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Observatory Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus of the United States National, Wisconsin State Farm Experiment Station, Pro...
Map or Atlas

Dane County Courthouse

Date: 1889
Description: Dane County Courthouse, begun in the fall of 1883 and finished in the spring of 1886. The cost, including equipment, was a little over $180,000.
Photograph

Joseph and Rachel Jastrow

Date: 1888
Description: Professor Joseph Jastrow reading, and Rachel Jastrow playing guitar in a room on the top floor of Ladies' Hall (later Chadbourne Hall, razed 1957), in Madi...
Photograph

R.L. Joiner

Date: 1890
Description: Quarter-length portrait of R.L. Joiner, from a composite of images of the Wisconsin Senate.
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate Clerks

Date: 1881
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate Clerks around a photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 1867
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Assembly.
Postcard

Aerial View of Lake Monona

Date: 1885
Description: View towards Lake Monona, with the Dane County Courthouse on the right. Text at bottom reads: "Curtiss Madison Wis."
Photograph

View of Lower Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view over roof tops of lower campus looking up towards Bascom Hall. Science Hall at the end of Langdon Street is on the right side of Bascom Hill ...
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Skaters on Lake Mendota

Date: 1890
Description: View in winter from Lake Mendota of skaters near shoreline of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Science Hall and the Chemical Laboratory building...
Photograph

Aram Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Aram Public Library; 404 East Walworth Avenue. The library was opened in 1908 and James Aram funded the library with a gift of $20,000...
Photograph

Aram Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Aram Public Library; 404 East Walworth Avenue. The lower right corner is stamped: "Curtiss, Delavan, Wis." In the foreground is a read...
Photograph

Walter L. Houser

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Walter Houser.
Photograph

Young Edmond Burdick

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edmond Burdick as a young man.
Photograph

John Strange

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of John Strange when he was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate and State Officers

Date: 1874
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate and State officers with a key to identify the men in the individual portraits. Features an image of the Wiscon...
Photograph

Patrick O'Rourke

Date: 1874
Description: Portrait of Patrick O'Rourke (#1), which is part of a composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate and State officers.
Photograph

Two Young Women in Tennis Costumes

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted background of two young women dressed in long, striped tennis costumes and matching striped caps. They each hold a te...
Photograph

Edward Slupecki

Date: 1889
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Wisconsin Assembly of 1889 member Edward Slupecki.

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