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| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 05 15 1943 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Historical Society museum display of railroad lanterns in the "Building Wisconsin Railroads" exhibit. |
| Date: | 07 17 1857 |
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| Description: | A stock certificate of the Watertown and Madison Railroad Company, one share #85, issued to Darwin Clark for the sum of $50.00. This was signed by the rail... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Madison, State Capital of Wisconsin, County Seat of Dane County, with inset of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| 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.... |
| Date: | 10 18 1945 |
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| Description: | Madison Ray-O-Vac plant, 2313-25 Winnebago Street. |
| Date: | 02 09 1949 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Madison, looking east across the Isthmus including the Wisconsin State Capitol, Lake Mendota, and Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 03 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Walter S. Alcumbrac, Madison superintendent of the Madison division of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, (right) receives a plaque for the bes... |
| Date: | 10 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Display illustrating the Highway Department's plan for separating highway traffic on Highways 13 and 14 (the Oregon Road) and Highway 12 (the new South Mad... |
| Date: | 03 19 1952 |
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| Description: | Three men are shown with two awards commemorating North Western railroad safety. P.E. Feucht, executive vice-president (center), presented the Madison divi... |
| Date: | 02 17 1913 |
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| Description: | Cyanotype menu for a Railroad Commission Dinner Dance, with a train steaming down the tracks, the seal of the state of Wisconsin, and two presentations of ... |
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| Description: | Aerial view over Monona Bay showing two railroads crossing in the center. Olin Park is on the top left. |
| Date: | 06 1960 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking northwest showing an area to be redeveloped into high-rise dormitories. Lake Mendota and Bascom Woods can be seen at the top. Universit... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Air view looking north toward Lake Mendota. The intersection of West Washington Ave. and S. Park Street is at bottom center. The Triangle Redevelopment Pro... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Greenbush neighborhood in winter partially demolished for the Triangle Redevelopment Project. Monona Bay and Brittingham park are at rig... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view showing Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa, Lake Wingra and Lake Kegonsa. Madison has only the isthmus developed, and there are settle... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Birds-eye view showing Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, Lake Waubesa and Lake Kegonsa. Shows the growth of Madison from the Isthmus along the southe... |
| Date: | 05 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Henry Cuccia, a ninth-grader at Cherokee Heights school, demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school as he walks ... |
| Date: | 05 19 1959 |
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| Description: | John and Jane Pike, who live near the Illinois Central railroad tracks, demonstrate for the photographer what they have been told not to do — put stones on... |
| Date: | 05 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Kathy Cramer, an eighth-grader at Cherkokee Heights school demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school by crossin... |
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