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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with two teams line up on a snowy field during a football game at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A male grounds keeper is driving a horse-drawn mower down a path on a park or estate grounds. Another man is leaning against a slender tree. Both men are w... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Two men are guiding horse-drawn mowers down a path in a park. There is a stand of tall trees along the left side of the path, and some low scalloped fencin... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The Tabernacle and attendees at the Monona Lake Assembly. The assembly, Madison's annual Chautauqua, was held on the site of the present-day Olin Park. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of a Decoration Day parade, near what appears to be Capitol Park. A small crowd gathers at the edge of the street to view a military band ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the old Court House with park in front of it. |
| Date: | 07 23 1898 |
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| Description: | Syl stands in front of a pavilion with a well or water pump in a park. A group of adults dressed fashionably stand in the pavilion while drinking water fro... |
| Date: | 08 28 1898 |
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| Description: | Syl playing with toy boats at a small pond at Reservoir Park. Other children and adults are around the pond which is on a hill. In the background below the... |
| Date: | 08 28 1898 |
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| Description: | Syl playing with other children at reservoir park near a small waterfall. Toy boats are in the pond. |
| Date: | 05 14 1899 |
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| Description: | Aunt Helen and Syl stand on a rustic wooden bridge in Gully Lake Park. A pavilion is visible behind them through the trees. |
| Date: | 05 14 1899 |
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| Description: | Syl and aunt Helen standing on a small rustic wooden bridge in Gully Lake Park surrounded by trees and steep hills. |
| Date: | 05 28 1899 |
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| Description: | Syl standing in front of a small pond in Reservoir Park. A large group of people is gathered in the background around a tree. |
| Date: | 07 30 1899 |
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| Description: | View across pond of Syl at Soldiers Home with aunt Helen standing on a landing near a boat and a flagpole. There is a large group of people gathered around... |
| Date: | 08 28 1898 |
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| Description: | A large lily pond at Humboldt Park. Children are playing in the background and the roof of a building is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Monument to John Brown and the men killed during the Battle of Osawatomie. Those slain in the battle are buried underneath the monument. Chain link fence s... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Augustus Saint-Gaudens' monument to Abraham Lincoln, installed 1887. Image shows the bronze sculpture from its foot framed by young foliage in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a statue honoring Colonel Pierre Menard who also served as the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and fur traded with Native Americans. Dedicated ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of a statue and fountain in a grassy park depicting a boy selling a newspaper. Installed in 1895 and funded by Colonel William L. Brown, the statue c... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | The remains of President Lincoln lying in state in Monument Square and Pavilion. Lincoln's body was on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illino... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | A large fountain with statues. Two (Union?) soldiers are on the far side. Plate 78937 |
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