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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing telephone wires.
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Methodist Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: The building at 309 West Washington Avenue was built in 1891 for the St. Regina Convent and Academy of the Sinsinawa Dominican nuns across the street from ...
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Bascom Hall Fire

Date: 10 10 1916
Description: Elevated view over rooftops from the south of a fire which destroyed the Bascom Hall rotunda.
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Armory and Lake Mendota

Date: 1914
Description: Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on Langdon Street, with YMCA (on the left), and Lake Mendota in the background. University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Home of John William Conklin Family

Date: 1887
Description: Exterior view of house located at 309 North Mills Street, built in 1887 and remodeled in 1905 by architects Claude and Starck for J. William Conklin; it wa...
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North Baldwin Street from Johnson Street

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Description: Looking east down sidewalk running along East Johnson street towards three houses standing in a row on North Baldwin Street in the mid 1920s. On the right ...
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Madison, Wisconsin at 37° Below Zero

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of the near east side dominated by the smokestacks of Madison Gas & Electric. Snow is on the rooftops of buildings, and chimneys are spewing ...
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C.C. Lincoln

Date: 1903
Description: Ceylon Childs Lincoln standing near a bench in the Wisconsin Historical Society museum. He was the museum attendant and janitor. There are sculptures and p...

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