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Fourth Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1912
Description: The fourth Wisconsin State Capitol during construction of the dome.
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Fourth State Capitol under Construction

Date: 1912
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol (fourth capitol, third in Madison) under construction. View from South Hamilton Street.
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Third and Fourth Wisconsin State Capitols

Date: 1912
Description: The fourth Wisconsin State Capitol on the left, with the North Wing of the old Capitol still standing at right. The North Wing was not damaged by the fire...
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Conklin Ice House

Date: 1912
Description: Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split p...
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons honor the Wisconsin Civil War soldiers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The memorial was nam...
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi...
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Rennebohm's Badger Pharmacy

Date: 1912
Description: The Badger Pharmacy, 1320 University Avenue, at the corner of Randall about the time that Oscar Rennebohm took over the bankrupt operation.
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State Capitol Construction

Date: 1912
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol under construction, with men and a horse-drawn buggy in the foreground.
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Capitol Secretaries' Desk

Date: 1912
Description: Interior of the Capitol, of the Secretaries' desk, used by the Secretaries of State at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Date: 1912
Description: The interior of the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 126 (120) West Johnson Street.
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Lamp House

Date: 1912
Description: The Robert Lamp house, 22 North Butler Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. A man wearing a coat and hat is standing at the front right corne...
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Julia and Julius Jacobson at the Museum

Date: 1912
Description: Well-dressed Julia and Julius Jacobson looking at Indian artifacts at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Museum during their wedding trip to Madison...
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SHSW Library Reading Room

Date: 1912
Description: The Historical Society Library delivery desk and librarians Mary S. Foster, Esther DeBoos, and Edna C. Adams, 1912. At the time, patrons and students were...
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Madison Free Library

Date: 1912
Description: Madison Free Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Taken in winter, there is snow visible on the grounds surrounding the library. The library was built with C...
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Capitol Dome Under Construction

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building as the dome was being built.
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Old Abe Steam Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: The Civil War eagle Old Abe became the trademark of the J.I. Case Company, manufacturers of steam tractors and other farm machinery. This tractor is at wor...
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Wisconsin State Historical Library

Date: 1912
Description: Colorized postcard of an exterior view of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The text at the ...
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First O'Dea Family Home on Park Street

Date: 1912
Description: First O'Dea family home on Park Street. The house may have been built by Thomas Aquinas O'Dea. He and his family lived there until 1911 or 1912, when they ...
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Second O'Dea Family Home on Park Street

Date: 1912
Description: Childhood home of David E. O'Dea (born February 7th, 1920) at 1035 Park Street. This is the second O'Dea family home.

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