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State Street with Street Railroad Tracks

Date: 1906
Description: State Street with torn up streetcar lines, looking east from Park Street.
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Wisconsin Capitol Competition

Date: 1906
Description: Architect's design for the Wisconsin Capitol Competition, ground floor plan and block plan of park, George B. Post & Sons.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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University Heights

Date: 1906
Description: View of University Heights, showing a number of university buildings on the agricultural campus, including a windmill. Lake Mendota is in the far backgroun...
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Park Street Streetcar Tracks

Date: 1906
Description: Newly-constructed streetcar tracks on Park Street, looking south from State Street. The eastern edge of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus can be s...
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Harrison Street Viaduct

Date: 1906
Description: Rail car passing over the Harrison Street viaduct on the Wingra Park line. The line served the growing suburbs of University Heights, Oakland Heights, and ...
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Robert La Follette, Sr., at Maple Bluff Farm

Date: 1906
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Maple Bluff Farm with three of his children, Philip F. La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and Mary, all of whom are dr...
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Belle Case La Follette and Irvine Lenroot

Date: 1906
Description: Irvine Lenroot, a leader in the La Follette-Progressive wing of the Republican Party in Wisconsin, with Belle Case La Follette and Mary La Follette at Mapl...
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Christ Presbyterian Church

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of Christ Presbyterian Church from a booklet of views of Madison.
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Edgewood Academy

Date: 1906
Description: The Edgewood Academy of the Sacred Heart, built in 1894 to replace Villa Edgewood, which was destroyed in a fire.
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Water Tower

Date: 1906
Description: Water tower near East Washington Avenue, that stood from 1890 to 1920. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked at the base of the tower.
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Lake Mendota Drive

Date: 1906
Description: View of Lake Mendota Drive at the foot of Stevens Hill.
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 1906
Description: View across the grounds towards the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). Caption reads: "Mendota Hospital for Insane, Madison, Wis."
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La Follette Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1906
Description: Philp La Follette, Mary La Follette, and Robert La Follette, Jr. playing in costume in the front yard of their home. Phil wears a top hat and long coat. Ro...
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Doty School

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of the Doty School, 351 West Wilson Street, Madison, with the caption "The New Doty School."
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett

Date: 1906
Description: Oval matted quarter-length portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett the year they married.
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Hotel Trumpf

Date: 1906
Description: View across unpaved street towards the Hotel Trumpf, located at 636 West Washington Avenue. The entrance is on the corner of the building facing the inters...
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Angle Worm Station, Lake Monona

Date: 1906
Description: Angle Worm Station, at the foot of South Carroll Street on Lake Monona. The signs on the building advertise: the "Dane County Fair," "Nichols Sells Souveni...
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Boys Marching with "Guns"

Date: 1906
Description: Boys marching down a neighborhood street with toy guns. The leader is carrying a big stick. A boy in the back is carrying a flag.
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Lagoon, Tenney Park

Date: 1906
Description: View across water towards the Tenney Park bridge. Trees are along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Lagoon, Tenney Park, Madison, Wisconsin." There is a handw...

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