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The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
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Madison City Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View of City Hospital, which became known as Madison General Hospital and is now Meriter Hospital. It was designed by Madison architects Louis W. Claude an...
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Exterior of Post Office

Date: 1955
Description: View across street towards the Post Office.
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Trimpey House

Date: 1930
Description: The Trimpey's house, the residence of Edwin B. and Alice Kent Trimpey. View of the back porch and side entrance faces a neighboring yard.
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First Tavern in Beetown

Date: 06 1928
Description: Exterior view of tavern.
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W.A. Fulton House

Date: 1947
Description: Front entrance with columns to W.A. Fulton's house.
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Hawks Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of Hawks tavern, also known as Hawks Inn, with a porch and deck in the front.
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Hawks Tavern

Date: 1930
Description: A car is parked in front of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn, with trees, a street sign and power lines.
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Main Avenue

Date: 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S....
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Wayside Shrine

Date: 1930
Description: One-room building out in a field, with a cross above the doorway. Trees stand to the left and right of the shrine, and a fence and gate surround it.
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Carson Park on Chippewa River in Eau Claire

Date: 1930
Description: Carson Park on the Chippewa River, with the entrance to a tunnel which was used to transport logs from the river into Half Moon Lake.
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Swedish Free Mission Church

Date: 1911
Description: View of the church, with a field and trees in the background. Caption reads: "Swedish Free Mission Church, Ella, Wis." Handwritten on church: "June 3/1911"...
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Anderson Dock

Date: 1935
Description: View down road towards boats docked at the fishing wharf at Ephraim in Door County. The bluff on the horizon is in Peninsula State Park.
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Peterson Block

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men with children are standing outside a storefront on the Peterson Block in Emerald. Caption reads: "Petersons Block, Emerald Wis".
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students on Bascom Hill

Date: 1909
Description: A large group of students walk down Bascom Hill.
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City Hall on Mifflin Street

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized exterior view of City Hall, 2 West Mifflin Street. Caption reads: "City Hall and Mifflin Street, Madison, Wis."
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1900
Description: Colorized elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Wisconsin State Seal is in the upper left corner. Caption reads: "State Capitol, Madison, Wisco...
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Sanatorium

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards the sanatorium. People are around a swing in the yard. Caption reads: "The Sanatorium, Hudson, Wis."
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Dillinger Actors in Milwaukee

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on location in Milwaukee during the filming of the made-for-TV movie, Dillinger. Here, Milwaukee's historic Third Ward was being used to r...
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Alice at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate

Date: 1998
Description: Courtney Ott, Alice in Dairyland '97, at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate party with actress/comedienne Kathy Griffin. The tailgate party, which was sponsored ...

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