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Wisconsin Club

Date: 1938
Description: Wisconsin Club, Ninth Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Built as the Alexander Mitchell residence in 1876-1878. After his death, it was used as the quarters of ...
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Death Notice of Daniel G. Fenton

Date: 08 11 1851
Description: Photograph of the death notice of Daniel G. Fenton, a Judge of the County Court, published by the Members of the Bar of Crawford County.
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Babcock House

Date: 09 01 1931
Description: Residence of Dr. Stephen Babcock, 432 N. Lake Street, following his death and prior to becoming Babcock House. It was converted to cooperative housing for ...
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Bernard and Nellie Arms Grave Marker

Date: 05 1999
Description: A rectangular gravestone bearing the birth and death years of Bernard and Nellie Arms. There are flowers next to the stone.
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Jan Reuter Cutting Hair

Date: 1976
Description: "Jan Reuter cuts Philip Zingsheim's hair. Jan's husband, Carl, died an untimely death in 1975."
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Stuffed Old Abe

Date: 1890
Description: "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881 he was stuffed, mounted, and put in the Capitol museum.<...
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Hazelwood

Date: 1925
Description: Hazelwood, the home of Morgan L. Martin. Morgan Lewis Martin served as county judge of Brown County from 1875 until his death in 1887.
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Stoughton Police Chief Clifford Kriedeman

Date: 12 22 1959
Description: Portrait of Stoughton police chief Clifford Kriedeman. He was the police chief from 1955 until his death in 1979.
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Baby in Coffin

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Description: Deceased baby in coffin.
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Hazelwood

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Description: View of Hazelwood, the home of Morgan L. Martin. Morgan Lewis Martin served as county judge of Brown County from 1875 until his death in 1887.
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Stuffed Old Abe on a Perch

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881, he was stuffed, mounted, and placed in the...
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A.L. Beier, M.D.

Date: 1938
Description: Portrait of Dr. Augustus Leon Beier of the Northern Wisconsin Colony and Training School.
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Hazelwood

Date: 1925
Description: Interior of a bedroom in Hazelwood, the home of Morgan L. Martin. Morgan Lewis Martin served as county judge of Brown County from 1875 until his death in 1...
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Hazelwood

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of Hazelwood, the home of Morgan L. Martin. Morgan Lewis Martin served as county judge of Brown County from 1875 until his death in 1887.
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Dewey Farmhouse

Date: 1910
Description: View of exterior of house with snow on the ground. There is a steep hill in the background. The house was built after Nelson Dewey's death.
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Bernice Johnston Death

Date: 11 28 1949
Description: County Traffic officers, E. W. Kelzenberg and Emil Schmale, and Evan Chambers of the state crime laboratory looking at the death scene of Bernice Johnson. ...
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Mausoleum Stained-Glass Window

Date: 05 21 1972
Description: A stained-glass window in the mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery at 1 Speedway Road, with a design featuring upside-down torches (a symbol of death).
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Stop Light Violator Charged with Death of Police Sergeant

Date: 07 16 1957
Description: Inquest held in the death of Police Sergeant Ralph Nedderman caused by a traffic light violation by driver Alphonse Reiter (23). Shown in the court room ar...
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Stoughton Home Destroyed by Fire

Date: 03 18 1961
Description: Exterior view of the ruins of a Stoughton home destroyed by a fire which resulted in the death of the inhabitants, brothers Irving and John Grams.
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John Messersmith

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of John Messersmith. He was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1790. Messersmith came to Wisconsin in May of 1827, and r...

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