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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The fourth Wisconsin State Capitol during construction of the dome. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | The Third Wisconsin State Capitol before the completion of the dome. After all four wings of the Third Capitol were completed, the second Capitol was demo... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park. |
| Date: | 01 29 1931 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Company road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, on display at the Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Territorial Capitol (first in Madison) viewed from State Street. The back wall of the east wing of the replacement capitol (second on the site) c... |
| Date: | 05 1924 |
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| Description: | Mothers and small children standing and posing in Vilas Park, with other mothers and older children lying prone, propping themselves up with their elbows, ... |
| Date: | 01 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Work on the new Tenney Park lock and dam is progressing on schedule. A temporary spillway (not shown) has been built to divert the Yahara River from the co... |
| Date: | 01 29 1956 |
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| Description: | Hill captain Werner Schorr supervises the removal of snow in Vilas Park to transport to the Blackhawk Ski Club's Tomahawk Ridge for the upcoming jumping to... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 02 27 1958 |
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| Description: | Horses from the Vilas Park merry-go-round are being checked before returning to summer use by Angelo Traino (left), a city parks department employee, and J... |
| Date: | 06 07 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen painting the merry-go-round at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 04 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Water flows through a diversion channel around the Tenney Park lock and dam construction site. A man is standing in the foreground and pointing towards men... |
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