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State Board of Control Office

Date: 1893
Description: Office of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions in the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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State Board of Control Office

Date: 1893
Description: Detail of view of office of the Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions located in the Wisconsin State Capitol additio...
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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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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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Furniture Store Interior

Date: 1895
Description: Interior of a furniture store, with two men posed among the rows of furniture. A group of chairs hangs from the ceiling.
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Hotel Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Hotel dining room, probably at the Galloway House.
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Cornelia Vilas Guild Hall in the Women's Club

Date: 02 1898
Description: Interior view of Cornelia Vilas Guild Hall in the Women's Club on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The stage is set with chairs in front of thre...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Senate

Date: 1899
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...
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Living Room

Date: 1893
Description: The living room of the George Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. There is a fireplace on the right. An orna...
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"Society Room" at Downer College

Date: 1891
Description: "Society Room" at Downer College. The view from the back shows chairs lined up in rows, a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and a piano against the wall...
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Entry Hall

Date: 1895
Description: A view of the wood paneled entry hall of the George Brumder residence at the corner of 18th Street and Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue. There are carpets on...
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Fireplace

Date: 1893
Description: An atlas, left, and caryatid flank the fireplace in the dining room of the George Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18t...
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Billiard Room at the Park Hotel

Date: 1871
Description: Six billiard tables in a large room with high ceilings at the Park Hotel on Carroll Street. Benches and chairs line the back wall, and large windows are al...
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Parlor

Date: 1893
Description: A view of the parlor (foreground) and music room of the George Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. Both room...
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Jastrow Home

Date: 1892
Description: Dining room of the home of Professor Joseph Jastrow, 237 Langdon Street.
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Library

Date: 1893
Description: A view of the library in the George Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. There is a fireplace with mantel clo...
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Interior of Ole Bull Residence

Date: 1879
Description: The interior of the Ole Bull Residence at 130 East Gilman Street, featuring good views of Victorian furniture, carpeting, lamps (including a crystal chande...
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Steensland Home Sitting Room

Date: 1899
Description: Interior of the lavishly decorated sitting room in Halle Steensland's house at 315 North Carroll Street.
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Halle Steensland at Home

Date: 1899
Description: Halle Steensland poses in his lavishly decorated library at his house on 315 North Carroll Street.
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Church Interior

Date: 1874
Description: View of a church interior looking up the aisle between the pews towards the altar and a small organ. Twin stove pipes run along the side walls.

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