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Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon.
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Vermont Lutheran Church

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Description: Exterior view of Vermont Lutheran Church with a cemetery in the back. Caption reads: "Vermont Lutheran Church Near Black Earth, Wis."
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State Street and Lake Street

Date: 1950
Description: Color view of the State Street and Lake Street intersection, with the Co-op book store, the Rennebohm Drug Store and the Wisconsin State Capitol at the end...
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Congregational Church

Date: 1920
Description: Congregational church. Caption reads: "Cong'l Church Windsor, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Mt. Horeb, Wis. Looking West."
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Kiddie Train

Date: 1960
Description: View across water towards the kiddie train at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). The train was donated by the Madison Lions Club and operated from 1953-1968...
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Wisconsin State Historical Society Building

Date: 1967
Description: Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Students a...
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The Gate House, Little Norway

Date: 06 20 1950
Description: Photographic postcard of the Gate House at Little Norway. Text below reads "The Gate House, Little Norway, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin."
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Scene at Little Norway

Date: 07 20 1950
Description: Photographic postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A log building stands to the left and the chassis of a wagon to the right. Text below reads: "Scene at L...
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Public School

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view from street of the brick public school, with bell tower. Caption reads: "Public School, De Forest, Wis."
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Fishing in the Mill Stream

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a bank on the right, and two boys standing on a log on the left, are fishing in the mill stream below an old mill. Two b...
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The Edgewater

Date: 1949
Description: Night view of the original Edgewater Hotel located on the corner of Langdon Street and Wisconsin Avenue on the south shore of Lake Mendota. Caption reads: ...
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Veterans Administration Hospital

Date: 1963
Description: Exterior view of a VA Hospital from across a lawn with small trees.
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Edgewood College

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Description: A Kodachrome postcard of the exterior of Edgewood College. Text on reverse reads: "Edgewood College - Madison, Wisconsin Edgewood is one of Madison's o...
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Bathing Beach on Lake Monona

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Description: View of a crowded bathing beach on Lake Monona. Blankets are spread out on the lawn.
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Capitol Square, Looking North on Pinckney St. at Main

Date: 1954
Description: A view across Pinckney Street at the corner of Main Street. The two blocks along the Square include storefronts for Stevens, Mangel's, and Richman's. The F...
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United States Rubber Company

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "United States Rubber Company, Stoughton, Wis." A brick and metal factory building with many windows. Still manufacturing today, Uniro...
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St. Ann Catholic Church & School

Date: 1959
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Ann Catholic Church & School. Stoughton, Wis." A brick church and school with a 1959 Rambler Cross Country Station Wagon parked a...
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Central Lutheran Church

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Central Lutheran Church, Stoughton, Wis." From the Wisconsin Historical Society Property Record,"Covenant Lutheran Church, built in 1...
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Our Saviors Lutheran Church

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Stoughton, Wis." The Neogothic Revival style church was constructed of concrete block in 1904. Also know...

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