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| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Scrapbook page containing a cyanotype and albumen print of a picket fence and the caption: "First Attempt;" 1887, What's the Matter? "Light struck." |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Scrapbook page containing a cyanotype print and an albumen print looking toward Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Eight men and women of a graduating class sit outdoors holding their diplomas. They are seated on the steps of the photographer's home at 131 East Montello... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers. |
| Date: | 05 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Augusta Giddings signs documents, with Mayor Halsey Kreage as a witness, selling her property at the eastern end of the 900 block of East Gorham Stree... |
| Date: | 05 21 1947 |
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| Description: | Three Madison Scout Drum and Bugle Corps members plan for the World Jamboree in Moisson, France. George Koehler, "Ike" Edmunds, and Bob Gesteland, read a l... |
| Date: | 01 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Garrit J. Corscot at his desk near a window, looking at papers in his office, at the Dane County Title Company, 109 South Fairchild Street. |
| Date: | 12 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The street directory for Maple Bluff was delivered by Marshall A.J. Taft around the Christmas season. The contents of the directory reveal the growth of Ma... |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Stationery depicting the fortifications around Washington, D.C., during the second year of the Civil War: Arlington Heights, directly across the Potomac Ri... |
| Date: | 08 1861 |
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| Description: | Large-format, illustrated stationery purchased by Rudolph Fine, a member of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry in August, 1861, showing the Capitol (in actuality, ... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant". |
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| Description: | Carter Wells polling on the street, taken for a campaign booklet. He was running for 5th district congress. |
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| Description: | Books on display of students' school work. Teachers chose the best work of each student and compiled it into a "Specimen Book," which was returned to the c... |
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| Description: | A poster with a list of names of Civil War soldiers arranged by military unit. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn poster, produced by S.W. Martin's Writing Academy of Madison, listing the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, ... |
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| Description: | Portion of a census showing the industrial schedule for Beloit, Wisconsin, in Rock County during the year ending June 1, 1850. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Black and red halftone print of an exterior perspective drawing of Model Home A243. Frank Lloyd Wright outlined his vision of affordable housing. He assert... |
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