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Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1899
Description: View from street through gates towards the Third Wisconsin State Capitol, the second in Madison, as seen from East Washington Avenue. The iron fence and st...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: View from street of workers, including some African Americans, loading (and/or unloading) agricultural equipment and parts outside a general office of the ...
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McCormick Grain Binder Decorated in Stars and Stripes

Date: 1899
Description: McCormick grain binder decorated with stars and stripes on the street in front of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. The location is possib...
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Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
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New Zealand McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership Building

Date: 1899
Description: Three employees on a sidewalk in front of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership building owned by Morrow, Bassett & Co. of Christchurch, New Ze...
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Australian McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership building owned by McLean Brothers and Rigg, Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia. Men are standing in the street in...
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South African McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Four men and a dog posing along the storefront of a South African McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership owned by C. North & Son.
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"McCormick Day"

Date: 1899
Description: Families and citizens with horse-drawn wagons gathered in a small town for delivery of McCormick farm machines from General Agent Daniel Klinedinst. Horses...
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Advance Thresher Company

Date: 1899
Description: Exterior view of the Advance Thresher Company, 601 Williamson Street, as seen in "Madison, Wis. And It's Points Of Interest." The dealer was one of many wh...
Photograph

Winter Street Scene

Date: 1899
Description: Winter scene of two men standing on a snowy street with the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background. They are holding snow shovels.
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Park Hotel

Date: 1899
Description: The Park Hotel, located on the Capitol Square.
Photograph

Hotel Hutchinson

Date: 1899
Description: View of Hotel Hutchinson, situated at the corner of two streets. The entrance stands beneath a bell tower and a group of boys, some with bicycles, stands n...
Photograph

Badger State Shoe Co. Building

Date: 1899
Description: Exterior view of the building at the corner of N. 12th St. and W. St. Paul Avenue that housed Badger State Shoe Co. and Saveland Manufacturing Co. Two hors...
Photograph

Residential Street

Date: 1899
Description: Residential street, North Broadway at Cass Street.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co’s Addition to Mosinee

Date: 1899
Description: This map is ink on tracing cloth and shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, streets, the high school park, and survey monuments. The map is oriented ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee Showing Street Improvements : Accompanying Report of the City Engineer

Date: 1899
Description: This map shows parks, block numbers, Lake Michigan, and railroads. Relief is shown by contours. Also included is an explanation that lists how many miles o...
Map or Atlas

Lake Monona Plat Map

Date: 1899
Description: A plat map showing Lake Monona, the isthmus in Madison, and the towns of Burke and Blooming Grove.
Map or Atlas

West Part of Madison

Date: 1899
Description: A map of the west part of the city of Madison, including University Heights and the Capitol Square.
Map or Atlas

East Part of Madison

Date: 1899
Description: A map of the east part of the city of Madison, including a portion of the isthmus.
Photograph

After the Fire

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of two barefoot children who are near a charred wooden sidewalk, lower left, that marks the course of Nebraska (now West Montello) Street tow...

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