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Capitol Park and Park Hotel

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the p...
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Capitol Square Parade

Date: 10 07 1887
Description: Military parade on Main Street honoring President Grover Cleveland's visit to Madison. Soldiers of the University Battalion are marching on West Main Stree...
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Capitol Grounds Gate

Date: 1880
Description: View of the gate to the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds, looking out to the street. On the left on the opposite side of the street is a building with a sig...
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Capitol Park

Date: 1874
Description: Southeast Gate of Capitol Park. Four stone columns stand along the sidewalk, with statues on top of the two columns in the center, and two columns with str...
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Lake Mendota

Date: 1874
Description: View across Lake Mendota toward Bascom Hall from 2-16 Langdon Street.
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Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches

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Description: Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches.
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Court House

Date: 1874
Description: View from Capital Park towards the United States Court House. There is a stone gateway with iron statues and an iron fence along the sidewalk. The elaborat...
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Residence of the Honorable David Atwood

Date: 1874
Description: Residence of the Honorable David Atwood on the corner of West Doty Street and Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.). People are posing on the p...
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Residence of General Simeon Mills

Date: 1874
Description: Residence of General Simeon Mills.
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Second Ward School House

Date: 03 09 1881
Description: Stereograph of a wintery view of the Second Ward School House. A student stands at the edge of the fence line surrounding the school house.
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Pinckney Street

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Description: Elevated view down Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square. Pinckney Street, about 1865 from the corner of East Main and South Pinckney looking toward Lake M...
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Farwell's Mills

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Description: City flour mills, on the Catfish River (Yahara River). The mill burned down in the fall of 1873.

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