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200 Block of State Street from West Johnson Street

Date: 1913
Description: View looking up the 200 block of State Street from West Johnson Street, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction. The bank on the left i...
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State Street View of Capitol Theatre Construction

Date: 06 03 1927
Description: Elevated view above State Street of the Capitol Theatre, with construction nearly completed.
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Capitol Theatre, Late in Construction

Date: 07 02 1927
Description: Elevated view of the nearly completed Capitol Theatre. Construction scaffolding is in the background.
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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 04 02 1927
Description: Capitol Theatre at 211 or 213? State Street. Entrance under construction is between Fred W. Kruse Co. and Peoples Clothing Co. stores.
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Bank of Wisconsin Addition

Date: 12 02 1929
Description: Scaffolding rises on the State Bank of Wisconsin, 1 West Main Street, as an addition is constructed. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street in ...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: View looking north from rear parking lot and loading dock showing King Street Arcade, Cantwell Building, 121 South Pinckney Street, Riley Bremer Riley Olds...
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State Bank of Wisconsin Addition

Date: 11 01 1929
Description: Construction of an addition to the State Bank of Wisconsin at 1-5 West main Street, as viewed from across West Main Street, with automobiles angle parked i...
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Excavation for Addition to Bank of Wisconsin

Date: 08 01 1929
Description: Excavation for addition to Bank of Wisconsin 1-3 W Main Street. In the background is the Hotel Monona, 114 Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard),...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 02 14 1947
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across basement and first floor. Also shows side views of Y...
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Blied Building Remodeling

Date: 05 09 1949
Description: View from Capitol Park towards the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street, under construction. The corner of the building is covered with construction. The Fo...
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Blied Building Remodeling

Date: 05 09 1949
Description: View from Park Hotel towards the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street and Carroll Street facade, under construction. The corner of the building is covered w...
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Madison Newspapers, Inc.

Date: 08 06 1949
Description: The new addition to the Wisconsin State Journal building, located at 115 South Carroll Street. The combined structures will become the plant of Madison New...
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Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership Expansion

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view of Lincoln Ford dealership at 210 E. Washington Avenue during its expansion to include the rest of the block to 216. Building materials and c...
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Lincoln-Ford Fordson Tow Truck

Date: 1921
Description: View from street of the Lincoln-Ford Fordson tow truck, with "authorized service" printed on the tow truck arm. On the cab of the tow truck is a line drawi...
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The Completed Expansion of the Schoelkopf Ford Dealership

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view from across street of 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. Four cars are parked on the sidewalk in front of the building. The expansion of the Schoe...
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Two Escape as Dirt Jostles House

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: A policeman and a night watchman narrowly escaped injury when a huge mound of excavated dirt fell on a house adjacent to the new State Office building cons...

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