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| Date: | 10 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Telephone Company construction site at rear of Park Hotel taken from southwest showing rear of the hotel and the 115 West Main Street building wi... |
| Date: | 12 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the roof of the Park Hotel. Main Street businesses seen include, from the left: Western Union Telegraph Company at 21 West Main Street, ... |
| Date: | 01 18 1970 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, 118 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). The bui... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A view of the Sacred Heart Academy, presently known as Edgewood High School. Caption reads: "Sacred Heart Academy. Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the south side 200 block of State Street. A large sign announces the coming of a new Montgomery Ward's store on the site. Stores shown inc... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | View of alley behind a few State Street buildings, including Paul's Club, a Bar-Restaurant. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front of the Hotel Ogden located at 149 East Wilson Street. Three men wearing suits are relaxing on the porch, with two men sitting on... |
| Date: | 07 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison Hotel, located at 108 North Pinckney, is the oldest building on the Capitol Square and one of Madison's oldest landmarks. It was built in 1838. It ... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | U.S. Rubber Co. buildings showing the juncture of an old building with a new addition. |
| Date: | 06 1973 |
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| Description: | Buildings and parking lot at Webster and North Hamilton Streets, early morning. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wil-Kil Pest Control building at 705 Williamson Street. The sign above the entrance features a rat and a cockroach depicted in neon. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from Langdon Street of the University of Wisconsin YMCA on the shore of Lake Mendota. On the porch of the building is a large "Cafeteria" sign. Anothe... |
| Date: | 02 17 1978 |
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| Description: | View down the alley at the back of the Capitol Theatre on State Street towards a construction worker standing on the roof while working on renovations. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Johnson Street towards a commercial building. The ground floor has a show window for Rentschler Floral Company. A sign above the second fl... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Carroll Street towards the back end of the Wisconsin Building. The words "Office Entrance" are carved into the stone above the main door.... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gilman Street towards the Charles H. Hopper Building. The building has a sign for The Thesis Center on the ground floor, a center for typi... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gorham Street, on the corner of State Street, towards the back side of Kirch Building. The ground floor contains Erehwon Mountain Supply. ... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Fairchild Street towards the back side of the C.E. Buell Building. The building is three stories high and contains apartments, with a fir... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across East Washington towards Pyramid Realty. A car is parked outside of the building. To the right is a small parking lot, and to the left is an all... |
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