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Andreas Dahl and the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph. This view from East Washington Avenue shows photographer Andrew Dahl on his horse "Curnel" in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Dahl had j...
Drawing

Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 1856
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol (the second State Capitol, the first in Madison). Illustration from the American Encyclopedia, Columbus, 1859.
Photograph

Syttende Mai

Date: 1875
Description: Large group at Syttende Mai celebration. Group posing with what may be the national and merchant flag of Norway flag. A number of people are holding croque...
Book or Pamphlet

Gathering Wild Rice

Date: 1884
Description: Three women in a canoe harvest wild rice.
Photograph

"McCormick Day" in Small Illinois Town

Date: 1899
Description: Farmers lined up with horse-drawn wagons loaded with newly delivered McCormick farm machines on the main street of a rural town. The wagons are adorned wit...
Photograph

Henry and Babcock Oaks

Date: 1945
Description: Henry and Babcock Oaks on the University of Wisconsin campus, named in honor of two professors in the College of Agriculture.
Drawing

General Design for Campus

Date: 1908
Description: General design for future construction development of the University of Madison campus with the general view of the campus by the Architectural commission.
Photograph

Experimental Self-Propelled Mower

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from left front of a man operating an experimental motor-driven mower with two vertical lift sickle bars.
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1920
Description: Cushing Memorial, erected on the S.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4 of Section 18.
Photograph

Robert La Follette Reading a Newspaper

Date: 1924
Description: Publicity photograph of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., for his independent, third-party candidacy for the Presidency in 1924. La Follette is outdoors reading,...
Photograph

Picnic Point

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Description: Picnic Point in mid-winter.
Photograph

Lake Mendota Drive

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Description: View of Lake Mendota Drive, which is covered with a canopy of trees.
Photograph

Mary Virginia McCormick

Date: 02 17 1901
Description: Mary Virginia McCormick (1861-1941) leaning with her arm on a tree. Mary Virginia was the daughter of Chicago industrialist and inventor, Cyrus Hall McCorm...
Photograph

Wooden Fence and Trees

Date: 05 29 1923
Description: A wooden fence runs the length of multiple blooming trees.
Photograph

Tractor and Golfer on Golf Course

Date: 05 26 1928
Description: A man on a Fairway tractor with a mower waits while a golfer tees off at a golf course.
Photograph

Interior View of Showroom at Breslau Branch House

Date: 1935
Description: Staircase off of a showroom at International Harvester's branch house at Breslau, Germany. Ironwork over the staircase includes an IH logo. A woman, seen t...
Photograph

Breslau Branch House Exterior

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's branch house at Breslau, Germany. A car is parked next to a tree in front of the building.
Photograph

Syndonia Josephine Hobbins Jackson

Date: 1913
Description: Waist-up portrait of Mrs. James A Hobbins. 1848-1934. Syndonia was born September 20, 1848 in England and moved to Madison, WI in 1854. She married Dr. Ja...
Photograph

Man Seated on a P&O Cultivator

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man on a horse-drawn P&O cultivator in a farm field.
Photograph

"Well-Designed" Hedge Line

Date: 1924
Description: Group planting of a low hedge line along tree-lined sidewalk in suburban area. The original caption identifies it as "well-executed."

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