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| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Chicago fire of October 8, 1871. The hand-colored lithograph was published by Currier and Ives. |
| 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: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The Main Street Building, which contained John Dudley's Dry Goods Store, a bank, and a drugstore. |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View from hill down the unpaved main street. There is a man and two women standing in front of a fence and house across the street on the right. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee River in the downtown area, looking south from the west side of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of the town and Chippewa river, with a steamboat in the center along the riverbank. A smaller boat is next to the steamboat, with a man standing eithe... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Water street, before the fire of the 1880's, from the corner of Fifth avenue, looking east with storefronts and fire engine house. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street and Green Bay House seen from the top of the Beaumont House. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down Court Street in Janesville toward the west. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over river of Dodge Street in Janesville looking west. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the busy streets of Court and Milwaukee. Three prominent buildings in view are: Court Street Methodist Church on the far left (b. 1868), w... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View from along right side of bridge of Milwaukee Street looking east in Janesville. The Myers House is located at the top of the hill. There is a sign for... |
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