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Vilas Park

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of Vilas Park, filled with groups of people on the lawn, and horse-drawn carriages on the drive.
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Tourists at Dells Landing

Date: 
Description: Unidentified group of tourists going to Dells Landing. There are horse-drawn vehicles beyond.
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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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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) — State Street Entrance

Date: 1900
Description: The State Street approach to the Wisconsin State Capitol at the turn of the century. Electric poles and street railroad wires are in the foreground. In the...
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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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People in Carriage near Fence

Date: 1869
Description: People in carriage in front of picket fence, wagons and people behind; large frame house with parapet roof, Corinthian porch columns, brackets at roof; car...
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Flag Drill at Henry Vilas Park

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Description: Fourth of July flag drill at Vilas Park, choreographed by F.W. Kehl in Madison. The land for Vilas Park was donated to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive ...
Painting

Levi B. Vilas House

Date: 1938
Description: Levi B. Vilas built this house in 1853 at 521 North Henry Street on the corner of Langdon Street.
Postcard

Elks Club House

Date: 1906
Description: View from street toward the building on the corner. There is a horse-drawn carriage at the curb. Caption reads: "Elks Club House, Green Bay, Wis."
Postcard

St. Vincent's Hospital

Date: 1904
Description: View across street toward the hospital, with horses and carriages along the curb in the foreground. Caption reads: "St. Vincent's Hospital, Green Bay, Wis....
Photograph

Snug Harbor

Date: 1900
Description: The estate known as "Snug Harbor" built by George Sturges in 1884 and owned by the Sturges family until about 1908. In the driveway in front is a child in ...
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Flour and Feed Store

Date: 1899
Description: The Smith M. Jacobs Flour and Feed Store (left) and residence (right), 301 and 303 Monroe Street. The address renumbered within the next five years to 1701...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
Drawing

E.L. Mathewson Residence

Date: 
Description: A drawing from Harney's "History of Winnebago County" of E.L. Mathewson's home on Doty Island.
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Residence of General Simeon Mills

Date: 1874
Description: Residence of General Simeon Mills.
Print

Milwaukee County Buildings

Date: 1870
Description: Old Milwaukee County Court House and adjoining buildings as they appeared from 1836 to 1870. Scene also shows pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles.
Print

View of Town

Date: 1900
Description: Dr. Jesse Rowley is driving the buggy on the road. Dr. Rowley was a co-founder of the Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Peopl...
Photograph

Purdy House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Purdy house. Angled view from street towards the right side of the house, with a horse-drawn buggy.
Photograph

Church of Christ, Scientist

Date: 1890
Description: Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Scientist church outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and the first building erected in Americ...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1899
Description: The Park Hotel, located on the Capitol Square.

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