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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park

Date: 1870
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 1866
Description: The Third Wisconsin State Capitol before the completion of the dome. After all four wings of the Third Capitol were completed, the second Capitol was demo...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Park in Winter

Date: 1896
Description: Winter scene of the third Wisconsin State Capitol looking west from King Street. By the turn of the century, the trees in the Capitol had grown tall and on...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park

Date: 1900
Description: Pedestrians and a horse and cart at the intersection of Main Street and Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King J...
Photograph

Old Water Tower

Date: 1915
Description: East Washington Avenue from the Capitol Park with a view of the water tower, which stood from 1890 to 1920.
Postcard

Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: Children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), donated by the citizens of the Madison area. A stone bridge is in the ba...
Photograph

Children at Brittingham Park

Date: 1905
Description: Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
Photograph

Madison from Lake Monona

Date: 1906
Description: View of Madison from Lake Monona with the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the background. This view of Brittingham Park shows a part of the park shortl...
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Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
Photograph

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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U.S. Centennial Ceremonies on the Square

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Stereograph of view of procession, military company and citizens at Great Centennial Day at the Capitol Square. Scene at Main and Carroll Streets showing t...
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Army Fly-Over at Wausau

Date: 08 13 1928
Description: An exhibition of flying by the 1st Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The event took place at Marathon Park because President Calvin Coolidge, wh...
Photograph

Rock of Gibraltar in the Richmond Memorial Park

Date: 1902
Description: Two women and a man pose atop Gibraltar Rock in Richmond Memorial Park, which was dedicated by Jens Jensen and the Wisconsin Friends in 1927 in order to co...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Views of Milwaukee, Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Lake Geneva

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lake Geneva, looking southwest, with insets of points of interest.
Map or Atlas

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Date: 2007
Description: This map of Cedarbug is a bird's-eye map with 8 inset views and an index. The map is a print out of the original map dated 1892 held at the Cedarburg Cultu...
Map or Atlas

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Looking West

Date: 1891
Description: Bird's-eye view of Eau Claire.
Map or Atlas

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Bird's-eye map of Fond du Lac, looking north west, with two insets of the P.H. Stamm residence, and the Proposed Lakeside Park. thirty-five locations ident...
Photograph

Manitowoc, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t...
Photograph

Lange Family Reunion

Date: 08 03 1941
Description: Group portrait of Lange family at a reunion in Olin Park, with the Madison skyline in the background.

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