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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Large Letter style postcard with the Capitol in the foreground, and other buildings within the letters of Madison. Text on back reads: "Madison is the capi... |
| Date: | 1991 |
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| Description: | A pen and ink illustration. Text on back reads: "A whimsical glimpse of Madison as seen by illustrator Brian Strassburg. Designed exclusively for Madison M... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of central Madison with the Capitol on the horizon. State Street is lined with trees. Caption reads: "City from University Campus, Madison, W... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the near east side of the Isthmus with Laka Monona on the left. The Capitol dome is on the horizon. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. from Lak... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the UW Campus and Lake Mendota. Memorial Library, Historical Society, and Red Gym in the center. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Isthmus and Lake Mendota from over Lake Monona. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the center. |
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| Description: | Colorized view across Monona Bay towards the Capitol. In the foreground is a field, trees, and unpaved roads with a single dwelling near the shoreline. Cap... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Illustrated postcard of an elevated view of Monona Bay, the Isthmus and Lake Mendota. A residential neighborhood is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Madi... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the south east campus area with Lake Monona in the background. |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "View of downtown Madison and Capitol Square from the air. In the foreground are Law Park and Lake Monona, in the background Lake Me... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Isthmus from over Lake Monona. The Wisconsin State Capitol and Lake Mendota are in the background. In the foreground is John Nolen Drive... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of East Washington Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a glass bank building on the right side of East Washington Avenue. The Y... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | The First National Bank building on the corner of South Pinckney Street and East Washington Avenue. |
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| Description: | Illustrated postcard of a funeral home on the corner of King Street and East Wilson Street. The Wisconsin State Capitol is at the end of King Street. Capti... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a five-story corner building with entrances at the front and the side. An electric YMCA sign is near a tree in front. Caption re... |
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| Description: | Five-story white stone building in the middle of a city block. Caption reads: "Y. W. C. A., Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | View of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum from the parking lot. The globe sculpture is on the left. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the far background on th... |
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| Description: | View across street towards the office of National Mutual Benefit, a seven-story building on a street corner. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol of the glass bank on the corner of N. Pinckney Street and East Washington Avenue. |
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| Description: | View across street towards Kayser Motors located at 702-716 East Washington Avenue (at Blount Street). Automobiles are parked at the curbs and inside the s... |
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