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Capitol View of the Water Tower

Date: 1890
Description: The Madison water tower and farmers' market as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park. The building on t...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 10 17 1853
Description: An engraving of the second Wisconsin State Capitol (the first built in Madison) that appeared on the notes of the State Bank of Madison, the first bank org...
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Commercial State Bank Building

Date: 08 26 1941
Description: View of the State and Carroll Streets intersection and the Commercial State Bank building, located at 102 State Street.
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Bank of Sun Prairie

Date: 10 18 1935
Description: View from street towards a woman walking down the sidewalk in front of the Bank of Sun Prairie building, with Stoehr's variety store. There is a shoe store...
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Cave-in on Monona Avenue

Date: 11 19 1933
Description: Cave-in on Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard), caused by a water main leak. View is looking towards the Wisconsin State Capitol, with automob...
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University Avenue National Bank Under Construction

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Scaffolding rises up the walls of the University Avenue National Bank, 905 University Avenue, with an unusual traffic signal in the intersection.
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Traffic on State Street

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street at North Carroll Street. View reaches to Bascom Hill of...
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State Street

Date: 1929
Description: View of State Street looking toward the University of Wisconsin Madison campus from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with marquees for Ward-Brodt Music Co., Le...
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The Wisconsin Building

Date: 1954
Description: View from intersection towards the Wisconsin Building, which was built in 1901. Located at the intersection of State and Carroll Streets, at 102 State Stre...
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Leon Lamoreux on South Pinckney Street

Date: 1930
Description: Leon Lamoreux walking down the sidewalk on South Pinckney Street, Capitol Square. The building on the right is the First National Bank (now the "glass" ban...
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German American Bank (Madison, Wis.) Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the German American Bank, with a front view of one of the triangular buildings (Suhr building) on the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin. Peo...
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American Exchange Bank (Madison, Wis.) Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the American Exchange Bank, established in 1871 and originally named the German Bank and later, the German-American Bank, located on the Capi...
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Capitol Square Panorama

Date: 10 28 1956
Description: View of the South Pinckney Street side of the Capitol Square, one of four images making up a panorama of the southeast side of the Capitol Square. Pictured...
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Main Street Looking West

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street, with City Hall in the background. On the left is a general merchandise store, a bank and other businesses. In the foreground on the ...
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West Main Street

Date: 1913
Description: View from intersection down center of West Main Street. On the corner on the left is a brick bank building. A paint store, a shoe store and other businesse...
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First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company

Date: 1929
Description: View from street of the First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company in the 100 block of South Pinckney Street. Other businesses include the Cho...
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Lakeside Street

Date: 12 31 1925
Description: View across unpaved street towards the north side of West Lakeside Street, looking west. Three known businesses are the South Side State Bank (4th from the...
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Lakeside Street

Date: 1925
Description: View across street looking west towards the north side of West Lakeside Street. Three known businesses are the South Side State Bank (3rd from the left), U...
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First National Bank on Pinckney Street

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Description: View across intersection towards the First National Bank at the corner of East Washington Avenue and South Pinckney Streets.
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State Street from the 200 Block

Date: 05 1930
Description: View of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street, seen looking west from the 200 block. In the background is Bascom Hill, ...

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