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Last Elm Tree on State Street

Date: 1974
Description: Last elm tree on State Street being cut down. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Memorial Union are in the background.
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Employees at Pioneer Drugstore Exhibit

Date: 08 25 1936
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Historical Society employees Dawn Young and Ray Lamb who are staffing the museum's historical drugstore exhibit.
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Dousman-Dunkel House

Date: 1933
Description: Front view of the former Dousman-Dunkel house with a gasoline pump and a woman sitting on the front porch. The Elmbrook Historical Society currently occupi...
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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1955
Description: Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," New Glarus, Wisconsin. Home of Edwin Barlow, now city museum. Two women are standing in front of the house.
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Swiss Yodelers and Chalet

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Description: Group of people in Swiss costume with large wheel of Swiss cheese, alpine horn and other instruments, and a St. Bernard in front of the Chalet of the Golde...
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Library Reading Room

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Description: View of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin's Library Reading Room from the mezzanine.
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Kilbourntown House

Date: 1952
Description: Benjamin Church House in Estabrook Park, operated as a museum by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. House is at a three-quarter angle to the viewer. ...
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Layton Art Gallery

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the classical-style building. The facade has fluted columns, decorated capitals, ornate railings, and a wide stairway leading to the entra...
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Layton Art Gallery

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior of classical-style building. Facade has fluted columns, decorated capitals, ornate railings, and a wide stairway leading to the entrance. A man is...
Postcard

Wisconsin State Historical Society Building

Date: 1967
Description: Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Students a...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Lower Campus

Date: 1963
Description: Color postcard of the exterior of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from across the Library Mall. The University of Wisconsin Memorial Library is o...
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Construction on State Historical Society of Wisconsin Headquarters Building

Date: 1967
Description: View from Langdon Street of steelworkers constructing the framework for the addition to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Headquarters building. Pa...
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Steam Pipe Construction in Madison

Date: 06 30 1965
Description: Steam pipe construction along Langdon street east of Park street. The corner of the Wisconsin Historical Society is on the left. Science Hall is in the bac...
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Making Room for the New Elvehjem Art Center

Date: 07 27 1965
Description: Workers and equipment are shown tearing down old student dwellings to make room for the Elvehjem Art Center complex. It is surrounded by Park Street, Unive...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. In the foreground, seen from behind, is the headdress worn by Chief Clay...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. View looking down at the crowd, with many people holding protest signs. ...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. View of the protesters on the Capitol grounds looking towards State Stre...
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Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: On the first day of mobilization. Departing troops being cheered by crowds in front of the German Colonial Museum.
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U.W. Freshmen Welcome

Date: 09 11 1958
Description: A long line of U.W freshmen students on the Library Mall waiting to enter the Memorial Library to register for the fall semester. The Wisconsin Historical ...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Building

Date: 1950
Description: View of the front of the Wisconsin Historical Society. A man is walking down the sidewalk on the left. Vines cover the stone balustrade. A tree is in the f...

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