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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Elevated view of the third Wisconsin State Capitol ablaze.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival Elk Sleigh

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival; Elk pulling sleigh outside palace. There is a crowd posing and looking at the camera. A sign on the palace reads: "Borealis."
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Royal Family Leaving Palace

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Royal family leaving ice palace in their equipage. Crowds are milling about.
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Building on Fire

Date: 01 13 1929
Description: Building on fire at Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage, 621 University Avenue.
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Building Fire

Date: 01 13 1929
Description: Flames light up the night as fire fighters hose down the Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage building at 621 University Avenue in an attempt ...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol fire, showing a crowd watching near the South Wing. Some of the contents of the building are already in wagons ready to be hauled a...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Fire at the third Wisconsin State Capitol, showing the South Wing, and spectators gathered on the path. Some of the salvaged contents of the building are s...
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Fire at Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Spectators near the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that eventually destroyed most of the building.
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 1904
Description: View of the crowd standing at the South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that destroyed most of the building. Because the University w...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Spectators standing at the South Wing during the aftermath of the fire which destroyed the second Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, February 26-27, 1904....
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Marathon County Court House

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view. The church in the left background is the Zion Lutheran Church. The white house behind the bandstand is Captain Leahy's home (father of Admir...
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Fitchburg Depot and Train

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Description: The Illinois Central Railroad Station and train in Fitchburg. There is snow on the ground, and men and women are waiting outside the depot on the platform....
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Crowd with Excursion Boat

Date: 01 20 1901
Description: A crowd gathers at Milwaukee Harbor standing on ice around the Julius Goll Jr. excursion boat.
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Tractors in Front of Martiny Implement

Date: 1940
Description: Eight new Massie-Harris tractors are parked in the snow in front of the Martiny Implement Co., 147 Third Avenue. A crowd has gathered and men sit on the tr...
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Capitol Fire

Date: 02 1904
Description: A crowd watches as a stream of water is trained on the south wing of the burning third Wisconsin State Capitol. The Centennial Fountain, with a winter cove...
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Buchanan Comedy, Tonight

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Description: Crowd gathered on Main Street to see a poster and hear a band announcing the "Buchanan Comedy, Tonight."
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The Market

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women, and children standing outdoors and looking towards the camera. They are probably attending the market in A...
Postcard

Ringling Brothers Circus Parade

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of the Circus Parade on a rainy day. Crowds of people line the street, and many are holding umbrellas.
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Men, Women and Children at Market

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women and children standing outdoors in the snow, possibly to attend the market in Archangel [Arkhangelsk], Russi...
Postcard

A Message from Berlin

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Description: Photographic postcard of a compilation of three views from around Berlin. Includes a view of a house near the river, a steamboat on the river, and a snow-c...

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