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Family Posed near Fence and Frame House

Date: 1872
Description: An unidentified family, thought to be Yankees, pose at a board fence in front of an upright and wing frame house. The group includes two women with poses i...
Photograph

Portrait of Boy and Girl

Date: 1878
Description: Seated indoor portrait of boy in checked suit and girl in plaid dress, perhaps taken at Dahl's DeForest studio.
Photograph

First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
Historical Object

Worth Gown

Date: 1880
Description: Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.
Historical Object

Worth Gown

Date: 1880
Description: Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.
Photograph

Two Young Children

Date: 1899
Description: Two young children look out a window at the F.D. Eyerly residence. The children are dressed in matching, plaid-patterned dresses and stand in front of a la...
Photograph

Monona Lake Assembly

Date: 1886
Description: Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui...
Historical Essay

1880s "Aesthetic" Dress

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Tea gown inspired by the "Aesthetic" Movement of the late nineteenth century, worn by Annie Cronk of Oregon, Wisconsin, c. 1881. (Museum object #1952.128)
Historical Essay

Mrs. Fairchild's Worth Gown

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild of Madison, Wisconsin, 1880. (Museum object #1945.960,A)
Photograph

Alice Russell Hobbins Porter

Date: 1873
Description: Mrs. Robert B. (Alice Russell Hobbins) Porter posing for a waist-up formal portrait. She is wearing a light-colored lace dress with a lace headpiece. She i...

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