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| Date: | 11 1924 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | On-lookers survey a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a group of farmers during a tour on the Chautauqua circuit during which she frequent... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View looking up the 200 block of State Street from West Johnson Street, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction. The bank on the left i... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fourth Capitol and dome under construction, while the north wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol remains standing on the right. T... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Depot owned by the Fairchild and Northeastern Railroad, which was owned by the N.C. Foster Lumber Company. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Fairchild and Northeastern Railroad depot, with first train into Willard on the Fairchild and Northeastern Line. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Municipal Market, which was built in 1910 but not operated successfully until July 1917 when it was run by a group of women from the D... |
| Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27, 1904 from East Main Street at about 4:00 a.m. The East and West wings were destroyed, as was mu... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen stand atop and in front of the remnants of the last remaining wing, the North Wing, of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen demolishing the North Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Because the North Wing escaped damage during the fire in 1904, the North Wing cont... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the west wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. A view of the fourth capitol with snow flocked trees and snow-covered lawn and side... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Workmen posing on the partially demolished dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, together with the hoist used for removing salvaged materials. This d... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of a view from the Wisconsin State Capitol (which was the fourth State Capitol and the third in Madison) showing the Hotel Loraine and W... |
| Date: | 11 08 1906 |
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| Description: | Two Civil War watercolor drawings by John Gaddis, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, showing the regiment in bivouac, and later their headquarte... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., landing passengers, taken between 1901 and 1910. Crowds are on riverbank and there are buildings in background. A cr... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the sternwheel excursion, "G.W. Hill," leaving Bellevue with a Red Cross Excursion. Later named "Island Maid." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Riverboats tied at the levee in La Crosse with the Gypsy in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, on the Mississippi River taken in 1909. St. Paul, Minnesota is seen in the background. Later n... |
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