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| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Sally Blair Fairchild, the wife of Jairus Fairchild, the first mayor of Madison, and the mother of Lucius, Cassius, Charles Fairchild, and Sarah Fairchild ... |
| Date: | 03 15 1947 |
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| Description: | Pallbearers carrying the casket of Governor Walter Goodland from the Madison Masonic Temple. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the interior of the Presbyterian church decorated for the funeral of Mrs. George Smith. |
| Date: | 07 01 1959 |
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| Description: | Curtiss D. Brauhn (center), 3110 West Beltline Highway, receives the official gavel as president of South Madison Optimist Club at installation ceremonies ... |
| Date: | 02 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette Jr., funeral at Grace Episcopal Church. The former senator, who committed suicide, was thought to have been depressed. Some thought h... |
| Date: | 06 22 1925 |
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| Description: | Funeral of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. Mourners gathered around La Follette's flag-draped coffin include Philip... |
| Date: | 08 19 1973 |
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| Description: | The Bishop WIlliam O'Connor Memorial Chapel at Resurrection Cemetery, which is a pyramid-shaped building with a spire on top and a cross at the point. |
| Date: | 04 21 1934 |
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| Description: | Casket and flowers at cemetery for the funeral of Lorraine V. McGraw. |
| Date: | 10 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Open casket containing body of a man, and large floral displays surrounding it. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Mourners outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol lined up to view the body of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. |
| Date: | 09 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Body of James S. Timlin, 79, in his coffin. |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Seven Elks Club members in front of a canopy at Roselawn Cemetery. About 400 persons attended the flag service when the flag and Official Elks Rest were de... |
| Date: | 06 21 1925 |
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| Description: | A crowd of mourners viewing the flag drapped casket of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. |
| Date: | 08 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Floral display for the funeral of Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Building. |
| Date: | 06 22 1925 |
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| Description: | The funeral procession of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., begins its journey from the Capitol to Forest Hill Cemetery, travelling east around the Squa... |
| Date: | 06 22 1925 |
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| Description: | Pallbearers (who include Senator Herman Ekern), carry the flag draped casket of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., down the steps of the Wisconsin Capitol... |
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| Description: | The Nguyen family, each wearing a white headband, poses in front of the casket of Kim Nguyen, the family patriarch. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Morrison Dean, the wife of Nathaniel Dean of Madison. Mrs. Dean was born in Dodgeville in 1829, moved to Ma... |
| Date: | 11 26 1963 |
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| Description: | Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Even the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the University of Wisconsin campus seemed more somber 11/25 than... |
| Date: | 03 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Five-year-old Wilbur Corcoran, son of Frank and Margaret Corcoran, 624 Williamson Street, lying in a coffin surrounded by flower arrangements and a three-t... |
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