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| Date: | 05 26 1896 |
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| Description: | Military honor guard standing outdoors at the funeral of former Governor and Civil War hero Lucius Fairchild, which was held at the Wisconsin State Capitol... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of John Rugee, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A two-story gallery of the Historical Society in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with captured Confederate army flags on display. This photograph was taken in... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin Capitol (the second in Madison) as it appeared shortly after the construction was completed. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of legislators in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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| Description: | Detail of the 1899 Assembly Chamber photograph, showing a row of legislators at their desks. Until well into the 20th century, individual legislators had n... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Detail of several senators. The Senate was less crowded than the Assembly because of its small numbers, allowing a better glimpse of the floral carpet and ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Detail of the 1899 Senate photograph, showing details such as the president's chair (much more ornamented than the Assembly Speaker's chair) and desk with ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A hose wagon of the Madison fire department racing around the corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets. A dog is chasing the wagon. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Wisconsin Assembly. Along the bottom a numbered list of names identifies each man. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the p... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Military parade on Main Street honoring President Grover Cleveland's visit to Madison. Soldiers are marching to meet the President and crowds are watching ... |
| Date: | 02 09 1864 |
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| Description: | Formal portrait of Abraham Lincoln, seated. |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Abraham Lincoln, from the original daguerreotype owned by his son, Robert T. Lincoln. |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | Shooting of Charles C.P. Arndt by James Vineyard in the territorial council chamber of the legislature. This depiction of the event was created by the staf... |
| Date: | 08 13 1860 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Abraham Lincoln before he grew a beard, taken from an ambrotype. |
| Date: | 06 03 1860 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Cover of advertising catalog for the Excelsior line of harvesting machines manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features an illustration with the title: "Nap... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Grover Cleveland around the time he first took office as president of the United States. |
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