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Madison Brass Band at State Fair

Date: 09 10 1879
Description: The Madison Brass Band performing at the Wisconsin State Fair at Camp Randall. The view is facing east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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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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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 08 1907
Description: The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18...
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Williamson Street

Date: 1874
Description: View looking southwest down the 600 block of Williamson Street to the East Madison Passenger Depot of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. There are frame ...
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Wisconsin Capitol, South Wing

Date: 1921
Description: Employees of the business office of the Insurance Department.
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Depot on West Washington Street

Date: 1873
Description: Locomotive, with view east on West Washington Avenue toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a sign near the tracks that reads: "Look Out for The Cars...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assemblyman

Date: 1909
Description: Otto Onstad, a newly elected assemblyman from Dane County, in the newly constructed Assembly Chamber of the present Wisconsin State Capitol. He is sitting ...
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Samuel Hunter Donnell

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Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of architect Samuel Hunter Donnell (1824-1861).
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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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Capitol Facade

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Description: Wisconsin State Capitol south facade, pediment designed by Adolph A. Weinman.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Memorial Hall

Date: 1962
Description: The G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, on the top floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Memorial Hall

Date: 1962
Description: The G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, on the top floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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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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Assembly Members

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Description: Assembly members in session in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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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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Sheryl Albers

Date: 1991
Description: Outdoor portrait of Sheryl Albers, who was the 50th District Representative in the Wisconsin State Assembly, posing in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol...

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