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Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Looking Northeast

Date: 06 16 1928
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of the Loraine Hotel. In the background is Lake Mendota on the left, and on the right is Lake Mo...
Drawing

Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
Map or Atlas

Fuller Opera House

Date: 1889
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the Fuller Opera House, which is a detail from a bird's-eye view map of Madison.
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Circus at Madison Airport

Date: 08 12 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Ringling Brothers Circus at Madison airport from the top of a hangar located on Coolidge between North and Kedzie.
Print

Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 1870
Description: The third Wisconsin Capitol (the second in Madison) as it appeared shortly after the construction was completed.
Photograph

Fire Wagon in Action

Date: 1895
Description: A hose wagon of the Madison fire department racing around the corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets. A dog is chasing the wagon.
Photograph

Capitol Park and Park Hotel

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the p...
Print

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1887
Description: View of the third Wisconsin State Capitol from the pages of the Wisconsin Blue Book.
Drawing

Wisconsin State Capitol Illustration

Date: 1889
Description: Illustration of the Wisconsin State Capitol with an American flag displayed on the dome.
Drawing

Harvey Hospital

Date: 1865
Description: Harvey Hospital, or the Soldiers' Orphans Home. The main octagon section was the home of Governor Farwell, and the wing of wood was added in 1862 and used ...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 1915
Description: Mendota Yacht Club, later the site of James Madison Park.
Postcard

Park Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: The Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street, on the Capitol Square with pedestrians, automobiles and a streetcar. Caption reads: "New Prk Hotel, Madison, Wis."
Print

Park Hotel

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of city traffic in front of the Park Hote. From a map in the manuscripts division.
Photograph

View of the Old Post Office

Date: 1902
Description: View across Mifflin Street towards the old Madison Post Office, with a streetcar stopped in front of the building.
Drawing

Soldier's Orphan's Home

Date: 1876
Description: Originally printed in the Centennial Records of the Women of Wisconsin on page 37. The elevated view illustrates the large houses and the surrounding bustl...
Photograph

King Street Decorations for Fifty Year Celebration

Date: 1898
Description: Flags and posters are displayed over King Street for the fifty year celebration. One banner reads: "1848 Wisconsin 1898." Pedestrians are on the streets an...
Photograph

Armory on Langdon Street

Date: 1916
Description: Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) at University of Wisconsin-Madison during a spring sleet storm. The trees in front of the building are coated in ice. A pedestr...
Photograph

Fauerbach Brewing Company

Date: 1900
Description: An architectural rendering of the Fauerbach Brewing Company.
Postcard

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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