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Victorian Interior

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Description: View through open front door of entry of home decorated in the Victorian style, including a carved wood stairway and a hall tree bench with a beveled mirro...
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Three Men at the Internal Revenue Office

Date: 1897
Description: Three men, identified from left to right as Mr. Schildhauer, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Potter, at the Internal Revenue Office. The men are gathered around a larg...
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Interior Staircase

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Description: Interior view of a Victorian-era home, with a heavy, intricately carved wooden staircase. A brick fireplace with a mirrored mantel adorns the adjoining wal...
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Woodard Home Interior

Date: 1896
Description: Interior view through curtained doorway of the Woodard's Victorian-era home. Elaborate rugs and wallpaper adorn the house, in addition to plants and wooden...
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Woodard House Interior

Date: 1896
Description: Interior view of the Woodard home. Looking through curtained doorway into the parlor, is a piano, small sofa, conversation table and several chairs. Variou...
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Cornelius House Interior

Date: 1896
Description: Interior view of home of Chas Cornelius, the Register of Deeds. The house is adorned with elaborate carpeting and decorative wallpaper. Additionally, vario...
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Cottage Interior

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of U.S. Marshall Canon's summer cottage. Behind a table, a wall is decorated from floor to ceiling with photographs and other artwork, as ...
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Poultry Dinner

Date: 1897
Description: Interior view of the Henry Schildhauer home, located on West Washington Avenue. A table is set for a poultry dinner.
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Interior of the James Nevin House

Date: 1897
Description: Interior view through tasseled doorway of a room in the James Nevin home. Nevin was the supervisor of the State Fish Hatchery. The room is decorated with m...
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Edward Schildhauer

Date: 1893
Description: Mr. Edward Schildhauer sitting at a desk and writing in a book.
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Interior of Captain J.W. Hommrel's Home

Date: 1896
Description: An interior view through a curtained doorway of Captain J.W. Hommrel's(?) home. The Victorian interior includes tapestries, patterned wallpaper, and many p...
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Victorian-Era Decorative Fireplace

Date: 1899
Description: An interior view of the Eugene Eigheny home at 241 Langdon Street. Decorative glass with painted birds is visible in the fireplace opening. There is a larg...
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Young Girl Reading

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl, Dorothy Hubbard, sits on a hardwood floor surrounded by pillows and reads a book. Next to the girl a large house plant grows in a pot, and a ...
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Sewell A. Peterson Home Interior

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of the Wisconsin State Treasurer, Sewell A. Peterson, home on South Fairchild Street. The photograph is taken looking through the parlor a...
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Mr. Edward Schildhauer

Date: 1897
Description: Mr. Edward Schildhauer sits in a rocking chair at an angled architect desk. The desk is covered with papers and various drafting tools such as a protractor...
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Edward Schildhauer Relaxing at a Desk

Date: 1897
Description: Mr. Edward Schildhauer relaxes in a rocking chair with his feet on a desk. He is reading a newspaper.
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The Schildhauers looking at Photographs

Date: 1897
Description: Four Schildhauers: H., Annie, Rudolph and Edward, sit in a parlor and look at a photo album.
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Mrs. D.W. Osborn in her Wedding Dress

Date: 1896
Description: Mrs. D.W. Osborn sits on a loveseat in a Victorian-era home. She sits in her wedding dress with a bouquet of flowers on her lap.
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Decorated Bay Window

Date: 1896
Description: Interior view of a decorated bay window in a Victorian-era home. The window area was used as a photography back-drop so the shades are drawn and fabric is ...
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Mrs. Hutchin's House

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of Mrs. Hutchin's house. The Victorian-style interior consists of patterned wallpaper and area rugs, a fireplace, framed pictures and vari...

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