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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad station, roundhouse, and yard at the intersection of West Washington Avenue (across lower left... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of lower University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with demolition of buildings on both sides of the Armory-Gymnasium to make space for future pla... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across intersection of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station at Blair and Wilson Streets. Three tall chimneys from the MG&E plant can be seen ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Kierig-Babbitt building, built in 1880. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across Canal Street with the businesses that were built after the fire. Ford stepside truck is parked along the curb on the left. Businesses with thre... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Canal and Congress streets, with Sprague's Building on the right. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Store at 1897 Canal Street, with an old car on the lower right. The car is parked in front of a "no parking" sign. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | School known as the "old stone school," the first public school building in Bloomington. The clock tower replaced the former bell tower. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking northeast from a point over the east end of Middleton, showing the west end of Lake Mendota (right mid-ground). Fox Bluff juts into the... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, looking eastward from a point several miles outside the southwestern limits of Madison in the direction of Verona. Crossing the image diagonal... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking east along Madison's Lake Mendota shoreline. The large building under construction at center is Carroll Hall, a University of Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Passers-by help move a disabled vehicle after an automobile accident on Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A wintery view of the rectory of the Queen of Peace church lacated at 418 Holly Avenue. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Sears-Roebuck department store on East Washington Avenue and its surrounding parking lots. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict. Night view, with building lit internally. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building, which was first occupied in June 1885. It stood at the corner of 18th and Wells Streets. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | 1300 University Avenue. Exterior of building from across the street, with trees lining the sidewalk. In front of the building, on the left, is a curved dri... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View of hospital from Park Street. A sign for the ambulance entrance under the street sign points to the right. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view over University Avenue of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including University farm in the upper middle. The shoreline of Lake Mend... |
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