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State Street from Bascom Hill

Date: 1896
Description: Tree-lined State Street from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Traffic on State Street includes two well-dressed gentlemen on hors...
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Sweet's Food Shop

Date: 08 28 1931
Description: Exterior view of Sweet's Food Shop, located at 354 West Main Street.
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Panoramic View of Dudgeon Neighborhood

Date: 1916
Description: Panoramic view of the Wingra area from the railroad tracks north of Gregory Street. Looking towards Lake Wingra, across Monroe Street.
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University Heights

Date: 1898
Description: University Heights from the Chemistry Building on University Avenue. View includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison football field, on the former site o...
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Pennco Station

Date: 07 24 1934
Description: Pennsylvania oil company gas station at the corner of 2 North Park and Regent Streets in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Street Railroad Car

Date: 1925
Description: View over sidewalk of a street railroad car passing the old Northwestern Railroad Station on the 400 block of West Lakeside Street.
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1908
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Field on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. University Heights is in the background.
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Charles Brown Residence

Date: 05 12 1896
Description: Charles N. Brown residence, southeast corner of the intersection of Frances and Langdon Streets. On the left is 263 Langdon Street. Both structures were de...
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Kennedy Manor, Langdon Street

Date: 1929
Description: 1 Langdon Street at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue, looking southeast.
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John Suhr Residence

Date: 1914
Description: John J. Suhr residence at 121 Langdon Street, designed by City Engineer and architect Captain John Nadar. Built in 1886 for immigrant John J. Suhr, Sr. (18...
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Taylor's Super Service Gas Station

Date: 01 06 1939
Description: View from street towards two men filling the gas tanks of a car and truck at Jack D. Taylor's Super Service Station, 751-753 Williamson Street. This Art De...
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McCormick Rush Street Home Exterior

Date: 1879
Description: The facade of the McCormick family residence at 675 Rush Street, which takes up an entire block between Erie and Huron Streets. Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. h...
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Model House Exterior

Date: 10 10 1931
Description: Exterior front view of the model house at 2318 Monroe Street. Ralph H. Wood was the contractor from the design firm of Balch and Lippert, Madison architect...
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Aerial View of Milwaukee Railroad Roundhouse

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad station, roundhouse, and yard at the intersection of West Washington Avenue (across lower left...
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Eastwood Theatre

Date: 01 23 1930
Description: Snow-dusted Eastwood Theatre, 2090 Atwood Avenue with "The Viking" and "Skin Deep - Coming Soon" on the marquee.
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Upside Down Smile Sign

Date: 1959
Description: Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it.
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International Model A-4 Truck

Date: 1933
Description: International Model A-4 truck delivering heating oil to residential home in Vancouver, British Columbia, 1933. Truck was owned by Watkins-Winram Coal Co. ...
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Children Lining Up to Board International School Buses

Date: 1966
Description: Chicago area school children are lining up in Lincoln Park to board International school buses as part of their annual end-of-school outing to the Zoo.
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R.G. Frackleton Residence

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Description: R.G. Frackleton residence, 695 Cass Street.
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Residence of Charles Ray

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Description: Residence of Charles Ray, 88 Prospect Street.

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