivy is in front of a narrow window on the left, and the porch has decorat...
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Judge A.S. Zimmerman's House

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of Judge A.S. Zimmerman's home on West Main Street. Mrs. Zimmerman stands outside the house in the yard and tends to a plant. Mr. Zimmerman s...
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Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Zimmerman

Date: 1898
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman sitting outside their house relaxing in the yard. Mr. Zimmerman reads "The State" paper, and Mrs. Zimmerman has flowers in her hand.
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A Nun Playing a Lute-Like Instrument

Date: 1898
Description: A nun stands near a piano and plays a lute-like instrument in a house on West Washington Avenue.
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Young Girl Reading

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl, Dorothy Hubbard, sits on a hardwood floor surrounded by pillows and reads a book. Next to the girl a large house plant grows in a pot, and a ...
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Wedding Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Osborn

Date: 1896
Description: Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Osborn stand in a Victorian-era home for their wedding portrait. Shades are pulled over a bay window in the background and white fabric d...
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Woman in a Window

Date: 1898
Description: View from outdoors of a woman, Mrs. Zimmerman, standing indoors at an open window tending to plants that grow in a window box.
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Three Women Standing in a Wooded Area

Date: 07 04 1898
Description: Three Schildhauer women, Mrs. Henry, Annie and Clara, stand in a wooded area. All three women wear elaborate hats, and Mrs. Henry holds an open umbrella.
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Forest and Joanna Middleton

Date: 1898
Description: Forest Middleton plays "Guess Who?" with his grandmother. He stands on a small footstool; she is seated in a chair holding a newspaper or magazine. On the...
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Forest and Rabbit

Date: 1897
Description: Forest Middleton sits in a wicker rocking chair holding a rabbit. There is a plant on a small stand on the left.
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Lake Monona Steamboat Launch

Date: 1872
Description: View from shoreline towards two small sidewheel steam launches on Lake Monona. The sign on the steam launch on the left side of the pier reads: "Scutanawbe...
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Thwaites Lakeside Cottage

Date: 09 24 1897
Description: Three-quarter view of the Thwaites cottage on Lakeside. On the left a young woman is sitting in a hammock on the porch behind a fence. In the yard in the f...
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Girl Kneeling in the Turvill Garden

Date: 1898
Description: A unknown girl is kneeling in Turvill garden. She is wearing a dress and her hair is braided. There is a path in the center and the gardens surround her. ...

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