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Memorial Union Interior Ballroom

Date: 09 28 1928
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union interior ballroom with skylight (Great Hall).
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Assembly Chamber

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Interior view of the Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol, with seating for legislators, featuring the Edward Blashfield mural: "The State of Wi...
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Assembly Chamber Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber mural, "The State of Wisconsin, its Past, Present, and Future," by Edwin Blashfield. Also shows Speaker's podium a...
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Senate Chamber

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol Senate chamber showing seating for senators, and a three-panel mural: "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific" by Kenyon Cox.
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Senate Parlor

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Senate Parlor in the Wisconsin State Capitol, showing elaborate decorations and furniture.
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a party of Indians on horseback, on an upland, striking the trail (adapted from a photograph, by permission, made in the National Park). ...
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a trading station on the borders of a lake, the Whites and Indians are bargaining for furs, and the canoe is the means of transportation....
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Colonial Period Travel by State Coach

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Colonial period travel by stagecoach which is halted at an inn and the horses are being changed, some of the passengers are getting off, one of four murals...
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a 1915 harbor scene with a steamship, railway train, automobile, and airplane. One of four murals by Charles Yardley Turner, representing...
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State Capitol Rotunda

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda, with a view of three levels of the building.
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Supreme Court Doorway

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Supreme Court doorway, with a sculpture of a badger over the door in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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North Reading Room Mural

Date: 10 03 1934
Description: The mural depicts colonial period travel by stagecoach, which is halted at an inn while the horses are being changed. Some of the passengers are getting of...
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North Reading Room Mural

Date: 10 03 1934
Description: The mural depicts a trading station on the borders of a lake, the Whites and Indians are bargaining for furs, and the canoe is the means of transportation....
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North Reading Room Mural

Date: 10 03 1934
Description: Mural depicting a party of Indians on horseback, on an upland, striking the trail (adapted from a photograph, by permission, made in the National Park). On...
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Supreme Courtroom Mural

Date: 01 30 1931
Description: Supreme Courtroom mural "Roman Courtroom," in the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Eastwood Theatre Proscenium Arch

Date: 01 30 1930
Description: View of the Eastwood Theater proscenium arch, grills, orchestra pit, and front few rows of seating, with decorative detail along the side of the auditorium...
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Eastwood Theatre Auditorium

Date: 01 06 1930
Description: Elevated view of the auditorium of the Eastwood Theatre from the left balcony, 2090 Atwood Avenue.
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Orpheum Theatre Foyer

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Foyer near the entrance showing staircase of the Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Senate

Date: 1899
Description: The only known visual documentation of the Senate Chamber in the third Wisconsin Capitol. It was probably more colorful than it appears here. In 1869 a rep...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assembly Chamber

Date: 02 15 1899
Description: Elevated view of legislators in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol.

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