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Soldiers' Orphans Home

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug...
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Julia Barton Residence

Date: 05 23 1948
Description: Exterior view of the home of Julia Barton at 14 South Broom Street.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Rathskellar

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the Memorial Union Rathskellar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View up Bascom Hill showing Lincoln Monument in front of Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall).
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Worksheds at Walden

Date: 1941
Description: Worksheds filled with stacked logs and wagons at "Walden", the estate of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.
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Taliesin

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green.
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The Imperial Hotel

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view of the Imperial Hotel, in Tokyo, Japan, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Farmer's Market

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of the Municipal Market, which was built in 1910 but not operated successfully until July 1917 when it was run by a group of women from the D...
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Naturalization

Date: 09 18 1984
Description: Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization.
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Brick's Hamburger Place

Date: 1941
Description: Brick's Hamburger Place owned by Myles B. Willis. Brick's specialized in malted milks, Fairmont ice cream, and drive-in service and used International Harv...
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Photographer on International C-1 Truck at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1934
Description: Photographer from Kaufmann and Fabry on top of an International C-1 truck at the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. Kaufmann and Fabry were the official ...
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International DR-60 Fuel Truck Delivering Gas to Fuel and Service Station

Date: 05 16 1939
Description: Service station attendant pumping gas from an International DR-60 Mobiloil fuel truck at a Wadham's Oil and Grease Company station. Centered in Milwaukee, ...
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International Model 52 or 53 Bus

Date: 06 12 1925
Description: International Model 52 or 53 motor coach picking up passengers at the Hotel Favorite in downtown Dayton. The bus was owned and operated by the Inter Cities...
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International Model 52 or 53 Motor Coach

Date: 02 24 1924
Description: International Model 52 or 53 motor coach bus and driver making a stop in front of the YMCA/YWCA cafeteria. The bus ran between Minot and Bismarck.
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South Pediment of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1920
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol south pediment, with figures representing wisdom, equity, rectitude, executive power, meditation, prudence, calmness and cautio...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Park Gateway

Date: 1899
Description: Third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison), showing the East Washington Avenue gateway and iron fence. In reality the statues, which were meant ...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1915
Description: A view of Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus looking north past the front portico. The view includes ...
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West Washington Avenue

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Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol dome toward West Washington Avenue. The Park Hotel is on the left. The four church steeples that can be iden...
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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 08 1907
Description: The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18...

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