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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man sits on a Carroll Street bench on the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | 748 Jenifer Street, also known as the Vogel cottage. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | W.O. Zimmerman Plumbing & Heating, 811 East Johnson Street. On the reverse of the original postcard is an invitation to the firm's 18th anniversary and new... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | The 200 block of King Street looking toward the Union Transfer building. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View downhill towards the intersection of King and Wilson streets. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from Lake Road, across Lake Monona. Two large trees frame the view. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison camppus. Students are sitting around the Lincoln Monument o... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of faculty housing project, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Large Letter style postcard with the Capitol in the foreground, and other buildings within the letters of Madison. Text on back reads: "Madison is the capi... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the restaurant, with electric signs in the parking lot and above the entrance. Text on reverse reads: "For delightful dining... come to Ho... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Night view of the original Edgewater Hotel located on the corner of Langdon Street and Wisconsin Avenue on the south shore of Lake Mendota. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A view through the trees of the front of the Wisconsin Historical Society building from Langdon Street. Vines cover the stone balustrade. |
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