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"Plowboy" Approaching the Mission Dock

Date: 1904
Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T...
Photograph

Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of City Hall and North Water Street in downtown Milwaukee.
Photograph

Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
Photograph

The Saint Paul near Lansing, Iowa

Date: 1904
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, on the Mississippi River near Lansing, Iowa. Later named the Senator. Small boats are line up on a pier ...
Photograph

The Saint Paul Underway

Date: 1904
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, underway. Sign on wheel reads: "St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul, Diamond Jo Line." Later named the Senator.
Photograph

Army Balloon

Date: 1904
Description: The first dirigible purchased by the U.S. Army and its builder, Thomas A. Baldwin.
Photograph

Sherman Avenue Bridge

Date: 1904
Description: View across Yahara River towards a group of people on the Sherman Avenue Bridge, with the old malt house in the background.
Photograph

Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 1904
Description: In this photograph, probably taken during the early spring, cleanup of the damage to the Wisconsin State Capitol caused by the fire of February 26-27, 1904...
Photograph

Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 1904
Description: Aftermath of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27. This image provides the best of only a few known photographs of the ornamentation of the w...
Photograph

Horse Barn

Date: 1904
Description: View of the Horse Barn on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus.
Book or Pamphlet

"Lake Geneva" Title Page

Date: 1904
Description: Title page of a picturesque and descriptive book about Lake Geneva showing two steamboats "Lady Of The Lake" and "Lucius Newberry."
Photograph

King Street with Streetcar

Date: 1904
Description: Looking down King Street with streetcar. A sign that reads, "Base Ball Today" is strung over the street and the Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgroun...
Photograph

Horseback Ride at Governor's Mansion

Date: 1904
Description: Philip F. La Follette on horseback in front of the old Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street, sometime during the years that his father, Robert M. La Follett...
Postcard

St. Vincent's Hospital

Date: 1904
Description: View across street toward the hospital, with horses and carriages along the curb in the foreground. Caption reads: "St. Vincent's Hospital, Green Bay, Wis....
Postcard

Congregational Church

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior view of the Congregational Church. Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

West Milwaukee Street

Date: 1904
Description: View down left side of street towards the right side of the street. A man is on a horse-drawn wagon in the left foreground. Storefronts are on the right. C...
Postcard

Fourth Street North from Pearl Street

Date: 1904
Description: View down street. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and sidewalks. Streetcars are further down the street. Caption reads: "Fourth St. ...
Map or Atlas

East Part of Madison

Date: 1904
Description: This map shows a plat of the east part of the city, numbered blocks and lots, some landownership, local streets, roads, railroads, wards by number, parks, ...
Map or Atlas

West Part of Madison

Date: 1904
Description: This map shows a plat of the west part of the city, numbered blocks and lots, some landownership, local streets, roads, railroads, wards by number, parks, ...
Photograph

Brower Park

Date: 1904
Description: View across water towards Brower Park near Houghton Point.

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