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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Hill, trees and fields are in the background. A man is standing near a small obs...
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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...
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Residences and University of Wisconsin-Madison Buildings

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Description: Elevated view of residences and university buildings made from the Soldiers' Orphan's Home (aka the "Farwell house"). Three University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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Wisconsin State Capitol, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Environs

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Description: View of Madison from the Farwell Octagon House (Harvey Hospital/Soldier's Orphans Home). The third Wisconsin State Capitol building (second in Madison), is...
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Madison from the Roof of University Hall

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Description: Fuller made this photograph of the University District and railyards from the roof of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall), about 1860-1862. Completion of that bui...
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View From Main Hill to the University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1876
Description: View from Main Hall (later Bascom Hall) on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall is in the foreground. Behind it is Langdon Street and, in the d...
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University of Wisconsin Students

Date: 1869
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin students, perhaps a graduating class, on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall).
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View of Bascom Hall

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hill and lower campus vicinity from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society, which was then under construction. A large group ...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1938
Description: Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, as it looked in 1859 when built.
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Law Building

Date: 1938
Description: Law Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison, designed by Charles S. Frost, and built in 1893 of Lake Superior brown sandstone.
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Music Hall

Date: 1938
Description: Music Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison, also known as Assembly Hall and Library, designed by David R. Jones, and built starting in 1878.
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South Hall

Date: 1939
Description: South Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison, designed by John F. Rague, and built in 1855 as the second University building. It was used initially for gene...
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South Hall

Date: 1938
Description: South Hall at University of Wisconsin-Madison, built in 1855 and designed by John F. Rague.
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Southwest View over Madison

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Description: Aerial view looking southwest over the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion barns.
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Aerial View of Lake Mendota Shoreline

Date: 1956
Description: An air view looking east along the Lake Mendota shoreline. The large building under construction at the center is Carroll Hall, a University of Wisconsin ...
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Aerial View of the Mendota Shoreline

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view looking east along Madison's Lake Mendota shoreline. The large building under construction at center is Carroll Hall, a University of Wisconsin...
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Picnic Point

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Wisconsin Capitol with its new dome, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including Bascom Hall, taken from Picnic Point.
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Students Rally for Rose Bowl Bid

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: A crowd of University of Wisconsin students rally in front of the Memorial Union on getting a bid for the Rose Bowl. In 1952 the University football team w...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Construction from Bascom Hill

Date: 1907
Description: View in winter from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus of the Wisconsin State Capitol (the fourth State Capitol, the third in Madiso...
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Turtle Mound on Observatory Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a double-tailed turtle effigy mound on Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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