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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1928
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, looking northeast. The Park Hotel on the corner of W. Main Street and S. Carroll Street, is in the foreground.
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Capitol Square

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building and surrounding Madison area. Lake Monona is in the background.
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 1883
Description: Tonyawatha Spring Hotel from a descriptive brochure. The hotel opened in 1879 and was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1895.
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Safety Convention Speakers

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, with a group portrait of nine morning speakers, taken at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenu...
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Wis. Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention Audience

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Audience at Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, in a ballroom at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenue.
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Pure Oil Corp. Exhibit

Date: 01 24 1935
Description: Display of Pure Oil Corp. products including Tiolene Motor Oil, and Yale Tires, at the Loraine Hotel by the Capitol Oil Corp.
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Kelvinator School, Loraine Hotel

Date: 05 11 1934
Description: Woman lecturing to a large group of women at the Kelvinator School, in the Loraine Hotel.
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Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood, speaker on "Petting Parties," at the Loraine Hotel. A lecturer and field worker for the American Social Hygiene Assoc...
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Kraft-Phenix Cheese Exhibit

Date: 06 21 1933
Description: Kraft-Phenix cheese exhibit, Loraine Hotel, at first convention of the Wisconsin Restaurant Owners association.
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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company road equipment exhibit, showing the right side of the crusher, with Hotel Monona, at 114 Monona Avenue in the backgroun...
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Hotel Loraine Lobby

Date: 09 21 1928
Description: Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union...
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American Federation of Laundry Workers

Date: 07 02 1947
Description: Presentation of certificate, American Federation of Laundry Workers International Union, with two men and one woman, taken in the Colonial Room at the Hote...
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Aerial View of Capitol Square and Belmont Hotel

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of the north corner of Capitol Square looking toward Lake Mendota. The Belmont Hotel is featured prominently.
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Aerial View of Lake Mendota and Edgewater Hotel

Date: 01 1946
Description: Aerial view of the Lake Mendota shoreline during the construction of the Edgewater Hotel. It is a view looking west over the junction of Langdon Street an...
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AAA Tour Cars

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Men doing a periodic rotation of the synthetic and recapped tires on one of the two cars parked in front of the Park Hotel, and participating in the Americ...
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Junior Livestock Exposition Banquet

Date: 10 23 1946
Description: Three grand champion winners are shown at the Junior Livestock Exposition Banquet in the Loraine Hotel. Seated left to right are: Dorothy Disch, Evansville...
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Junior Livestock Exposition Banquet

Date: 10 23 1946
Description: View of a portion of the nearly 300 boys and girls who attended the Junior Livestock Exposition Banquet at the Loraine Hotel.
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Myra Cary

Date: 11 26 1947
Description: Portrait of Myra (Mrs. C.F.) Cary seated in a chair holding a book in her suite at the Park Hotel on her 86th birthday. She and her husband led the way in ...
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UW Football Dinner

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin's annual football banquet in the Crystal Ballroom of the Loraine Hotel. Speakers of the evening included: back row, L to R: Jack Wi...
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Wisconsin State Journal Correspondents

Date: 01 31 1948
Description: Wisconsin State Journal correspondents, staff members, and guests attending the annual conference of correspondents in the Park Hotel.

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