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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A winter scene showing the courthouse, schoolhouse, and Congregational Church, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west from the Knight Block. The Chequamegon Hotel and harbor are in the background. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down East Water Street from Wisconsin Avenue, with buildings, people, and street traffic including horse-drawn vehicles and a horse-drawn str... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View looking east on Liberty Street from Shore Drive. In the foregound is the F. Bohri & Son Clothing store, and behind it is a store selling "Drugs, Medic... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Ellsworth Block on North Pinckney Street between East Washington and East Mifflin Streets as seen from the Capitol Park. Storefronts include the Dry Goods ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company office building from the corner of Market and Jackson streets. The building's address was 212 Market Street. Offices f... |
| Date: | 07 04 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of view of procession, military company and citizens at Great Centennial Day at the Capitol Square. Scene at Main and Carroll Streets showing t... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Semi-Centennial ceremonial archway erected at State and Mifflin Streets to celebrate Admiral George Dewey's victory over the Spanish fleet at Man... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Daguerreotype of elevated view of Pinckney Street, looking northwest. View includes the American House and Bruen's Block, both on the corner of East Washin... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of South Pinckney Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with East Washington Avenue to the left and Lake Monona on the distant right. The ... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View, ca. 1873-1879, of Madison looking down Wisconsin Avenue toward the third Wisconsin Capitol, a view that suggests something of the ongoing importance ... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Intersection of King and East Main streets photographed by John S. Fuller from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof, about 1860-1863. In the foreground two st... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A ladder wagon of the Madison Fire Department races around corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the p... |
| Date: | 10 07 1887 |
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| Description: | Military parade on Main Street honoring President Grover Cleveland's visit to Madison. Soldiers of the University Battalion are marching on West Main Stree... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View across Capitol Park lawn towards the corner of West Main and South Carroll Streets with businesses and horse-drawn wagons. The building at the corner ... |
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