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Ole Bull Residence Billiard Hall
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Partial view of billiard hall and Lake Mendota from the Ole Bull Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. Two people on shore are pointing to a sailboat. Later, the house was known as the Thorp House. It became the executive mansion for the governor of Wisconsin in 1885 and the University of Wisconsin Knapp Graduate Center after 1950.
1874
Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923
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Ole Bull Residence Billiard Hall
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Ole Bull Family Playing Croquet
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Ole Bull Residence at 130 East Gilman Street. Family on lawn playing croquet with house in background. Later, the house was known as the Thorp House. It became the executive mansion for the governo...
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