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Wisconsin Historical Society Library

Date: 1905
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin Historical Society library.
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The Wisconsin State Assembly in Session

Date: 02 15 1899
Description: The Wisconsin State Assembly in session in the second Wisconsin State Capitol, with observers looking on from the gallery.
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Interior View of the University of Wisconsin Library

Date: 06 1900
Description: View from balcony of the University of Wisconsin library.
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1918
Description: View across lawn towards the front entrance of the Wisconsin Historical Society building.
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1860
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane designed by Stephen V. Shipman (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
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Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda

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Description: Partial view from above of the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda, with a group of people on the balcony looking toward the North Gallery.
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Scaffold Used to Hoist "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 1914
Description: Scaffold used to hoist the statue "Wisconsin" to the Capitol dome is set up near two stone statues above a stone balcony.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 08 1946
Description: Interior view of the State Capitol, East Gallery, the Supreme Court entrance.
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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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Historical Society

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (now Wisconsin Historical Society) building. Awnings shade some of the first and second story wi...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1901
Description: Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ...
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Bascom Hall

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Description: The main edifice entrance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: A man reads a Toledo scale at the University of Wisconsin engineering building.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Ladies' Hall

Date: 1900
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Ladies' Hall from the northeast. A fence runs in the foreground, and with trees are on the lawn surrounding the building.
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Wisconsin State Legislature Session Begins

Date: 01 12 1955
Description: James J. Burke (of 636 Adams Street), State Revisor of Statutes, looking on from the gallery as the 1955 Wisconsin State Legislative session begins.
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Wisconsin State Legislature Session Begins

Date: 01 12 1955
Description: Frank Sloup (of West Allis) looking on from the gallery with binoculars as his grandfather, Arthur Blazer (D-Milwaukee), is sworn in for the 1955 Wisconsin...
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin students (primarily women) studying in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. On the left is the Visitors Gallery.
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Bertha Tainter Annex

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Description: View of the Bertha Tainter Annex, a former women's dormitory at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The building features a three stories with a porch or ba...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Main Hall, later renamed Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The dome was destroyed in a fire in 1916. Later additions made the bui...
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Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: A group of men look on as the statue "Wisconsin" is lifted from the crate using ropes and pulleys. Ropes are wrapped around the statue and the statue's rig...

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