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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Madison City Water Works pumping station at the intersection of Gorham and Livingston which provided pressure to the city's mains. A group of people st... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A bridge crosses the Milwaukee River on Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street, looking toward the City Hall tower. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Sewickley Valley ambulance parked on a street outside a fire house or municipal building, with a fire truck parked near the garage door. The ambulance was ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of City Hall during winter with horse-drawn sleighs passing. A sign above the second story windows on the front of City Hall reads: "Welcome.... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | East wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building (second in Madison) photographed from the U.S. Hotel building which was located at the corner of Ea... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Men in wagons posed in front of a rural post office. They brandish guns, whiskey bottles and possibly a harmonica with humorous intent. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Men with guns and dogs and wagons in front of a rural post office. Some men have assumed exaggerated poses, probably for humorous effect. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Post Office. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Appleton Public Library and City Hall. Caption reads: "City Hall and Public Library, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in a line with South Carroll Street. Includes State Office Building (2 wings only), 1 West Wilson Street,... |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison shoreline taken from Lake Monona in line with Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). Includes Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Post office with man and dog. This was the Louisville Post Office, west of Downsville in the town of Dunn. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of three buildings; a store, hotel and post office. A group of men are gathered on the porch at the post office. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Post office, with seven men and a boy standing in front. Corliss is now called Sturtevant. |
| Date: | 12 22 1972 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Front view of the library. Caption reads: "Aram Public Library, Delavan Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large building on a street corner. There is a small "Post Office" sign on the right side of the building, and a larger "FURNITURE" sign ... |
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