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Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue

Date: 1939
Description: View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor...
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Capitol View of West Washington Avenue

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Description: Elevated view looking down West Washington Avenue at the Congregational Church (on the left) and the Grace Episcopal Church, two of the era's large and lav...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Ruins after Collapse

Date: 11 1883
Description: View of the third Wisconsin State Capitol showing the ruins of the South Wing addition after it collapsed during construction.
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Soldiers' Orphans Home, Farwell House

Date: 1870
Description: Group of people posing outside of Soldiers' Orphans Home, located on Spaight Street between Paterson and Brearly Streets. The building was originally const...
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Capitol Park Entrance and Madison City Hall

Date: 1880
Description: View from the Wisconsin Avenue entrance of the Capitol Park to Madison City Hall. The City Hall building has a clock tower on the roof. The stone gateways ...
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1936
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch with a gated path.
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Thompson House

Date: 1873
Description: The William Thompson family on the porch roof of their substantial brick bracket style house with shutters, and with latticework at its foundation. A girl ...
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Aerial View of Isthmus from the West

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of isthmus looking east toward Lake Mendota and the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Lake Monona and the horizon in the background.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking northeast from the rooftop of a building on the first block of North Carroll Street on the Capitol Squ...
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Congregational Church

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of Congregational Church at 202 West Washington Avenue.
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Capitol Facade

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Description: Wisconsin State Capitol south facade, pediment designed by Adolph A. Weinman.
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First Unitarian Society

Date: 1918
Description: The First Unitarian Society Meeting House, 125 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Campus and Wisconsin State Capitol from Picnic Point

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Description: View from Picnic Point towards the campus and Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Gilmore-Weiss Home

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Description: The Gilmore-Weiss home, 120 Ely Place (formerly 143 Prospect Avenue), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Our Saviour Lutheran Church

Date: 1918
Description: Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 320 East Washington Avenue.
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Methodist Church

Date: 1918
Description: Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Park Street

Date: 1934
Description: Park Street looking north toward the University of Wisconsin campus.
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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 1918
Description: View of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 320-322 East Washington Avenue.
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Lincoln Monument from Bascom Hall Portico Arch

Date: 1911
Description: Lincoln Monument on Bascom Hill from arch of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The city of Madison is in the...

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