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Flooded Langdon Street

Date: 05 19 1933
Description: View of Langdon Street during flood from rain. A man is standing ankle deep in water.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol during a rain shower.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 05 30 1973
Description: Memorial Union in the rain. Lake Mendota is visible on the left. In the foreground is the terrace area with trees and brightly colored chairs and tables. P...
Book or Pamphlet

Camping in the Rain

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of a tent stretched between two trees and a fire with cookware in the rain.
Photograph

Baled Cotton Stored in Middle of Street

Date: 02 23 1915
Description: Bales of cotton stored in the middle of a damp dirt road. Houses or storefronts are on both sides of the road in the background.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down a rainy commercial street. There is a soda/ice cream shop, garage/gas station, and undertaker. A car is parked on the side of the road. There is ...
Photograph

Business Section

Date: 1925
Description: View down road of mixed residential and commercial area after a rain. A group of men, women, and children stand on the front steps of a brick building.
Photograph

Summer Storm

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Rain and hail, with sun suddenly breaking through the overcast, were the right conditions for an unusual photograph."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 589-598

Date: 
Description: Against the prescience of disaster is the safety of even numbers
Photograph

Running for Cover

Date: 1965
Description: Visitors to the Wisconsin State Fair running for shelter at the onset of a sudden rain shower.
Photograph

Vietnamese Soldiers Breaking Camp

Date: 1961
Description: Vietnamese soldiers breaking camp along a muddy road after a night of heavy rain. The shirtless man is battallion commander, Major Giai (?). Civilian vill...
Photograph

House and Old Sauk Pass

Date: 10 18 1978
Description: View down Old Sauk Pass towards a house in a valley during a rainstorm in rural Wisconsin.
Photograph

On a Rainy Day

Date: 06 2014
Description: Two lawn chairs, a small table, and three pots of tomato plants sitting in the corner of a rain-drenched balcony. A rain gauge, decorated with a statue of ...
Photograph

Japanese White Lilac in the Rain

Date: 06 08 2015
Description: View on a rainy day looking down from a porch towards a yard with trees, flowering bushes, and a Japanese white lilac in bloom. Across the street is a hous...
Photograph

Serbian Stable

Date: 
Description: An abandoned Serbian house being used as a horse stable.
Photograph

Serbian Village

Date: 
Description: Street scene in a Serbian village.
Photograph

Two Escape as Dirt Jostles House

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: A policeman and a night watchman narrowly escaped injury when a huge mound of excavated dirt fell on a house adjacent to the new State Office building cons...
Postcard

Sleet Storm Damage

Date: 01 1916
Description: Damage to trees and wires in a sleet storm. Homes can be seen behind the ice coated wires, and a man is standing in the street on the left. Divided back.Ha...

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