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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Cows on Observatory Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Fenced-in, the cattle find a grassy pasture of Observatory Hill below Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Fair Oaks Streetcar

Date: 1910
Description: An open streetcar labeled Fair Oaks sitting near Forest Hills Cemetery, which was then the end of the line. The motorman has been identified as Jack Schwen...
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Seston Home

Date: 09 1933
Description: Front view of the Seston home.
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Haney House in Cross Plains

Date: 1952
Description: Berry Haney house, built in about 1841 or 1842. The frame parts of the house are later additions.
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Haney House in Cross Plains

Date: 1952
Description: Berry Haney house obscured by some trees and plants. The house was built in about 1841 or 1842. The frame parts are later additions.
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The Bauman House

Date: 1915
Description: The Bauman house at 27 North Baldwin Street. The house was later occupied by the Herman Kroneberg family.
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Droster Farm

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the Droster farm located on Felland Road. The house was built in 1854.
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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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Exterior of Post Office

Date: 1930
Description: View of post office. There is a wire fence in the foreground.
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Charles E. Brown Among Burial Mounds on the Edgewood Campus

Date: 05 05 1939
Description: Charles E. Brown poses near a historic tablet marking one of a row of conical burial mounds on the Park and Pleasure drive on the north shore of Lake Wingr...
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Little Norway

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of Little Norway buildings near a hill.
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Little Norway

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of buildings at "Little Norway."
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Park Street

Date: 1934
Description: Park Street looking north toward the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Saint Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 1945
Description: View of St. Raphael's Cathedral on West Main Street.
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1010 Walker Court

Date: 1918
Description: Side view from across the street of the second Madison home of Richard Lloyd Jones, 1010 Walker Court (now 1010 Rutledge Court) showing the yard and the ba...
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600 Block South Brearly Street and Walker Mansion

Date: 1918
Description: Children in the backyard of the Walker mansion. Buildings along the west side of the 600 block of South Brearly Street including Monona Apartments can be ...
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House at 1418 Sherman Avenue

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of the shingle-sided house at 1419 Sherman Avenue, in Sherman Park. Built by Willard Droster, with a car in the driveway.
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Henry Vilas Zoo Aquatic Bird and Fish Aquarium

Date: 1918
Description: Aquatic Bird and Fish Aquarium Building at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), designed by architects Claude and Starck and built in 1915.
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Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: Bear pits at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911, with a polar bear in the nearest display area.

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