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| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | View from unpaved Wisconsin Avenue looking east toward the third Wisconsin State Capitol sometime prior to the completion of the dome (1869). The portion o... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Keokuk, loaded with passengers beside a barge at a landing. The landing is filled with people and horse-drawn vehicles. The si... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of view from the Capitol looking southwest by south. In the foreground are the Capitol Park, the First Baptist Church on Carroll Street; and be... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with the snow-covered pathway and trees around the Capitol Park. A wooden fence ran along the inside of the path and a hitching rail for hors... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | William Thomas Fish, who served as Madison's fire chief, 1867-1868. Although posed for a formal studio portrait, Fish is wearing his uniform and hat and h... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The entrance to the third Wisconsin State Capitol before the construction of the dome, showing the park and walkway. Framing for the dome can be seen throu... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The wooden fence surrounding the Capitol Park. On the right is the railing at which horses were hitched, and some newly-planted trees. This view looks nor... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | George W. Hall, Jr., noted Evansville, Wisconsin, circus performer, as a young boy, holding a snake and wearing copper-toed boots. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Madison City Hall at the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue, as viewed through the trees of the Capitol Park. The three-story tal... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of the Kravig/Kravik sons, one seated and one standing. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of the Kravig/Kravik daughters, one seated and one standing. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | View of the Baraboo River and surrounding structures. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Briggs residence, also known as the Kendall house. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol, without dome. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Madison looking southeast across Lake Monona from the Capitol featuring the Vilas House hotel. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Madison looking northwest from the top of the Capitol. City Hall is featured in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down State Street to the University of Wisconsin from the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the intersection of Main and Carroll Streets, showing the home of Nathaniel Dean (where the Inn on the Park Hotel is now located), and St.... |
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