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| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Now called Wisconsin Avenue. Split avenue (strip of land down the center). There are several statues on plinths and/or columns in the median. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Now called Wisconsin Avenue. On the left are trees and a trolley in the road. On the right are several church towers, more trees, and another trolley. In t... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A fishing settlement. Small buildings and boats line a bay, with sand and a piece of driftwood in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A fishing settlement. Two piers at the shoreline with a sandy beach, one with a ramp next to it. There are several buildings in the background. Two tugbo... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the school with a man standing on the sidewalk in front of the three-story building spraying the lawn with a hose. A group of people are in fr... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east on Grand Avenue from the corner of Grand Avenue and 2nd Street. Plankinton Block was located between West Water (now Plankinton ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Reginald Jackson, Jr. is posed on the sidewalk in front of the family home, 415 North Carroll Street, dressed in his winter coat. The portrait is notable f... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | City Hall Square. A statue in a circular area is in the center of the road. Horses and carriages are in the street in front of the hotel. Three flags are o... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Church and school seen from Kosciuszko Park. Located across a lake, behind some trees and bushes. A woman is sitting on some decorative stones next to the ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Formally a Universalist Church (under Rev. Augusta Chapin), then a Baptist church, later a club house and eventually a dance hall. Photograph taken after ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of women, children, and men standing on sidewalk and curb. They are probably waiting for the trolley. Many of the people are carrying package... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of men are sitting in a car among a crowd of people. Standing on the right are two photographers. Theodore Roosevelt is in the backseat of the car ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Theodore Roosevelt raising his hat amidst a crowd in Milwaukee. He is leaving a building and is heading toward a waiting car. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Early twentieth-century race cars lined up for the beginning of a race. heavy smoke is behind the cars. The grandstand on the left is filled with spectator... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The man in the goggles on the right is Teddy Tetzlaff; possibly at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. The other men are unidentified. In the background is the grands... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Young women carrying purses and wearing very large hats are walking down a sidewalk. A person on the left is holding an umbrella, and one woman is holding ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Sanborn insurance map of the main street in Potosi, Wisconsin, with an inset for the Potosi Brewery. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building as the dome was being built. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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