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Chapman Home Exterior from Southeast after Fire

Date: 12 29 1932
Description: View from hill looking down at the Chandler B. and Frances Chapman home exterior from the southeast after the fire. There is a man near the porch entrance.
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Mendenhall House

Date: 04 13 1928
Description: Charles E. Mendenhall house, 205 N. Prospect Avenue.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol during a rain shower.
Photograph

Ely Residence

Date: 1924
Description: Richard T. Ely residence, 205 North Prospect Street. This house is Georgian revival in style and was built by Richard & Anna Ely in 1896. The architect was...
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Gilmore-Weiss House

Date: 1939
Description: The Gilmore-Weiss home, 120 Ely Place (formerly Prospect Avenue), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Home of the University President

Date: 
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin president's home at 130 North Prospect.
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Dorothy Opstedal Smith and Son

Date: 06 27 1949
Description: Outdoor portrait of Mrs William L. (Dorothy) Smith, St. Louis, Missouri, and her son Tony, visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Opostedal...
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Blue Mounds at a Distance

Date: 
Description: View looking down hill of several buildings. More hills are in the far background. Caption reads: "Blue Mounds at a Distance, Altitude 1760 FT."
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Route 19

Date: 1925
Description: A view looking up a winding road with rows of utility lines on both sides. The road is partially fenced.
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from hill of rural landscape.
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Scene on Highway 11

Date: 1929
Description: View down a commercial street, with an automobile coming down the street. There is a soda/ice cream shop which offers tobacco, cigars, and candy. The City ...
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Lover's Lane

Date: 
Description: A path along railroad tracks on the left and a river on the right. Tall bushes are along the river. Trees and a fence are to the left lining the railroad t...
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High View Landscape

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view of landscape, with large dead birch tree, looking south east near the junction of Highways 19 and 78.
Photograph

Upland Fields

Date: 1960
Description: Upland fields showing a fence, trees and hillside.
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Field Along Katzenbeuchel Road

Date: 05 23 1961
Description: Field and hills along Katzenbeuchel Road. There is a fence in the foreground.
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Maple Bluff and Chemunk from the Old Mill

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline across Lake Mendota towards Maple Bluff. There are pilings in the foreground on the left.
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Small Domed Hill

Date: 05 24 1961
Description: View of small domed hill on Highway 19, surrounded by fields.
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Tree in the Valley

Date: 06 25 1964
Description: Single tree in the valley meadow below Stewart park. A small loop of a stream is to the right of the tree. A wooded hill is in the background.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

Date: 
Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 67

Date: 
Description: On the map it shows the turkey buzzards circling overhead
to tell us who we are and what the odds.
Don't count;
a promise is no more than just a s...

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