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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Supreme Court room in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, with Chief Justice William Penn Lyon seated in the center, and Justices J.B. ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | General office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company in the Mitchell Building in Milwaukee. Left to right: the individual seated in left ... |
| Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Assembly in session in the second Wisconsin State Capitol, with observers looking on from the gallery. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of an elementary school classroom with two-seater desks. American flags and bunting complete the decor. |
| Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of legislators in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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| Description: | Detail of the 1899 Assembly Chamber photograph, showing a row of legislators at their desks. Until well into the 20th century, individual legislators had n... |
| Date: | 06 21 1886 |
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| Description: | A photograph of a painting depicting the surrender of Albert Parsons to Cook County Illinois authories. Parsons had been arrested in connection with a conf... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the First Episcopal Church of the Intercession, erected in 1853. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | The Oshkosh Grand Opera House. This is the interior elevated view showing the curtain painted by Louis Kindt of Kenosha, which depicts a scene from Goethe'... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the organ inside of the Presbyterian church. This site is now occupied by the Masonic Temple. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the interior of the Presbyterian church, looking towards the organ, piano over pews. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Political cartoon for Presidential Campaign that is Pro-Fremont, anti-Buchanan. John C. Fremont, Republican, and his wife Jessie Benton Fremont, are shown ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the organ inside of the Presbyterian church. This site is now occupied by the Masonic Temple. |
| Date: | 08 1893 |
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| Description: | View of the main room of the Woman's Library in the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Assembly Chambers in the second State Capitol. Note the gas lamps. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Hotel dining room, probably at the Galloway House. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Special open streetcar called the MARGUERITE, with elaborate lighting, decorations, movable chairs and other features. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Engraved masthead for The American Spiritualist depicting a seance over the word "phenomenal," a globe over the word "scientific," and a man at a de... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A seated, full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Elsa Seipp, daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is wearing a floor length gown wi... |
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