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Bicyclist on Monona Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: A woman crosses Monona Avenue as a man on a bicycle rides by. The large, Second Empire style Avenue Hotel, with two-story porch, is on the left; the GAR ha...
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Lake Monona Dock

Date: 1905
Description: Forest Middleton, right, and a companion sit on the retaining wall along the north shore of Lake Monona near the steamboat dock. Two boats and the boathous...
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Lake Monona and Madison's East Side

Date: 1905
Description: A view east along the north shore of Lake Monona, with Madison's east side industrial area in the background. The Deering Harvester Company is identified b...
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Iceboats

Date: 1900
Description: Forest Middleton poses with his sled as his father, William, works with an iceboat behind him on frozen Lake Monona. There are other iceboats and boathouse...
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Parade Float

Date: 1905
Description: A parade float elaborately decorated with flowers and pulled by four robed horses is traveling west along East Doty Street, with the Central (Fess) Hotel i...
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Water Tower

Date: 1905
Description: The 125 foot tall Madison water tower stands in the middle of East Washington Avenue. On the right is a large business block occupied by the Amerika Publis...
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Police Station

Date: 1900
Description: A man walks by the Madison police station, a two-story brick building with corner turret on the corner of South Webster Street. The fire station was across...
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Sheriff's Residence

Date: 1905
Description: The Dane County sheriff's residence, with the county jail behind. A corner of the Dane County Court House is seen on the far left.
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Madison High School

Date: 1900
Description: View across street of the front and side of Madison High School. There is a brick walkway in the street in the foreground.
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Lake Monona and Madison's East Side

Date: 1905
Description: A view east along the north shore of Lake Monona, with Madison's east side industrial area in the background. Tall utility poles and railroad tracks follow...
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Wisconsin Power and Light Company Sub-Station

Date: 1929
Description: Power plant machinery in the Wisconsin Power and Light Company substation.
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Gas and Electric Utility Display

Date: 06 1936
Description: The Gas and Electric Utility display at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1909
Description: The site of the Electric Light Plant located near railroad tracks. There is a bell tower with a weather vane on the left.
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New Residential Construction

Date: 1960
Description: New residential construction on the outer southwest edge of Madison.
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Panorama of Madison

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic elevated view to the northeast from the Capitol Square.
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State Capitol Building Electrical System

Date: 10 30 1959
Description: Frank E. Nordeen, a state engineering employee, pointing to the main electric switchboard in the State Capitol building basement, while standing next to an...
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State Capitol Building Electrical System

Date: 10 30 1959
Description: View of the main copper lines that bring power into the State Capitol building through a tunnel from the state power plant. Four connecting points are visi...
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State Capitol Building Electrical System

Date: 10 30 1959
Description: Leon A. Hendrickson, supervisor of services, pointing to a blower which is used to send air into the tunnel carrying power lines from the state power plant...
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View of Madison

Date: 1905
Description: View of Madison in the far distance taken from the third floor of a home at 216 Campbell Street, in University Heights. There is a power line suspended in ...
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Along the Catfish River

Date: 1901
Description: View along the Catfish River, with shrubs and grasses covering the riverbank. On the far left are electrical poles along a dirt road bordering a field that...

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