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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen demolishing the North Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Because the North Wing escaped damage during the fire in 1904, the North Wing cont... |
| Date: | 08 09 1906 |
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| Description: | Demolition of the semi-circular West Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. In this picture the upper stories are gone, but behind the scaffolding the... |
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| Description: | View toward the north wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol, with the statue "Forward" in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | In 1849, northern Wisconsin was composed of huge sectional regions such as Chippewa, Portage, Brown and Crawford, whereas southern Wisconsin was constitute... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Drawn the first year of the Civil War, this colored 1861 map of Dane County shows its towns, cities and lakes. It includes insets of the wards of Madison a... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a man standing on the back of a raft holding a hand-hewned oar. The raft is passing under a wooden bridge. A town, including a church, are i... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | The top map is the "Plat of Madison the Capitol of Wisconsin." The bottom map is the "Map of the Four Lake Country. Taken from the Township Maps in the U.S... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the exterior of the Fuller Opera House, which is a detail from a bird's-eye view map of Madison. |
| Date: | 11 06 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior night view of the Darling Shop, located at 9 East Main Street, with people looking at the window displays. A portion of the lighted neon "Darling ... |
| Date: | 12 29 1938 |
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| Description: | Kessenich's, 201-03 State Street display window showing four mannequins in Perry Brown dresses. |
| Date: | 08 17 1937 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 Super Speed L.C. Smith typewriters. A young boy and three men are standing in the s... |
| Date: | 05 12 1937 |
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| Description: | Front door of Lewis D-X Service Station at night, 118 King Street. Sign on door reads: "We meet the finest people in the world at this station --- our cust... |
| Date: | 02 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Frank Brothers Store, 609 University Avenue, Gold Medal Flour and Bisquick display window. |
| Date: | 04 17 1934 |
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| Description: | View across street towards two new tanks being delivered by the Heil Co. of Milwaukee on a Heil Company truck. The truck is parked in front of the Fauerbac... |
| Date: | 11 21 1933 |
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| Description: | Display window E.R. Welch Plumbing Co., 1507 Monroe Street. |
| Date: | 09 12 1931 |
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| Description: | A&W Root Beer stand at 900 S. Park Street. |
| Date: | 06 23 1931 |
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| Description: | Four University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds sunbathing on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent women's dormitory named for the fir... |
| Date: | 07 09 1930 |
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| Description: | Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman greeting Chief Shunatuna, who is on horseback and who is in Madison with the Official United States Indian band at the RKO Orphe... |
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