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| Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the third Wisconsin State Capitol ablaze. |
| Date: | 05 09 1908 |
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| Description: | Kite aerial panoramic photograph of the central business district. In the distance is Lake Mendota. The fire damaged Wisconsin State Capitol is in the cent... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Melchoir House, which was a popular hostelry and brewery operated by Jacob Melchoir. It later became an Indian boarding house. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the Weaver barn in which the first Episcopal church services were held between about 1842 - 1845. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of town. Caption reads: "No. 25. Markesan, in Green Lake county, on state trunk highway 103, is a town of homes. Its inhabitants number 1,000." |
| Date: | 03 16 1916 |
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| Description: | Benjamin Walker Castle, 900 block East Gorham Street, ca. 1862-1893. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Reservoir, looking South, with pedestrians walking along the edge of the empty reservoir. A team of horses with a cart or wagon can also be seen in the bac... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Looking down into the reservoir partially filled with water. A group of men stand at various levels; some with the carriage and horses at top, four on a le... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Several men are standing on top of a square ledge over the reservoir. Other men are working in the reservoir. On the right is a wooden walkway. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Etching of the church through the park with a fountain on the left. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the city of Chicago. Featuring the artist Leslie Ragan, the poster depicts the buildin... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Atlantic City as "the playground of the world," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depicts the buildings ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Fifth Avenue in New York as "The World's Greatest Shopping Street," and to get there by way of the train. The poster depic... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting New Hampshire as the "Land of Scenic Splendor." The poster features the artist Maxwell Parrish's depiction of a New Hampsh... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix (Electric Railways of Valais in Chamonix) railway. The poster... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the "The Way to London's Country by Motor Bus" using the Underground Electric Railway Company's motor bus servic... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the London and North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland. The poster features the artist H.G. Gawthorn's dep... |
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