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Chicago and Northwestern Railway Depot

Date: 1910
Description: The Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger depot. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Passenger Depot, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View toward intersection. Caption reads: "Main Street looking West, PORTAGE, Wisc."
Photograph

Montgomery Street Bridge Damage

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking west down road towards the bridge. The roadway is damaged in two spots, leaving large gaps. The walls of the bridge are still intact. Traffic barri...
Photograph

Oak Street Bridge Collapse

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: View from water of bridge collapsed into the river, with the metal supports half submerged and the brick base crumbling. Dwellings can be seen along the hi...
Photograph

Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking Northwest. Workers are standing on the right next to the exposed drainage pipes in the damaged bridge. Sheets and quilts are covering the entranc...
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Water Street Bridge Repair

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets.
Photograph

Debris Under Water Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Behind the drugstore, looking downstream. The water under the bridge is full of construction debris.
Photograph

Oldest House in Delavan

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the oldest house in Delavan. There are two large trees in the front yard.
Photograph

Neighborhood House Album: Boy Scouts Saluting

Date: 1935
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a three-quarter view of a man and two boy scouts on either side of him who are standing at attentio...
Photograph

Snow Scene

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro...
Photograph

The State Bank

Date: 1925
Description: View from across street of the 100 block of South Pinckney Street between 1925 and 1929. The State Bank, Lucien S. Banks, President, is in the center. To t...
Photograph

Loraine Garage

Date: 1927
Description: View across street towards the Loraine Garage at 14 N. Fairchild Street. There is a painted sign on the building advertising parking for 50 cents. There ar...
Book or Pamphlet

Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: A view down Main Street looking east from the Y.M.C.A. building.

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