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Madison Post Office

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Madison Post Office at 215 Monona Avenue. View looking north of the front of nearly completed Post Office from across East Wilson Street, with automobiles ...
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Howard Russell and Dog Team

Date: 1920
Description: Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe.
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The Old Post Office

Date: 08 01 1929
Description: The old U.S. Post Office and Federal Building at 4 East Mifflin Street, just months before it was torn down and replaced by Manchester's Department store. ...
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U.S. Post Office Under Construction

Date: 04 01 1927
Description: U.S. Post Office under construction at 215 Monona Avenue. Scaffolding is in place as stone walls and pillars rise on the second floor, in a view of the fro...
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Mail Delivery at the Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A woman and her dog meet the mail carrier in his delivery boat at the end of a pier on the west shore of Fox Lake.
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Air Mail Begins

Date: 11 22 1927
Description: Souvenir envelope mailed by John A. Lester on the flight that inaugurated air mail service between Madison and Minneapolis in 1927. Madison's first incomin...
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Lawson's Great Airliner

Date: 1921
Description: The completed Lawson L-4, the second and larger airplane designed and built by Alfred Lawson in Milwaukee in 1920. Not only was Lawson's airliner intended ...
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Pilot Behncke and ALPA

Date: 1920
Description: Commercial pilot Dave Behnke, who later headed Airline Pilots Association, signing for a load of airmail. After service as a pilot during World War I, Behn...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 01 15 1929
Description: Finished face brickwork at opening F-31 looking northeast.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 04 23 1927
Description: Reinforcing steel in main wall footing, East Doty Street side, looking toward corner of Monona Avenue.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 01 15 1929
Description: Exterior view of rear of finished Post Office and Courthouse, with snow on the ground.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 08 01 1928
Description: View looking north from corner of Monona Avenue and Wilson Street of front and side of the building, with workmen finishing the basement level. Automobiles...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 09 01 1928
Description: View looking north at front and side of U.S. Post Office and Courthouse from Wilson Street. Automobiles are parked along the curbs, and there is a construc...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: View looking north from rear parking lot and loading dock showing King Street Arcade, Cantwell Building, 121 South Pinckney Street, Riley Bremer Riley Olds...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: View looking south showing driveway, parking lot and north side of loading dock at rear of building.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 11 01 1928
Description: View looking east across intersection towards the nearly completed front and north side of the building. Looking from Doty Street across Monona Avenue with...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 12 03 1928
Description: Interior view of empty Post Office work room looking toward Wilson Street.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 01 02 1929
Description: Interior view of first floor lobby with construction debris and some tile work completed on the floor. In the background a man is standing on a ladder near...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: Completed first floor lobby looking toward Wilson Street entrance, with mail boxes, tile floor and light fixtures in place.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 08 01 1928
Description: View looking east from Doty Street at the front and side, with automobiles and construction shacks and a sign that reads: "United States Post Office & Cour...

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