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Lake Geneva Downtown Restaurants

Date: 1920
Description: Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ...
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Fitchburg Depot

Date: 1923
Description: Railway depot and railyard. Caption reads: "Depot and Yards Fitchburg, Wis."
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Fitchburg Business Section

Date: 1923
Description: Business section of Fitchburg. Building and trees to the right with men and cars out front.
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Street Railroad Car

Date: 1925
Description: View over sidewalk of a street railroad car passing the old Northwestern Railroad Station on the 400 block of West Lakeside Street.
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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1928
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, looking northeast. The Park Hotel on the corner of W. Main Street and S. Carroll Street, is in the foreground.
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Grant County Court House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Grant County Court House. Caption reads: "Court House, Lancaster, Wis."
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Memorial Union

Date: 1929
Description: View from Landon Street of Memorial Union southeast entrance on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The inscription on the wall in front of the bas...
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Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Line

Date: 1920
Description: A view down the railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line. The depot is in the distance on the far left.
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Kennedy Manor, Langdon Street

Date: 1929
Description: 1 Langdon Street at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue, looking southeast.
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Lucien Stanley Hanks Residence

Date: 11 11 1925
Description: This red brick Italianate residence located at 216 Langdon Street, was built in 1870 for Lucien Stanley Hanks, a prominent Madison banker and civic leader,...
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French Battery and Carbon Company

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the French Battery and Carbon Company office building.
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Spring Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: The Spring Tavern on the way to Verona.
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Summer Homes on Madeline Island

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial view of Woods' Manor on shores of Madeline Island. The manor was built in 1900 for summer resident Colonel Frederick Woods from Nebraska.
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Building and River

Date: 1920
Description: A large building, possibly a mill, next to a river.
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Brown County Court House

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of Brown County Court House, with trees lining the sidewalk.
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Merrick Residence

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the Merrick residence, with a woman sitting on a swing on the front porch.
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The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
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Milwaukee City Hall

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee's City Hall. Signs on the building read "Sinfonietta" and "Concert Tonight."
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Milwaukee Shore

Date: 1925
Description: Bare expanse of land with the Milwaukee lakeshore and the city in the distance.
Postcard

Fourth Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: View across street towards a row of businesses on Fourth Avenue, including Warren Cafe, Wang's Rexall Drug Store, Wisconsin Power & Light, a restaurant, an...

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