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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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Carvers at the Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1899
Description: Three stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Histori...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Stacks of the Historical Library

Date: 1898
Description: Cluttered work space of the librarian responsible for the Historical Society's newspaper collection during the period when the Society occupied rooms in th...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Stacks of the Historical Library

Date: 1898
Description: The circulation desk and study area in the Historical Society's library in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This photograph taken by periodical librarian...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Rooms of the Historical Society

Date: 1898
Description: The north library reading room, which was reserved for women, in the Historical Society's quarters in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This room, which w...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Rooms of the Historical Society

Date: 1898
Description: The Genealogical Alcove in the Historical Society's quarters in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Although the Society had only moved into these rooms in ...
Drawing

Historical Society Design

Date: 1896
Description: Front elevation and floor plans submitted by Milwaukee architect, H. C.Koch & Co., for the Wisconsin Historical Society building design competition. The b...
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Temperance Procession

Date: 07 1892
Description: Procession of children and adults at the second convention of the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League at Delavan. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christi...
Print

Reunion Banquet of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1890
Description: Portrait of reunion banquet of the Army of the Potomac in New York City.
Poster

Comrades Attention!

Date: 10 29 1890
Description: Poster announcing General Lucius Fairchild speaking at Wautoma, Wisconsin on October 29, 1890.
Manuscript

Memorial and Resolution

Date: 09 03 1896
Description: Memorial and Resolution adopted by the Thirtieth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in St. Paul, Minnesota. In Memoriam of past Co...
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Grand Army of the Republic, Samuel Harrison Post No. 91

Date: 1896
Description: Portraits of the members of the Samuel Harrison Post No. 91 of De Pere, Wisconsin from 1883-1896.
Print

National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 1890
Description: Depiction of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Boston, Massachusetts. On the border surrounding the group portrait are ind...
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Banquet Hall, 28th National Encampment of the G.A.R.

Date: 1894
Description: Stereograph view of the banquet hall for the 28th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. A man stands on the far right.
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Members of the 11th Wisconsin Volunteers

Date: 1895
Description: Group portrait of the members of the 11th Wisconsin Volunteers, and some family members, posed on the steps of what appears to be the old Milwaukee County ...
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Window display in Bort, Bailey & Co. Store

Date: 1895
Description: Window display in Bort, Bailey & Co. store on the occasion of a Civil War Veterans' reunion. In the window is a display of images of President Lincoln, Gen...
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Reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 06 18 1890
Description: Group portrait outdoors of the reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, held at the farm of George W. Dibble in Rock County. Back row, left...
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Reunion of the Iron Brigade

Date: 09 16 1896
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a reunion of the Iron Brigade, veterans of the Civil War, and their families at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin. The couple seated in...
Manuscript

Gettysburg Battle Field Memorial Association

Date: 1895
Description: Certificate appointing Lucius Fairchild as the director of the Gettysburg Battle Field Memorial Association. The certificate is decorated with oval portrai...
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"Commands Honored": Monument at Gettysburg Battle Site

Date: 1890
Description: "Commands Honored" monument in the form of a large bronze book opened to pages reading "High Water Mark on the Rebellion" and "Repulse of Longstreet's Assa...

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