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Dane County Jail

Date: 1901
Description: The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence.
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627 North Lake Street

Date: 1895
Description: 627 North Lake Street. A cyanotype view looking northeast at the intersection of Lake Street and Mendota Court. This house was built in 1892 for the Chi ...
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Modernization in SHSW Library

Date: 1955
Description: Ceiling high scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room, with a man and a woman attempting to study at the tables in the foregrou...
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Main and Monona Streets

Date: 1945
Description: View from the corner of Main and Monona Streets looking east toward the Tenney Building.
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View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from Williamson Street

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Description: Looking towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from the intersection of Williamson, Wilson and Jenifer Streets.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1890
Description: Cyanotype view of side of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the businesses on the east side of North Pinckney Street, including The Fair, The Madison School of Music, and August Scheibel. In the for...
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Obey and Lucey

Date: 1965
Description: Assemblyman David R. Obey and Patrick J. Lucey meeting with a group of students and their teacher, a nun, in the Wisconsin Assembly Parlor. Although undat...
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First Campaign

Date: 1962
Description: Running for his first term in the Wisconsin Assembly, Wausau Democrat Obey met with Governor Gaylord Nelson to take a publicity photograph.
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Edgewood Students

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Five Edgewood students studying around a table in the library.
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Research Products Plant-Air Filter Division

Date: 02 06 1941
Description: Exterior of Research Products Plant-Air Filter Division.
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20TH Century Market

Date: 01 18 1941
Description: Exterior of 20TH Century Market at 2701 University Avenue.
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Truax Field Honor Guard Leads Truax Contingent on Armed Forces Day

Date: 05 16 1953
Description: View down the 700 block of State Street towards the Truax Field Honor Guard marching past the State Barber Shop on Armed Forces Day. Park Street and the bo...
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First Schoelkopf Car Dealership

Date: 1902
Description: View across street towards car dealership on the first floor of a two-story brick building. The first Louis Schoelkopf car dealership was on State Street, ...
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Double Exposure: Royal Theater

Date: 1914
Description: Double exposure of two views of the exterior of the Royal Theater at 407 Atwood Avenue in the Schenk-Atwood Neighborhood (address now 2142 Atwood). The lar...
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"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1923
Description: Two men and a boy in front of a barn are posed with a Fordson tractor. The two men are wearing straw hats. A sign on the tractor reads: "We Are Power Farme...
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Angle Worm Station, Lake Monona

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Description: View from shoreline of four boats at the dock for Angle Worm Station: "Tonyawatha," "Lakeside," "Winnequah" and "Monona." People are posing on the boats. A...
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Lake Monona Steamers

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Description: View from water towards shoreline of Lake Monona steamers "Tonyawatha" and "Winnequah" moored at the Angle Worm Station pier. There is a man standing in ea...
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Pinckney Street Parade with Elephants

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of elephants on Pinckney Street, with a man on a horse on the far left, and a crowd of people watching from the sidewalks. The le...
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The First Block of East Main Street

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Description: View from street of five horse-drawn wagons with two men sitting in each. They are drawn up in front of the American Express Company on East Main Street. O...

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