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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A watercolor view of Madison. Prominent on the left side of King Street is the Madison Hotel. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Madison water tower and farmers' market as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park. The building on t... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | General office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company in the Mitchell Building in Milwaukee. Left to right: the individual seated in left ... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Half plate daguerreotype, with view across water of the Oshkosh, Wisconsin harbor showing the bridge over the Fox River. Moored on the opposite shore are t... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the west side of East Water Street. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west from the Knight Block. The Chequamegon Hotel and harbor are in the background. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a farmer's market with horse-drawn vehicles. One man is leading a bull down the street. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down East Water Street from Wisconsin Avenue, with buildings, people, and street traffic including horse-drawn vehicles and a horse-drawn str... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | German Market on the right side of the street in the distance. Two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground are heading toward the market. Pedestrians are wa... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View looking east on Liberty Street from Shore Drive. In the foregound is the F. Bohri & Son Clothing store, and behind it is a store selling "Drugs, Medic... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Ellsworth Block on North Pinckney Street between East Washington and East Mifflin Streets as seen from the Capitol Park. Storefronts include the Dry Goods ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Caption: "Stage driven by William C. Alden stopping in front of Coon Valley store on the route between Viroqua to Muscoda and La Crosse. Alden drove the st... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the exterior of the Park Hotel at Carroll and Main Streets. There is a church building in the background on the left. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View from street of workers, including some African Americans, loading (and/or unloading) agricultural equipment and parts outside a general office of the ... |
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