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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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Assembly Chamber, Capitol Building

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Description: Elevated view of the Assembly Chamber interior. The desks and speaker's podium are below in the center. Large light fixtures in the ceiling and on the floo...
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Narragansett Church

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Description: A view of the church's interior. A pulpit stands on the left, and on the back wall is an altar-like space, with a cross, candles, and a chalice. Hanging on...
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Ocean Grove Auditorium

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Description: View from balcony of Ocean Grove Auditorium, built in 1894. The vast seating provided space for the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association. A platform stands...
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Fairbanks Museum of Natural History

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Description: Elevated interior view of the Fairbanks Museum of Natural History taken from the balcony. Established in 1891, the museum features animals and artifacts. A...
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Mary Baldwin Seminary

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Description: View from across a road of a row of buildings of Mary Baldwin Seminary, established in 1842. A stone fence and stairs separate the lawn from the sidewalk. ...
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Fonthill Castle

Date: 1916
Description: A view of the rotunda at Fonthill Castle, with the floors decorated with parquetry. Two doorways lead to additional rooms while another in the center is op...
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Loew's Metropolitan Theatre

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Description: Interior of Loew's Metropolitan Theatre. The view, taken from the mezzanine, features the stage, seating, and side balconies and a chandelier hangs from th...
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New Bradford Theatre

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Description: Interior of New Bradford Theatre, built in 1935 in the Hooker Fulton Building. The view taken from the stage left balcony features an ornate stage with a c...
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Glacier Park Hotel Lobby

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Description: View of the Glacier Park Hotel lobby. View features a large rustic lobby with a campfire surrounded by chairs, lanterns, log beams, and animal skins hangin...
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Glacier Park Hotel Lobby

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Description: View of the Glacier Park Hotel lobby. View features the rustic lobby with log beams and columns, Japanese lanterns, animal skins hanging from the balconies...
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Nahanock Country Club Lobby

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Description: View of the lobby of the rustic Hunting Lodge at the Nahanock Country Club. View features a wood balcony overhead, a staircase, animal decorations, a doorw...
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Funchase Amusement Pier

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Description: Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T...
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Swimming Pool at Bedford Springs Hotel

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Description: Children and adults swimming in a swimming pool inside Bedford Springs Hotel. Other people are sitting and standing near the edge. An elaborate staircase o...
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Natatorium Swimming Pool

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Description: View of a natatorium swimming pool, which opened around 1888. Four people stand in the pool while other people stand around the edge. People are watching b...
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Assembly Chamber

Date: 1880
Description: Assembly Chambers in the second State Capitol. Note the gas lamps.
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Lobby of the Eugene Hotel

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Description: Lobby of the Eugene Hotel. The hotel was located on the southwest corner of the square.
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Interior of Lutheran Church

Date: 1907
Description: Interior view of the Lutheran Church over pews towards the altar. Caption reads: "Interior of Lutherna church, Horicon, Wis."

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