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Middleton Railroad Crossing

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th...
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Middleton Railroad

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be...
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Early Morning at Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Early morning at a railroad crossing on County Highway A, with houses and a barn in the distance.
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North Sherman Avenue

Date: 1929
Description: Residential block of North Sherman Avenue between McPherson and Farragut Street, across from Sherman School.
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House on West Olin Avenue

Date: 03 19 1972
Description: Exterior view of a house at 702 West Olin Avenue. It was built in either 1904 or 1890. Currently many of the architectural details have been removed, but i...
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Intersection of Midvale and Odana

Date: 1955
Description: Midvale Avenue and Odana Boulevard.
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Orton House

Date: 1948
Description: Harlow S. Orton house, at 30 East Johnson Street at the intersection of North Pinckney Street. Orton served on the State Supreme Court from 1878 until his ...
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Edwards Tire Company

Date: 11 1946
Description: Exterior of Edwards Tire Company at 505 University Avenue.
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1960
Description: Women's dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at the corner of Park Street and University Avenue.
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Women Protestors in a Judge's Office

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Six irate women drivers sit in the office of superior court judge Roy H. Proctor's office to protest his dismissal of a traffic charge against a male drive...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 134

Date: 
Description: We always know what day it is
Because it never fails. Sometime between the awful and the coffee
that stepson drives along the road
and all the dog...
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North Carroll Street

Date: 1940
Description: View looking north across intersection towards the 400 block of North Carroll Street. A light snow clings to the trees and roofs of the houses. A car is ap...
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Rephotographic Pair: Blair and Main Streets

Date: 
Description: A vintage and a modern view of the intersection of Blair and Main Streets, presented as a pair. The views show snow on the ground, parked cars and brick bu...
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Janet Sauk and Lewis Arms

Date: 1961
Description: A group of friends relaxing together on Williamson Street. A woman is leaning against a Volkswagon Beetle automobile with a guitar strapped over her should...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk dresses for the weather in a plaid wool jacket and heavy pants. In the foreground on the couch is her portable hand held s...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk, standing at the corner of Jenifer and Brearly streets, facing north, spreads her arms and displays a hand held stop sign ...

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