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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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Park and Pleasure Drive Association Members

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor view of two men standing and two women sitting in a grassy field. They are possibly members of the Park and Pleasure Drive Association, of which Ch...
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Boathouse Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 04 24 1899
Description: Partial view of a boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built for the city of Madison. The University of Wiscon...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Park Gateway

Date: 1899
Description: Third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison), showing the East Washington Avenue gateway and iron fence. In reality the statues, which were meant ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Buildings

Date: 1899
Description: View along shoreline of University of Wisconsin-Madison buildings across Lake Mendota from Carroll Street. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red), a boathouse, an...
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Observatory Hill

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of Observatory Hill, Observatory Hall, the Agriculture Campus and Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus.
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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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Washburn Observatory in the Winter

Date: 1896
Description: View of Washburn Observatory in the winter with snow.
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Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 05 12 1896
Description: View down Langdon Street looking west toward Science Hall.
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Charles Brown Residence

Date: 05 12 1896
Description: The Charles N. Brown residence, 271 Langdon Street, erected in 1886 and demolished in 1929. Brown was an attorney who served as court commissioner, and was...
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Charles Brown Residence

Date: 05 12 1896
Description: The Charles N. Brown residence, 271 Langdon Street. This photograph was taken by Brown at 6:20 a.m. from in front of Reuben Gold Thwaites' residence at 260...
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Wisconsin Heights, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Elevated view. Caption on negative sleeve reads: "Black Hawk Battlefield. Wis. Heights. 'Looking it of west across river' [sic] c. 1896. Mrs. Charle...
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Wisconsin Heights, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Elevated view. Caption on negative sleeve reads: "Black Hawk Battlefield. Wis. Heights. Looking N. of E. up valley towards Catholic Church. Mrs. Charles N....
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Black Hawk Bluff

Date: 1896
Description: View of Black Hawk Bluff, site of the Battle of Wisconsin Heights in the Black Hawk War.
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Bridge on Wisconsin River

Date: 1896
Description: Bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Zwingli Reformed Church

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of Zwingli Reformed Church and cemetery.
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Bascom Hill

Date: 1899
Description: A wintery view of Bascom Hill and surrounding neighborhoods.
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Looking West from Bascom Hall

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of Camp Randall and the neighborhoods west of Bascom Hall including University Heights.
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Old Water Works

Date: 1896
Description: View of the Old Water Works on East Washington Avenue, as seen from the Capitol Square.

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