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W.J. Hyland Plumbing Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Ford truck of Madison plumber W.J. Hyland parked outdoors.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Madison

Date: 1908
Description: Colored map showing a panoramic view of Madison in great detail. The Wisconsin State Capitol is located at the center, with Lake Mendota in the background ...
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Railroad construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking west up the 400 and 500 blocks of East Wilson Street.
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking northwest along the 100 block of South Blair Street.
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Railway Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: People and carriages in front of the depot-hotel Railway Hotel on West Washington Avenue. This was the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Ticket Offi...
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Williamson Street

Date: 1874
Description: View looking southwest down the 600 block of Williamson Street to the East Madison Passenger Depot of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. There are frame ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of Madison with insets of the University, Rasdall House, Vilas House, and the Wisconsin State Capitol. View includes cattail marsh, smokesta...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Madison

Date: 1885
Description: Bird's-eye map of Madison, State Capital of Wisconsin, County Seat of Dane County, with inset of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Aerial View of Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 1942
Description: Aerial view of Oscar Mayer & Company, 910 Mayer Avenue at Packers Avenue. Shows stock yards, railroad cars and automobile parking lot. Also shows C.E. & P....
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin State Capitol (Second) and City Map

Date: 1855
Description: Part of George Harrison's "Map of the City of Madison," showing the development of the isthmus and the small size of the second Capitol (54' x 104') in com...
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Aerial View of Ray-O-Vac Buildings

Date: 10 18 1945
Description: Madison Ray-O-Vac plant, 2313-25 Winnebago Street.
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Sheaffer Pen and Pencil Sets

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Display window at Rowley & Schlimgen, 540 State Street, featuring Sheaffer's pen and pencil sets "for school days and career years" and a model trail layou...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight Depot

Date: 1915
Description: The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway freight depot, 40 North Frances Street. Men posing in front of the depot from left to right are: William Dunn...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1889
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger depot with several people standing in front of the building. This is the Franklin Street station on East Wilson Str...
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Chicago & North Western Railroad passenger Station

Date: 1889
Description: Original Chicago & North Western Railroad passenger station, 219 South Blair Street at East Wilson Street, with a few men gathered out front. Torn down in...
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Railroad Tracks

Date: 1955
Description: Chicago and Northwestern Railroad (CN&W) tracks between Brearly and Ingersoll Streets.
Photograph

Chicago and North Western Railroad Tracks

Date: 1955
Description: Chicago and North Western Railroad (CN&W) tracks between Brearly and Ingersoll Streets.
Postcard

Chicago and Northwestern Railway Depot

Date: 1910
Description: The Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger depot. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Passenger Depot, Madison, Wis."
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Draftees Leaving Madison

Date: 05 25 1918
Description: A crowd watching as drafted men leave Madison via the Chicago Northwestern railroad station.
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C, M, St. P & P Railroad Tracks

Date: 02 08 1970
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad tracks running down the middle of East Wilson Street from South Baldwin Street to Dickinson Street.

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