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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Locomotive, with view east on West Washington Avenue toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a sign near the tracks that reads: "Look Out for The Cars... |
| Date: | 01 09 1946 |
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| Description: | Winnebago Street from the Yahara River Bridge, scene of accident, near railroad crossing. There is a Victorian house at left, 1628 Winnebago Street, with a... |
| Date: | 10 27 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction crew working on Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, showing the W.R. Baker Tavern at 601 E. Wilson Street, and the Pa... |
| Date: | 08 27 1934 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a damaged automobile belonging to Elmer Meixner, DeForest, after a collision with a Milwaukee Road train at the East Johnson Street... |
| Date: | 08 11 1934 |
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| Description: | Doyon Lumber Co., following a warehouse fire, located at 638 West Mifflin Street. |
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| Description: | This house was the Madison home of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and Belle Case La Follette from the time of their marriage until they moved to the Governor'... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & Northwestern Railway crossing on Monona Bay, the site of the old MX tower. |
| Date: | 07 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the... |
| Date: | 09 05 1947 |
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| Description: | The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f... |
| Date: | 04 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from across an intersection of the John Doris house, 603-605 West Main Street at South Bedford Street. The home was once a hotel, now home to... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks. An automobile on West Washington Avenue crosses the trac... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Illinois Central Railroad station, 603 West Washington Avenue. The passenger depot is in the foreground, and the freight depot is across West Washington Av... |
| Date: | 11 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Car wreckage and a Milwaukee Road switch engine are shown at the University Avenue railroad crossing. The four persons in the car were hurt. They were Mr.... |
| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | A view from Bedford Street of the smouldering ruins of the Hotel Washington. A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a parked firetruck. Water being us... |
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| Description: | We always know what day it is Because it never fails. Sometime between the awful and the coffee that stepson drives along the road and all the dog... |
| Date: | 04 03 2012 |
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| Description: | A view of East Wilson Street businesses from the railroad tracks on the 500 block of East Wilson Street, including the Cardinal Bar (left) at 418 East Wils... |
| Date: | 04 03 2012 |
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| Description: | View down East Wilson Street across the railroad tracks towards condominiums and businesses on the 400 block, including the Cardinal Bar & Cafe at 418 East... |
| Date: | 09 30 1965 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Capitol at night from West Washington Avenue. There is a neon or electric sign for "Hotel Loraine." |
| Date: | 11 2013 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk down Lakeside Street towards a railroad crossing. Across the street beyond the railroad tracks are four buildings with cars parked in fr... |
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