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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...
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"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...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park

Date: 1900
Description: Pedestrians and a horse and cart at the intersection of Main Street and Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King J...
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Children at Brittingham Park

Date: 1905
Description: Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
Photograph

Practical Joke

Date: 1950
Description: Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench.
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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.
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Construction of Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of the construction of Chadbourne Hall, lower Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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.
Drawing

General Design for Thoroughfare System

Date: 1908
Description: Drawing of the general design for future constructional development of the thoroughfare system on the University of Wisconsin campus by the Architectural C...
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

The Chicken Peddler

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Description: A man poses while selling chickens on the street. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
Photograph

Kewaunee County Road Crew

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Description: Kewaunee County road crew.
Photograph

State Street Looking East

Date: 1909
Description: View of State Street looking east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Grand Theatre is in the foreground, on the 200 block of State Street.
Photograph

Lloyd J. Harris Pie Co. Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Man standing with a pie container next to an International model D-15-M truck with Metro body. According to the original caption, "Chef Wright" is the driv...
Photograph

Tunnel after Snowstorm

Date: 03 1899
Description: Winter scene of man wearing an overcoat and hat stands with a shovel at the far end of a snow tunnel shoveled through a tall snowbank.
Photograph

Young Children in Littered Backyard

Date: 1924
Description: Three young children standing in a backyard in very poor condition, including the lack of a lawn, exposed trash piles, and other litter.
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."
Map or Atlas

Gettysburg and Vicinity : Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate "The War with the South" : A Topographical Map of the Battles of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the Battle of Gettysburg indicates Union positions in red and Confederate positions in blue. Also shown are artillery positions, roads, railroa...

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