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Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon...
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Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill

Date: 05 1916
Description: A view looking down on the Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill, showing dancers around four different Maypoles. In the foreground is the Lincoln M...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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Monument to the Pioneers

Date: 1925
Description: A man kneels next to a monument dedicated to the pioneers.
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Skavlem Monument

Date: 1925
Description: The dedication ceremony of the Skavlem Monument, lead by Rev. Gustav Stearns. The monument was dedicated to the "oldest Norwegian immigrant", born 1760, di...
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New Glarus Centennial

Date: 07 16 1945
Description: Part of the crowd celebrating the New Glarus Centennial. In the background is a monument in memory of the first settlers of the Swiss colony of New Glarus ...
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1910
Description: View along top of hill in the park toward a woman and child sitting on a bench near the monument. At the bottom of the hill on the left are railroad tracks...
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 07 1908
Description: Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov...
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Soldiers Monument

Date: 1898
Description: Women congregate near "The Victorious Charge," a monument to Soldiers who fought in the Civil War located in Milwaukee's Court of Honor on the median betwe...
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Chief Black Hawk Statue

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Description: Sculpted by Lorado Taft, and dedicated in 1911, this statue of a Native American man wrapped in a blanket stands 48 feet tall and was originally named "The...
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Governor John Winthrop, Jr., Statue

Date: 1905
Description: Published by the Albertype Company of Brooklyn, New York, the image features Bela Lyon Pratt's statue honoring Governor John Winthrop Jr., once Governor o...
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Cutler Post, Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 1900
Description: Cutler Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The buildings shown behind the group, as well as the monument, are at the old Marathon County Jail and Sheri...
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Scene at Park — Water Fountain

Date: 1930
Description: Water fountain near city hall at Library Park. There is a water fountain or bubbler on the edge of the fountain. Two men are sitting on separate benches in...
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Solders Monument — South Side Park

Date: 1924
Description: View down sidewalk of two young girls standing at the base of the Soldiers Monument. There is a fountain near the monument on the right. There are benches ...
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Scene in Park

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Description: A group of young women sit on the grass at a park. There is a monument in the park. A man stands near the Cottage Grove train depot in the background.
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Capitol Christmas Tree

Date: 1983
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol for the lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree. The tree was cut in the Chequamegon National F...
Postcard

Monument Square

Date: 1975
Description: Photographic postcard view of Monument Square looking south. In the bottom right corner, a man sits on a bench looking at the fountain. The Civil War Soldi...
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Statue of a Norwegian

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Description: View across lawn of a two children standing at the base of a statue on a pedestal.
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Going Away to School

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: Five West High School graduates sitting in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus. They will be attending colleges away from Madison. L...
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. A streetcar and a horse-drawn wagon are coming up the avenue. There are monuments in the median.

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