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House on Green Street

Date: 1900
Description: View from intersection towards a residence on 4th and Green Street. The large house shows many Italianate architectural details, including ornate eaves bra...
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Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction.
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Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Date: 1880
Description: Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin...
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Model Airplane Builder

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Description: Tony Italiano of Waukesha, founder of the Supreme Model Supply Co., with a large model airplane.
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First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Council House (First Capitol)

Date: 1870
Description: Council House of the first Wisconsin Territorial Legislature when it met at Belmont in 1836. A young boy or man wearing a hat stands in front near a fence.
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Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon.
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Madison Capitol Fence and Pinckney Street

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Description: A view of the Capitol Park and Pinckney Street taken approximately 1885-1890. The building in the center, at the intersection of Pinckney and East Washingt...
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Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory

Date: 04 27 1944
Description: Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory, 2119 Rowley Avenue.
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Club Chanticleer

Date: 05 29 1935
Description: Club Chanticleer, exterior view across road from the south, with a Heileman's Old Style Lager beer sign suspended from posts on the lawn in front. The sign...
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Residential Rear Garden

Date: 07 27 1929
Description: Garden behind a house, location unknown, taken for McKay Nursery.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Fence

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the stone gateway at the intersection of Pinckney, Main, and King Streets and the iron fence that surrounded the entire Capitol P...
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Capitol View of Pinckney Street

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of South Pinckney Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with East Washington Avenue to the left and Lake Monona on the distant right. The ...
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Capitol Park Gateway at West Washington Avenue

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Description: View from street through gates towards a small group in front of the third Wisconsin State Capitol near the West Washington Avenue entrance. The iron fence...
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Pierce House

Date: 01 1895
Description: View from street of the residence at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Capitol Park Gateway

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Description: The southeast entrance to the Capitol Park at Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Boulevard), probably taken about 1875. In the foreground are elaborate ...
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Capitol Park Entrance and Madison City Hall

Date: 1880
Description: View from the Wisconsin Avenue entrance of the Capitol Park to Madison City Hall. The City Hall building has a clock tower on the roof. The stone gateways ...
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Capitol Park and Circus Parade

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of a man leading a circus elephant on Main Street. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd watching from behind the iron fence on the C...
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Capitol Park and City Hall

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of Madison City Hall at the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue, as viewed through the trees of the Capitol Park. The three-story tal...
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View From Sherman House

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Description: View from the Sherman House overlooking expansive lawn and river.
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Woman Mows Lawn with Cadet 76 Tractor

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Description: Color advertising photograph of a woman mowing a lawn with a Cadet 76 lawn tractor.

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