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Belmont Hotel and Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: View from Capitol Square Park of the Belmont Hotel and nearby buildings. Includes the storefronts for Simpson's and Rennebohm Drug Store #6, at 19 North Pi...
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Gay Building

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the neoclassical Gay Building, named after Madison developer Leonard W. Gay, at 16 N Carroll Street, one of the first high-rise buildings ...
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Leath Furniture Co. Display Window

Date: 04 10 1946
Description: Display window at Leath & Company, furniture store, 117-119 State Street, featuring outdoor furniture displayed outside of a cottage doorway setting.
Postcard

Capitol Park Entrance

Date: 1912
Description: This card which is postmarked 1912 shows the zinc statutes on the stone gateways near the sidewalk at Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). Ori...
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Benches on Capitol Square

Date: 1949
Description: A man sits on a Carroll Street bench on the Capitol Square.
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Intersection of Monona Avenue and Main Street

Date: 1938
Description: View from Capitol Park towards the corner of Monona Avenue and Main Street.
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: Pinckney Street, near the corner of East Washington Avenue. To the left is a bank building, in the center a shoe store, and on the right a theatre.
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State Street Scene

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Description: Two women on benches on State Street.
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Scene at Library Mall

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Description: Elderly man comforted while sitting on a bench at Library Mall.
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Woman at Pinckney Street Bus Stop

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Description: A woman sitting in a bus shelter while waiting for the bus at the Pinckney Street bus stop. Across the street people are walking along the sidewalk on Capi...
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Catfish Stephenson

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Description: Blues musician Catfish Stephenson performing with friends on State Street.
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Summer Relaxation On The Capitol Grounds

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: Man wearing a brimmed hat slumped alone on a metal park bench in the shade on South Pickney Street on Capitol Square. He has a cigarette or cigar between h...
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Watering the State Capitol Grounds

Date: 05 09 1958
Description: Underground sprinklers watering the grass in back of benches along the sidewalk at the state Capitol.

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