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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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Tony's Tavern

Date: 03 1960
Description: Exterior front view of Tony Urso's Westside Palm Tavern located at 730-736 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. Typewritten sheet with pho...
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Mrs. Walter Goodland Holding Puppies

Date: 01 20 1944
Description: First Lady Mrs. Goodland says goodbye to their Collie puppies in the State Capitol where the puppies were auctioned off for charity. The dejected pup in th...
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Corscot House

Date: 1948
Description: The Corscot house at 1222 East Johnson Street.
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Children Playing at the Neighborhood House

Date: 07 11 1955
Description: Three children, Jackie LeTourneau, Debra Ranes, and Ester Thayer, playing in the tot lot at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue.
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Executive Residence

Date: 1970
Description: The Executive Residence in Maple Bluff. The fence, erected in 1872, originally surrounded the Capitol.
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Farwell's Madison Mills

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Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
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Tot Lot

Date: 11 28 1971
Description: Tot Lot, a play area for small children created from a vacant lot, funded by the Federal Urban Renewal Authority.
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Second Point Entrance

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Description: A wintery entrance to Second Point, with an iron gate and a large tree in front. Although undated, it is likely this photograph was taken while Picnic Poin...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: A contestant in Madison's Soap Box Derby in his racer on the starting ramp with crowd in the background. The Derby was held on East Washington Avenue leadi...
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Backyard

Date: 1890
Description: The backyard of Sam Marshall's home, seen from Mrs. Alden's property on Frances Street.
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House on West Gorham at North Broom Streets

Date: 1927
Description: House with a wooden fence on the corner of West Gorham Street at North Broom Street.
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803 East Gorham Street

Date: 1951
Description: A house at 803 East Gorham Street.
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803 East Gorham Street

Date: 1951
Description: A house at 803 East Gorham Street.
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Gregory Residence

Date: 1875
Description: The Gregory Residence, 145 West Gilman Street, home of Jared Comstock Gregory, his wife Charlotte Camp Gregory, and their children, Stephen Strong Gregory ...
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Red Caboose Day Care Mural

Date: 03 20 1977
Description: A mural painted on the side of the Red Caboose Day Care Center at 654 Williamson Street. Images in the mural include children playing, grasshoppers, a turt...
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Harvey Hospital

Date: 1865
Description: Harvey Hospital, or the Soldiers' Orphans Home. The main octagon section was the home of Governor Farwell, and the wing of wood was added in 1862 and used ...
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Herfurth House

Date: 1951
Description: The Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street, built by Theodore Herfurth around 1870 and owned in 1952 by Mrs. Ralph Dennis.
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Herfurth House

Date: 1951
Description: The Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street. The original (west) part of the house was built around 1871 by Theodore Herfurth and the addition (east) was ad...
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Dean Family Sleighing

Date: 1852
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Eliab Dean, an early Madison businessman, riding in a sleigh drawn by two horses with his wife Sarah Fairchild Dean and youn...

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