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| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Father Groppi speaking at demonstration in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber. |
| Date: | 05 25 1931 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip La Follette in the governor's office, signing extradition papers for George W.E. Perry aka "Jiggs" "Blue Beard," with Samuel Becker, execut... |
| Date: | 11 22 1947 |
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| Description: | Buffet table for State Hotel Manager's convention, featuring ice carving of the State Capitol building. Taken in the Blue Room at Park Hotel, 22 South Carr... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Interior damage to the Wisconsin State Capitol following the fire of 1904. The original photomount had the annotation: "Where my desk stood at the time of ... |
| Date: | 04 25 1929 |
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| Description: | Ceremony for the unveiling of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. On the platform, left to right, are Senator R... |
| Date: | 04 11 1971 |
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| Description: | "Wisconsin," the bronze statue which was sculpted by Daniel Chester French, covered in gold leaf, atop the Wisconsin State Capitol. The piece includes a ba... |
| Date: | 01 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Detail of "Resources of Wisconsin," painted by Edwin Howland Blashfield, inside the Wisconsin State Capitol. A woman is depicted holding a bunch of grapes. |
| Date: | 11 1983 |
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| Description: | "Resources of Wisconsin," a painting by Edwin Howland Blashfield. The painting is in the inner dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol, and is painted in a seg... |
| Date: | 04 1990 |
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| Description: | Painting by Hugo Ballin, called "Wisconsin Surrounded by her Attributes," on the Governor's Conference Room Ceiling at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The pai... |
| Date: | 12 1983 |
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| Description: | Skylight in the Wisconsin State Capitol, over the main stairs to the second floor. The figure in the center is an eagle in a wreath, which is an allegory o... |
| Date: | 1996 |
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| Description: | Skylight over stairs in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The eagle of the Republic is visible below the skylight. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Detail of ceiling in Assembly Room of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Includes paintings of an eagle and decorative plasterwork. |
| Date: | 04 1990 |
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| Description: | Decoration over entrance to Governor's Conference Room in the Wisconsin State Capitol before restoration. |
| Date: | 02 1986 |
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| Description: | Interior of the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol before restoration. |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Senate Parlor in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The walls are african mahogany, and the mantels and plinth are of greek marble. |
| Date: | 06 1990 |
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| Description: | Assembly Parlor fireplace in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The walls are of walnut panelling, the mantels are Sienna marble, and the floor is marble tile. |
| Date: | 04 1991 |
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| Description: | Governor's Conference Room in the Wisconsin State Capitol before restoration returned it to the original exposed cherry wood. |
| Date: | 10 1990 |
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| Description: | View looking up the inside of the dome in the Wisconsin State Capitol. This is the top of the capitol dome upon which sits the "Wisconsin" Statue. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View of scaffolding used by painters in the restoration of the rotunda in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Detail of the pilaster capitals in the rotunda at the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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