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Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 03 04 1930
Description: Exterior view of main entrance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on the left.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: View across lawn towards Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall), with a statue of Abraham Lincoln in front at the top of Bascom Hill on the University of Wiscons...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype view of the central basin, Peristyle and Statue of the Republic. There are several boats on the basin. On the right is a large statue of a bu...
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Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of park in front of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library, with the Soldiers and Sailors monument. The library opened in 1900 and was funded ...
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The Lincoln Memorial

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Description: Distant view of the Doric temple style Lincoln Memorial and the National mall including the surrounding manicured park and rolling wooded hills in the back...
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Ely Park Soldiers Monument

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Description: Tall cylindrical Civil War memorial with multiple sculptures in Ely Square in downtown. A wrought iron fence surrounds the monument, trees dot the square a...
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Spencer Trask Monument

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Description: A monument entitled "The Spirit of Life" dedicated to the memory of the financier and philanthropist, Spencer Trask, that features a statue, a stone wall a...
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Overton Park Higbee Memorial

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Description: Classical stone memorial with six columns to the memory of Jennie Higbee, founder and principal of a local school for girls. Located in Overton Park which ...
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Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of shoreline, waterfront buildings, boat-dotted bay and Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. The pink-marble, column-shaped monu...
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. A streetcar and a horse-drawn wagon are coming up the avenue. There are monuments in the median.
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Outside the Lincoln Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Lincoln Memorial from across Lincoln Memorial Circle. Several women and a man are crossing the street behind several cars that have driven by. ...

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