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Turvill Marsh

Date: 1899
Description: View over section of Turvill Marsh towards trees. On the far right in the background are what may be railroad tracks.
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Shoreline in Madison

Date: 1897
Description: A view of Madison from a lake shoreline. Unknown location.
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Girl Kneeling in the Turvill Garden

Date: 1898
Description: A unknown girl is kneeling in Turvill garden. She is wearing a dress and her hair is braided. There is a path in the center and the gardens surround her. ...
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Turvill House and Garden

Date: 1898
Description: View across thick covering of foliage towards the Turvill family home and garden. The Turvill home is in the background surrounded by trees.
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James Rockwell Mears Home

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view from street of the 420 N. Carroll Street home of J.R. Mears, built in 1870. The Italianate-style house is on the corner of W. Gilman and N. C...
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Frank Allis House

Date: 05 1895
Description: Exterior view from front drive of the Frank Allis house, now 4123 Monona Drive. The architect was William D. Kimball from Milwaukee and it was built in 189...
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Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane and grounds. In 1935 it became the Mendota State Hospital. It was built in 1860 by architect Stephen Vaughn S...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse

Date: 06 10 1894
Description: View across water along shoreline towards the City Boat House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota.
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View of the Fairchild House from the Garden

Date: 06 08 1896
Description: The Lucius Fairchild home at 302 Monona Avenue (later Martin Luther King Blvd.) seen from the back garden. Lush foliage surrounds the back door, where a br...
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Fairchild House Tennis Court

Date: 07 08 1896
Description: Elevated view of the grass tennis court from the yard of the Fairchild house at 302 Monona Avenue (later renamed Martin Luther King Boulevard). Trees, plan...
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Western Canoe Association Members at Picnic Point

Date: 1894
Description: Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat...
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Norwegian Family with Possessions

Date: 1870
Description: Detail from original of the family. Original caption reads: "Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dres...

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