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Hoofers' Club Horse Show Planning

Date: 04 08 1947
Description: Three committee members of the University of Wisconsin Hoofers' Club making plans for the club's horse show. From the left, posed around a horse-drawn cart...
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Plow (Plough) Inn

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of Plow (Plough) Inn, located at 3402 Monroe Street. An early view of the tavern which derived its name from the Fuller & Johnson plows for sale o...
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Old Post Office

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the old Post Office that was located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Mifflin Street.
Drawing

Sheldon Office and Warehouse

Date: 1889
Description: Slightly elevated view of the S.L Sheldon Company Warehouse and Office. Outside of the building, there is a bustling street filled with pedestrians and hor...
Photograph

Silver Spring

Date: 1896
Description: View of Silver Spring and the surrounding countryside. In the background, there is a man on a bicycle, two individuals in a horse-drawn vehicle and a small...
Drawing

Soldier's Orphan's Home

Date: 1876
Description: Originally printed in the Centennial Records of the Women of Wisconsin on page 37. The elevated view illustrates the large houses and the surrounding bustl...
Photograph

Julius Schadauer Store

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Description: View from street towards a man standing in front of the doorway to the Julius Schadauer's tobacco store on a street corner at 101 State Street. A man is on...
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State Street Looking East

Date: 1909
Description: View of State Street looking east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Grand Theatre is in the foreground, on the 200 block of State Street.
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Tenney Building

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Description: An exterior view of the first Tenney Building, located at South Pinckney and East Main Streets.
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Elevated View of People Standing in front of a Building

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Description: Elevated view of people standing on the sidewalk in front of a building that used to be the United States Hotel, which was demolished in 1874 and replaced ...
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University Avenue

Date: 1915
Description: View down center of University Avenue with storefronts on both sides. The signs on the left read: "Hurley Bros. Grocers" and "Garage." On the right are sig...
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Water Tower

Date: 1895
Description: Water Tower located on East Washington Avenue. Horse-drawn wagons are parked in the center near the tower. Commercial buildings are in the background on th...
Photograph

Water Works Tower

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Description: View of the Water Tower, located on East Washington Avenue near the Capitol Square. Horse-drawn wagons are around the base of the tower.
Print

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane. Near Madison

Date: 1876
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
Print

Wisconsin State Journal Advertisement

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Description: An advertisement for the Wisconsin State Journal, promoted as "the only Republican paper", from the 1898-1899 Madison City Directory.
Photograph

Wisconsin Telephone Company Building

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Description: A group of men with a horse-drawn vehicle are standing outside of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, located at 16-18 S. Carroll Street.
Drawing

Composite View with Church

Date: 08 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; center image of church surrounded by six miniature drawings including one residence, one mill, one horse and carriage from rear, and three...
Drawing

Building on Street Corner

Date: 09 01 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; Elevated view of building on street corner with horse-drawn delivery wagon in front. Tall trees line the two streets. Building is two st...
Photograph

Chicago & North Western Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: A view of Chicago & North Western Railroad Station, 219 South Blair at East Wilson Street, which was built 1910. The Elver House hotel, 520-524 East Wilso...
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul East Madison Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: The East Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 501 East Wilson Street, from South Hancock Street, with Lake Monona in the background. ...

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