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Chapel of St. Joseph Orphan Home

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Description: Interior view looking toward the altar. Caption reads: "Chapel of St. Joseph Orphan Home, Superior, Wis."
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library

Date: 1905
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin Historical Society library.
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Sea View Hospital Auditorium

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Description: The Sea View Hospital auditorium interior, showing a stage, rows of wooden folding chairs and floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Southern Poets' Monument

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Description: Small monument to southern poets surrounded by benches in a median park on Greene Street. Trees line the street and large stone buildings are in the backgr...
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Overton Park Higbee Memorial

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Description: Classical stone memorial with six columns to the memory of Jennie Higbee, founder and principal of a local school for girls. Located in Overton Park which ...
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Union Park

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Description: Civil War memorial statue and fountain in a town park with a cannon in the background. Parkgoers relax on the surrounding benches in the shade of trees.
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Central Park

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Description: A two-tiered fountain with a sculpture and an expansive stone-lined pool in a tree-filled park. A drinking fountain is on the side of the pool in the foreg...
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Main Street Park

Date: 1915
Description: View of main street from a city park, including parked cars and store fronts.
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Notre Dame Convent

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Description: Slightly elevated interior view from the back of a classroom in Notre Dame Convent. There are rows of desks, windows along the left wall, a lamp hanging fr...
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Academy of Jesus and Mary

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Description: Interior view from the back of a classroom in the Academy of Jesus and Mary, including desks, chalkboards, and a large statue of the Virgin Mary.
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Interior of Model School

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Description: Interior view from the back of the room of a model school, with rows of benches facing the elevated desk and bookshelf. There is a piano on the far left. T...
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Bywood School

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Description: An interior view of a classroom in Bywood School. Desks ring the room, leaving a play area littered with blocks, and chalkboards and an American flag are o...
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Washington Irving High School

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Description: Elevated view of the lunch room of Washington Irving High School, designed by the architect C.B.J. Snyder (1860-1945) and built in 1913. Lights hang from t...
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Kichen Interior with Fireplace

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Description: A woman is sitting by a fireplace churning butter, and seen through a window behind her is a man standing by a fence outdoors. Surrounding the fireplace ar...
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Hermitage Foyer

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Description: Foyer of the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring bucolic murals, a curving staircase, ornate couches and sculptures.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative Apartments Kitchen

Date: 1930
Description: View of the kitchen at Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative apartments. The narrow room features a checker-tiled floor, a small table and chairs, a flo...
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Caroline Rest

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Description: View of fireplace with tools, decorative stands, an ash can and flanking benches below windows. Above the fireplace an engraved dedication reads: "Caroline...
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Library Catalog

Date: 1970
Description: View of Wisconsin Historical Society librarians filing catalog cards. This image is undated, but it was probably taken during the 1970s.
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Studying in the Historical Society Library

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Description: University students studying in the wisconsin Historical Society's library reading room. This view is undated, but the presence of the microfilm viewing ro...
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of the length of the Historical Society Library Reading Room, including tables, chairs, lamps and skylight.

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