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Fourth State Capitol under Construction

Date: 1912
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol (fourth capitol, third in Madison) under construction. View from South Hamilton Street.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Madison, Wisconsin and Its Surroundings

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Madison. The Lakeside House resort is in the foreground, which burned in 1877, in what is now Olin Park.
Postcard

Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi...
Photograph

Bascom Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from the south between the Chemistry Building and Lake Mendota.
Photograph

View of Bascom Hall

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hill and lower campus vicinity from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society, which was then under construction. A large group ...
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Roller Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Roller Mill with a covered loading dock. A sign on the end of the building at the roof line reads: "Roller Mill." Trees and power pole...
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Steamboat on Lake Monona

Date: 
Description: Steamboat on Lake Monona, with the Wisconsin State Capitol and several churches in the background.
Postcard

City Hall on Mifflin Street

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of City Hall on Mifflin Street. Caption reads: "City Hall & Mifflin St., Madison, Wis."
Photograph

City Hall Demolition

Date: 09 1954
Description: City Hall on the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue, in the course of demolition.
Photograph

Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1930
Description: The Administration Building of Forest Products Laboratory.
Postcard

High School, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a high school, with multiple people standing in front of it. Caption reads: "High School, Sun Prairie, Wis."
Photograph

Pinckney Street

Date: 1901
Description: Pinckney Street. The State Bank can be seen in the center, and to the right is a tailor, bookstore, and other retail shops.
Photograph

Neighborhood of University Heights

Date: 
Description: University Heights looking northeast from Ely Place. In the far distance is the construction of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome.
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University of Wisconsin Students Play on Canoe in Lake Mendota

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students play on a canoe in Lake Mendota near the campus.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Students on Lake Mendota Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier while others paddle a canoe.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Students on Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier watching others swim.
Photograph

617 South Brearly Street

Date: 1918
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones stands on Walker Court beside house at 617 S. Brearly Street. The Jones family home is in the background.
Photograph

Chicago & North Western Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: Chicago & North Western railroad station, 219 South Blair Street at East Wilson Street, built in 1910. The Wisconsin Wagon Company, 115 South Blair Street...
Photograph

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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Chicago & North Western Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: A view of Chicago & North Western Railroad Station, 219 South Blair at East Wilson Street, which was built 1910. The Elver House hotel, 520-524 East Wilso...

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