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Anti-Vietnam War Demonstration

Date: 1972
Description: A crowd of anti-Vietnam war demonstrators march down Wisconsin Avenue with signs and banners. One banner reads: "Stop the Bombing. Sign the Treaty Now! U.S...
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Kennedy Manor, Langdon Street

Date: 1929
Description: 1 Langdon Street at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue, looking southeast.
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Hommel's Big Store

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Hommel Brothers Store, 103-11 N. Hamilton Streeet, and the Town Apartment building, 115 N. Hamilton Street.
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School Boys Raising a Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Young boys digging a garden in an urban setting on "Mowhawk Street near Larrabee." Original caption reads: "Newberry School boys who have gotten into the h...
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Riders on an Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Two riders on an early Excelsior-Henderson motorcycle near a community garden at Harrison and Jefferson streets in Chicago. An International Harvester trac...
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Emergency Personnel with International Model S-26 1926 Ambulance, and a Fire Truck

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Group portrait of emergency ambulance personnel and fire fighters posing with an International Model S-26 1926 ambulance on the left, and on the right a fi...
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Ambulance Personnel Loading Person into International Ambulance

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: City of Chicago ambulance personnel are loading a person involved in an accident into an International ambulance as a small group of people are looking on....
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Monona Apartment Building

Date: 10 29 1936
Description: Monona apartment building, 600 S. Brearly Street, on the corner of Spaight Street.
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Apartment Building, 212 North Blount Street

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Two-story apartment building at 212 North Blount Street. The Wisconsin State Capitol dome is in the background, and snow is on the ground.
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Aerial View of Lower Campus

Date: 1945
Description: View of the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison includes Bascom Hill, Wisconsin Historical Society, Memorial Union and the Armory (Red Gym ...
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Air View of University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1946
Description: Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin campus with Lake Mendota on the right.
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The City of Chicago

Date: 1892
Description: Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with ships in the Lake Michigan harbor.
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Madison Lakeshore from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in a line with South Carroll Street. Includes State Office Building (2 wings only), 1 West Wilson Street,...
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Megget Home

Date: 1888
Description: View of Tenement Block and Megget Home (built before 1870), River Street. The buildings where the A&P Market stands.
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The Blied Apartments

Date: 1914
Description: The Blied Apartments at 141 West Gilman Street.
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Clark Apartments

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the Clark Apartments at 425 Sterling Court.
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Holy Name Society Procession

Date: 01 11 1953
Description: An honor guard of Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus leading a procession of 300 members of the Catholic Holy Name Society from the Catholic Center on East ...
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Victory Arms Apartment Building

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Victory Arms apartment building, 2420 - 2428 East Washington Avenue, built by Vogel Brothers. A sign partly behind the automobile parked at the curb reads,...
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Stoddard Monroe Street Apartments

Date: 08 16 1946
Description: Two new apartment buildings recently completed by builder Neal H. Stoddard, in the 2900 block of Monroe Street. The laying of sod and other landscaping was...
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Looking North on Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Apartment building at 2518 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Caption on negative reads: "Looking north at 2513 W. Wisconsin Ave". There is a parked automobile in the fo...

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