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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward Lake Mendota
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View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. North Hall is in the foreground with several residences and Lake Mendota behind. A small portion of Lake Monona, a church steeple, and the Farwell House are in the distance.
1861
Fuller, John S., approximately 1815-1902
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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward the Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)
1861
View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus looking up State Street toward the second Wisconsin State Capitol building. A portion of the lawn in f...
View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward Lake Monona
1861
View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. South Hall is in the foreground with several residences and Lake Monona behind.
View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward Lake Monona
1861
View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. South Hall is in the foreground, with several residences and Lake Monona behind.
Panoramic from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) of Madison
November 11, 1861
Panoramic view of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall and South Hall are in the foreground. Lake Mendota, the second Wisconsin State Capitol b...
Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus
1926
Originally titled 'Recent Aeroplane View of University Campus', the view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Red Gym, Science Hall and Bascom Hall with Lake Mendota on the right on the Univers...
Air View of University of Wisconsin Campus
1945
Aerial view of Bascom Hill, Bascom Hall, Wisconsin Historical Society on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus with Lake Mendota on the right.
