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Camp Randall

Date: 1862
Description: Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a militar...
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University Heights

Date: 1898
Description: University Heights from the Chemistry Building on University Avenue. View includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison football field, on the former site o...
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Charles Brown Residence

Date: 05 12 1896
Description: Charles N. Brown residence, southeast corner of the intersection of Frances and Langdon Streets. On the left is 263 Langdon Street. Both structures were de...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Pharmacy Lab

Date: 1890
Description: View of an empty University of Wisconsin-Madison pharmacy laboratory.
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Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
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Capitol Park Fountain

Date: 1898
Description: The replica of the Centennial Fountain in the Capitol Park, where people relax on a park bench. This view looks toward the intersection of Main and Carroll...
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Pierce House

Date: 01 1895
Description: View from street of the residence at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Home on Observatory Hill

Date: 1899
Description: View of home atop of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Home on Picnic Point

Date: 1888
Description: View of shoreline along Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the home of Professor William Daniels, head of the Chemistry Dep...
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Albion Academy North Hall

Date: 1890
Description: North Hall. Caption reads: "Academy North Hall".
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American House

Date: 1860
Description: Engraving of the American House at 1 North Pinckney Street. It burned down in a fire in 1868.
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The Robert Bashford House

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the Robert M. Bashford house on Pinckney and Gilman Streets. A man wearing a hat stands in the landscaped yard near a small child wearing ...
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The Botkin House

Date: 1894
Description: The Botkin House, on the corner of Fairchild Street and Washington Avenue.
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Briggs Residence

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of the Briggs residence, also known as the Kendall house.
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Bright House

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph of the Bright house, later the J.C. Ford residence, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Gilman Street.
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Charles E. Brown Residence

Date: 05 1894
Description: The Charles E. Brown house at the corner of South Carroll and Doty Streets.
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Van Slyke Sketch

Date: 1859
Description: An original pencil sketch by banker and real estate developer Napoleon B. Van Slyke, possibly for his residence erected in 1859 at 510 North Carroll Street...
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Van Slyke Residence

Date: 05 1867
Description: The residence of Napoleon B. Van Slyke at 510 North Carroll Street. The caption reads: "Maie on piazza with doll. Jonnie in baby carriage."
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Cole-Burrows House

Date: 1878
Description: The Cole-Burrows house at 406 North Pinckney Street, built by Judge Orsamis Cole. He lived in it for several years before selling it to George B. Burrows.
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Frederick King Conover Residence

Date: 1894
Description: Frederick King Conover residence at 309 North Pinckney Street "as seen from Judge (Harlo S.) Orton's corner," at the intersection of East Johnson Street. ...

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