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Traffic Accident

Date: 10 12 1934
Description: Automobile and truck accident at the corner of Milton Street and West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. A crowd has gathered to observe the ...
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University Avenue at Night

Date: 12 08 1928
Description: View of 500 and 600 blocks of University Avenue at night, looking west from West Gilman Street.
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East Washington Avenue Tree Removal

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: East Washington Avenue at First Street showing the trees lining the boulevard and the sides of the street. Residents are protesting the proposed removal of...
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Illinois Central Railroad Tracks

Date: 09 05 1947
Description: The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f...
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Early Settler's Home on University Avenue

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: House at 622 University Avenue is the only survivor of the homes which housed some of Madison's early settlers. The house has had a number of owners, inclu...
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: View of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm, taken from under the canopy of the Park Hotel showing the corner of South Carroll and West M...
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Regent Street and West Washington Avenue Intersection

Date: 1955
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the intersection of Regent Street and West Washington Avenue.
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East Washington Avenue at Butler Street

Date: 1946
Description: View of the intersection of East Washington Avenue at Butler Street, towards the offices of the Capital Times newspaper.
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1000 Block Spaight Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view looking east on the 1000 block of Spaight Street with the Snell house, 1014 Spaight Street, on the left and the Gill house, 1021 Spaight Street, on ...
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Williamson Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th...
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Madison General Hospital

Date: 1956
Description: View of hospital from Park Street. A sign for the ambulance entrance under the street sign points to the right.
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1960
Description: Women's dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at the corner of Park Street and University Avenue.
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E.B. Fred Hall

Date: 1954
Description: View across road of E.B. Fred Hall, the first home of the bacteriology department, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building is set behin...
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Maison Francaise

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Description: View across road of the "French House" at 1105 University Avenue, on the corner of University Avenue and North Mills Street. The building was demolished ab...
Poster

"What's Happening on W. Mifflin Street?"

Date: 03 14 1971
Description: Poster advertising the story of "Madison's hippie haunts" in Insight Magazine and the Milwaukee Journal. Features a street view of West Miffl...
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Winding Country Road

Date: 1971
Description: View down a winding, hilly country road. A full moon is in the background, just above the horizon line.
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First Lutheran Church

Date: 08 02 1956
Description: Exterior view of the First Lutheran Church at the corner of Old Sauk Road and Pleasant View Road in Middleton, Wisconsin. It was the site of the Middleton ...
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Crossroads

Date: 10 2013
Description: Two roads converge forming a crossroads. There are three utility poles standing in an open field of tall grass along Enchanted Valley Road which stretches ...
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Addition to Midvale Community Lutheran Church

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: Progress on the addition to Midvale Community Lutheran Church on Midvale Boulevard.

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