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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward Lake Mendota

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. North Hall is in the foreground with several residences and...
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Panoramic from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) of Madison

Date: 11 11 1861
Description: Panoramic view of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall and South Hall are in the foreground. Lake Men...
Photograph

View From Wisconsin State Capitol Dome Looking West

Date: 1897
Description: A view from the capitol looking west up State Street toward the University of Wisconsin-Madison with the Holy Redeemer Church, Holy Redeemer School, Red Gy...
Photograph

Camp Randall Field

Date: 03 12 1930
Description: Camp Randall Field, viewed from the south bleachers, with the First Congregational Church and university buildings in the background.
Print

A General View of the City — Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 03 30 1889
Description: Bird's-eye view from Bascom Hill of Madison, with vignettes of the Wisconsin State Capitol, Lake Monona, and the Capitol Park.
Photograph

College Hill from Downtown

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Description: John S. Fuller made this photograph of the three University buildings on Bascom Hill (then known as College Hill) from the Capitol roof about 1860. Grace E...
Photograph

First Norwegian Lutheran Church and Luther College

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view of First Norwegian Lutheran Church, with Luther College in the distance. Part of a set of stereographs entitled "The Synod at Decorah, 1876" ...
Postcard

Three Buildings of Beloit College

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Description: Composite of three college buildings: College Chapel, Emerson Hall, and Science Hall. Caption reads: "A Group of College Buildings at Old Beloit."
Postcard

Beloit College Chapel

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the chapel. Caption reads: "The College Chapel, Beloit, Wis."
Drawing

Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel

Date: 1895
Description: Drawing of the Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel at Beloit College.
Photograph

Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill. Just visible at the top of the photograph is the new Wisconsin State Capitol, completed except for the north ...
Photograph

Senior "Swing-Out"

Date: 1932
Description: Senior "Swing-Out" at the Unviersity of Wisconsin Madison.
Photograph

Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction.
Photograph

St. Paul's Student Chapel

Date: 08 13 1972
Description: Interior view of St. Paul's Student Chapel at 723 State Street, which has the appearance of a theater in the round.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison from Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Ripon College

Date: 1900
Description: Newspaper clipping, copy of lithograph, of how Ripon College looked in about 1900. Indicates West College, Middle College, East College and Congregational ...
Photograph

Mount Calvary College

Date: 1893
Description: View down tree-lined road, with Mount Calvary College on a hill in the distance.
Photograph

St. Lawrence College

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "St. Lawrence College, Mt. Calvary, Wis." Locations are marked for the church, monastery, college building, St. Joseph's Hall, and St. Thoma...
Postcard

Our Lady of the Angels Chapel at Campion College

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Description: View of Our Lady of the Angels Chapel. Caption reads: "Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, Campion College, Prairie du Chien, Wis."
Photograph

View from Picnic Point

Date: 1900
Description: View of the city from across Lake Mendota at Picnic Point. There is a tree on the shoreline on the left, and a person is in a boat near the shoreline in th...

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