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| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Last elm tree on State Street being cut down. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Memorial Union are in the background. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | A lithographic portrait by Louis Kurz (1833-1921) of Madison Fire Engine Company #2 posed with a hand pumper and hose cart in front of the design of the ne... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Tree-lined State Street from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Traffic on State Street includes two well-dressed gentlemen on hors... |
| Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the third Wisconsin State Capitol ablaze. |
| Date: | 11 1924 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the... |
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| Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Tonyawatha Spring Hotel from a descriptive brochure. The hotel opened in 1879 and was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1895. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen stand atop and in front of the remnants of the last remaining wing, the North Wing, of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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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