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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 08 01 1927
Description: View of foundation for lower loading dock, looking northwest. The Beavers Insurance Building, at 119 Monona Avenue, is in the background.
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U.S. Post Office

Date: 04 28 1929
Description: View across street towards the U.S. Post Office located at 215 Monona Avenue.
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U.S. Post Office

Date: 04 21 1929
Description: U.S. Post Office, located at 215 Monona Avenue.
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U.S. Post Office Sorting Room

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Men working in the U.S. Post Office sorting room, 215 Monona Avenue.
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U.S. Post Office Sorting Room

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Men working in the U.S. Post Office sorting room, 215 Monona Avenue.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 03 31 1928
Description: U.S. Post Office, with a close-up view of stone carving on a column capitol with a rosette over it, at 215 Monona Avenue. (Martin L. King Jr. Boulevard.)
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View of Wisconsin State Capitol with Flags

Date: 1876
Description: "View of the Capitol, with all the Flags" one of four "Different Views of Parades in the Streets" identified in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic View...
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Madison's Federal Post Office

Date: 1875
Description: The City of Madison, Federal Post Office, at the corner of Wisconsin and Mifflin Streets. The cornerstone was laid on May 27, 1869. The building was demoli...
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Park Hotel and Surrounding Churches

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph looking south from the post office at the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue across one corner of the Capitol Square toward Grace Ep...
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View up Wisconsin Avenue toward Lake Mendota

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol looking north to Lake Mendota along Wisconsin Avenue. City Hall is on the left, built in 1858, and the Feder...
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Blied Building Remodeling

Date: 05 09 1949
Description: Elevated view from Park Hotel Roof of the remodeling of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street. Other West Main Street businesses visible are Madison Bank...
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Wisconsin Avenue from the Capitol

Date: 1915
Description: Wisconsin Avenue looking toward the northwest from the top of the Capitol. The elevated perspective provides an unusual view of the old City Hall (left) an...
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Wisconsin Centennial First Day Cover

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: The 100th Anniversary of Wisconsin Statehood envelope on the first day it was issued on May 29, 1948. It is addressed to Governor Oscar Rennebohm, State of...
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Duckwitz Painted Mailbox

Date: 08 22 1971
Description: A mailbox, painted with likenesses of animals, insects, and plants, at the Duckwitz residence at 5040 Lake Mendota Drive.
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Postal Workers Sorting Mail

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Postal clerks Stanley A. Kolenda, William G. Spencer, and Nathan C. Hillmer sorting mail at the Madison Post Office.
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Lamp Post Feet

Date: 04 25 1976
Description: The base of a lamp post formed in the shape of crouched legs and feet. The lamp post is at the old main Post Office/Madison Municipal Building, 215 Monona ...
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Soldiers Checking Mail

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Private William Huneke and Sargeant Harold Gleaves checking in a stack of mail from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world for the United...
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Elevated View of Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view up Wisconsin Avenue showing City Hall on the corner at Mifflin Street on the left, with the Post Office to the right. Further down is the Pre...
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Christmas Mail

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Clerk at the post office sorting Christmas parcels to be shiped overseas to men and women in service.
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Madison United States Mail Carriers

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Fifteen Madison U.S. Mail carriers standing on the front steps of the Madison U.S. Post Office. Lower row left to right: Martin T. Digney, Thomas M. Carey,...

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