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| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Family in yard with carriage with large stone house behind that has shutters closed. The house was built in 1845. Harmon J. Hill was the first supervisor o... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Ole Bull Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. The family is playing croquet on the lawn. Later, the house was known as the Thorp House. It became the state's... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Partial view of billiard hall and Lake Mendota from the Ole Bull Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. Two people on shore are pointing to a sailboat. Later, ... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Ole Bull Residence Billiard Hall behind his house, 130 E. Gilman Street. Frame building with railing on side and latticework on bottom, with shutters and c... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the new Madison television facility, WISC-TV (Channel 3), showing the transmitting tower in construction. The location is to the southwest,... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Turville Point and Turville farm, Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Oscar Mayer meat packing plant, looking north, with the surrounding rural countryside. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Oscar Mayer Meat Packing Plant and the surrounding countryside. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Pennco Field (Royal Airport), and Lake Monona near the city limits. A crowd is gathered at the airport to watch an air show. |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Pennco Field (Royal Airport), the shoreline of Lake Monona, and the surrounding countryside near the city limits. |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a crowd at the Pennco Field (Royal Airport), gathered for an aerial show. Biplanes possibly used for the show are on the airstrip. Automob... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Pennco Field (Royal Airport) hanger surrounded by spectators gathered for an air show. Biplanes are parked on the grounds of the airpor... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of biplanes at the Pennco Field (Royal Airport), probably for an air show. Lake Monona is in the background. |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the southeast, with West Broadway and the South Beltline running through the image. Also shows Nob Hill restaurant, the Toki family farm and... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A sightseeing party wanders among cows and Native American burial mounds near the popular picnic area at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendot... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Lighty house, the home of W.H. Lighty. Left to right: Paul, Harold, Russell, and W.H. Lighty. The house is on the Highlands rural delivery route numb... |
| Date: | 08 11 1944 |
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| Description: | Six Russian representatives of the Soviet government observing a new McCormick-Deering Company Model 50-T hay baler at the Bowman Dairy Farm on Fish Hatche... |
| Date: | 04 09 1945 |
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| Description: | A.M. Mickelson, 10 N. Owen Dr., inspecting the scene of the explosion at the base of Sunset point where three Madison boys were badly burned while playing ... |
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| Description: | Photographic print of an amateur painting of the Peck Cabin representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The "Peck Cabin" is a variation signed "M... |
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