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Titanic Survivors

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Description: Survivors of the Titanic sinking with Congressman William J. Cary and his Secretary, Richard P. Momsen, in front of the United States Capitol.
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Surveying Fire Damage in the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1904
Description: The remains of a second floor corridor in the North Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27-28, 1904. This photograph docum...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Dome under Construction

Date: 10 1869
Description: The second Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction, showing the workmen and the equipment they used to hoist construction materials into place.
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Civil War Shell

Date: 1931
Description: A shell of the Civil War period, recovered from the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and presented to the First Capitol State Park by the GAR...
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Chief Clerk's Force

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait outside the Wisconsin State Capitol of the Chief Clerk's Force, Wisconsin Assembly. In the front row from left to right are Femrite, West, Pinkert...
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Wisconsin State Senate

Date: 05 14 1931
Description: The members of the Wisconsin State Senate pose outside the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 09 07 1937
Description: Group portrait of the members of the Grand Army of the republic at a reunion. The group appears to be posing on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Socialist Members of the Wisconsin Legislature Leaving the Capitol

Date: 1919
Description: Socialist members of the Wisconsin Legislature leaving the Wisconsin State Capitol at noon.
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First Wisconsin Capitol 1836

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Description: Three men are posing outside of the First Wisconsin Capitol. The man standing in the middle is C.L. (Neal) Harrington.
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Riveting Gang on Capitol Dome

Date: 1911
Description: Three men posing while doing rivet work on the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. All three men have been numbered, in correspondence with the caption. Caption...
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Construction of the Fourth Capitol Tower

Date: 12 30 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of the construction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building. The ironwork tower is in the center of what would become the rotu...
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Construction of Fourth Capitol Building Dome

Date: 1911
Description: View along top of roof towards the fourth State Capitol building under construction, with erection tower and gin pole behind the girders of the dome substr...
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Group Portrait of Capitol Building Construction Workers

Date: 05 30 1911
Description: Group portrait of construction workers for the dome of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building. In total thirty-two men are posing, with six of the men...
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Fourth Capitol Dome Superstructure

Date: 1911
Description: Construction of the dome for the Fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building. Four men are at working around the girders of the dome. One man is marked with an...
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Italian "Fourth of July" Celebration

Date: 1919
Description: A large group of children and adults are standing outside the Wisconsin State Capitol building, many holding American flags. Some members in the foreground...

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