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New Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory & Machine Shop

Date: 1887
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory and Machine Shop on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Print

Iceboating at Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 03 09 1878
Description: Illustration by N.A. Greenback of ice-skaters and iceboats featuring the new Poughkeepsie design of pivoting runners. A key at the bottom of the image iden...
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Invitation to Independence Ball

Date: 06 27 1839
Description: Invitation for Darwin Clark to the Independence Ball on the 4th of July, 1839 at the American Hotel.
Photograph

Stripping and Printing a Negative

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man exposing a negative onto a zinc plate, in preparation for making a zinc etching at Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street.
Photograph

Making a Copper Etching

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A skilled copper etcher holding a photograph and comparing it to an etched copper halftone, adding additional detail at Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Car...
Photograph

Finishing and Proofing

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: At the Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street, as part of the finishing and proofing process, a worker is checking a halftone flat against the copy...
Photograph

Chauncey Stewart, Wisconsin Engraving Company Artist

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: Chauncey D. Stewart, commercial artist on the staff of Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street. He is at work on an illustration from which an engra...
Photograph

Wisconsin Engraving Co. Group of Men

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street. Group portrait of seven men.
Photograph

Preparing a Negative for Stripping

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man in the camera room at the Wisconsin Engraving Company plant, 109 S. Carroll Street, is coating the wet plate negative with rubber and collodion to ma...
Photograph

Shooting a Negative

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man in the camera room at the Wisconsin Engraving Co. plant, 109 S. Carroll Street, is making a halftone negative, the first step in making a photo engra...
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View of Madison, the Capital of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th...
Photograph

Bashford House

Date: 1973
Description: The Bashford House at 423 North Pinckney Street, built in 1857 by Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke.
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Van Slyke House

Date: 1973
Description: Illustration of the Van Slyke house at 510 North Carroll Street built by Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke in 1863.
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Executive Residence

Date: 1973
Description: An engraving of the Executive Residence, 130 East Gilman Street.
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Keenan House

Date: 1973
Description: Keenan House at 28 East Gilman Street. The house was built in 1858 by Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke.
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Kendall House

Date: 1973
Description: The Kendall house at 104 East Gilman Street, built by J.E. Kendall in 1885.
Book or Pamphlet

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1851
Description: Engraving of the five-story tall mill erected at the outlet of the Yahara Creek by Leonard J. Farwell. This engraving appears in Statistics of Dane County,...
Photograph

Mears House

Date: 1973
Description: The Mears house, 420 North Carroll Street, built in 1871 for James Mears.
Print

Wisconsin State Capitol (Second) Engraving

Date: 1854
Description: Engraving of the first capitol building built in Madison used as an illustration by the Madison Mutual Insurance Company, a first insurance company, the di...
Postcard

Park Hotel

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of the Park Hotel, with city traffic in the streets in the foreground. "'Park Hotel' South Corner Capitol Park." The reverse side gives a des...

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