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Family with Carriage

Date: 1870
Description: A carriage and a family stand in front of a picket fence in front of an unpainted Greek Revival frame house. Attached to the house is a storefront. Althoug...
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Aerial View of Ray-O-Vac Buildings

Date: 10 18 1945
Description: Madison Ray-O-Vac plant, 2313-25 Winnebago Street.
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Carla Burton Residence

Date: 1872
Description: Two women and a man stand in a garden that has trellises with Greek Revival frame house in background. The house has a small one story addition in back. Fa...
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Henry Hooker Family

Date: 1871
Description: The Henry Hooker family in front of a picket fence before their stone house, which has a bird cage and a picture hanging on its front porch. In the 1870 c...
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Group on Porch of Middleton House

Date: 1873
Description: A group posed on the porch of the Middleton House, a two-story frame building with lattice and cut work, located across the intersection from J. Green & Co...
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The Carlisle House

Date: 1876
Description: The Carlisle House on Brodhead Street. The building is surrounded by the Commercial Hotel, a billiard parlor, and J. Orbrecht's Variety Store.
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J. Green and Company Store

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of the J. Green & Co. Store, a frame building with a false front, a third-story fan window and two full windows. Men stand nearby with farm i...
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Railroad Crew and Boy on Handcar

Date: 1872
Description: Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor...
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View from Monona Academy

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Description: View of Madison as seen from the Monona Academy and Norwegian Lutheran Seminary, formerly the Soldier's Orphans Home, located on the shore of Lake Monona.
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Picnic Point

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: Elevated view from the top of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall) of Picnic Point on Lake Mendota from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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