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House - Coleman Wedding

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: Mildred House and Lloyd Coleman wedding party, with the bride and groom with the maid of honor and best man standing outdoors in front of the church doors.
Photograph

House - Coleman Wedding

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: Mildred House and Lloyd Coleman wedding. The bride and groom are standing with guests in front of 1st Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue.
Photograph

Gates of Heaven and Floral Parade

Date: 
Description: A horse-drawn carriage decorated for a floral parade on West Washington Avenue. The carriage is passing in front of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue (the buil...
Postcard

St. Josephat Church and School

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Description: St. Josephat Church and School from Kosciuszko Park. The classic style church with dome is across a body of water. Three boats with boaters are out rowing ...
Photograph

Decorated Church Altar

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Description: The raised altar of the Episcopal Church, with potted palms sitting on the steps. Lilies in vases and candles are displayed on the altar. Elaborate woodwor...
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

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Description: Elevated view of patriotic parade on Main Street, probably a Memorial Day Parade. Over the street, reaching from one sidewalk to the other, is an arch deco...
Photograph

Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. Near a streetcar is the city's Civil War memorial, erected in 1898 by John Conway.
Painting

Sunrise on Lake Monona

Date: 1884
Description: Sunrise over Lake Monona and the Madison, Wisconsin isthmus, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the distance.
Postcard

Brick House with Garden

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a brick house with a garden in the gated front yard. A church is in the background on the left.
Photograph

Mrs. Beercroft

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Description: Mrs. Beercroft, née Lucy Hoven, and her mother in a decorated carriage in front of the Hoven family home on Mifflin Street. A crowd stands on the sidewalk.
Photograph

"Sane Fourth" Parade

Date: 1916
Description: A Fourth of July parade on S. Carrol Street featuring decorated vehicles. Flags are hanging from the sides of commercial buildings.
Map or Atlas

Connecticut, from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of Connecticut showing counties, townships, cities, roads, islands, swamps, hills, mountains, lakes, rivers, reefs, and numerous other geographical and...
Postcard

Cherry Street

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Description: View of a tree-lined neighborhood street with a church on the right and a house on the left. Caption reads: "Cherry Street, Green Bay, Wis."
Poster

Exposition des dons américains . . .

Date: 1916
Description: Poster with an illustration of two French women, one from Alsace and one from Lorraine, wearing traditional costumes and making floral wreaths. A church bu...
Poster

Cathédrale de Reims

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of the ruins of the Cathédrale de Reims. A ghost image of the undamaged cathedral is in the background. Red poppy flowers are g...
Postcard

A Merry Christmas

Date: 1915
Description: Holiday postcard combining wild roses, pine branches, holly and a scene of a church in the snow. The scene is in the lower right, the background is gold an...
Photograph

Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 10 1993
Description: A display of Autumn produce for sale at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. The Grace Episcopal Church on North Carroll Street is in the...

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