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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of the east gallery of the Wisconsin State Capitol. By 1911, the commission learned that the quarry that supplied the red granite for the piers on... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | People gathered around picket fence in front of a decorated St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Congregational Church, a.k.a. Old Mission Church. The interior walls are covered with cedar trees. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the parlor, with a piano on the left, a sofa to the right in the corner of the room, and a portrait on an easel in the center. There is a ... |
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| Description: | Interior view looking toward the altar. Caption reads: "Chapel of St. Joseph Orphan Home, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Wisconsin Historical Society library. |
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| Description: | A view of an ornate gazebo strung with lights and set in a pond. The pond has a fountain spray and is surrounded by grass and trees. Published by bson [?... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of the West Atwood Street residential district featuring a Victorian house with scalloped shingles and a turret. Many trees shade the street that st... |
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| Description: | View of the home of General John A. Logan, U.S. Senator and Republican vice-presidential nominee of 1884. TCaption reads: "John A. Logan's Old Home. Carbon... |
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| Description: | Two little girls stand on the balcony of the opulent government mansion in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. Caption reads: "Government Mansion At Dawson, Y... |
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| Description: | View of "The Eyrie," summer home of American industrialist John D. Rockefeller, overlooking a river from the top of a hill. The home was erected in 1914 an... |
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| Description: | View of "Brookside" residence featuring outside staircases, sculptures, fountain and a vast lawn. |
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| Description: | View toward the front of the "Fillston" mansion of Mrs. R.R. Colgate. With shrubs, flower gardens and a gravel driveway. |
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| Description: | The residence and gardens of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mortimer. View of mansion, gardens, and fountain. |
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| Description: | View across pond toward the J.C. Hubinger mansion. Two stag statues stand by the pond. J.C. Hubinger, a prominent Iowa businessman, opened a starch factory... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Residence of Brad Harmon. View of home and yard. Neighboring homes can are in the background. |
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| Description: | A view of the YWCA lounge at Christmas. Four women and a dog sit in front of an ornate fireplace. A large Christmas tree stands to the left of the fireplac... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the library at Wadsworth Hall. There is one large table with two lamps and several mismatched chairs. Sculptures and houseplants also deco... |
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| Description: | A view of a large two-story boarding house in a company town of Pepperell Manufacturing Company. There are several large trees in front of the building, wh... |
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| Description: | "Greenwood," a residence built in the Greek Revival style in 1835-40 by Tom Jones, was originally the center of a cotton plantation. |
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