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| Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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| Description: | Spectators near the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that eventually destroyed most of the building. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Ingram residence in winter, home of the wealthy lumberman O.H. Ingram. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The octagon house. Text on back reads: Whitewater's octagon house is a frame one which dates back to 1855. The porch was added only a generation ago, the k... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | The home of I.G. Merrill, located on the corner of Ann Street (now called Sheridan Road) and Prairie Avenue, in the winter. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Seven Gables Inn with a parked car in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | 622 Mendota Court. This Mediterranean Revival fraternity house was designed by Law Brothers architects and erected in 1925 for the Beta Theta Pi chapter. B... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The Octagon House was built by General Francis Henry West. The photograph was taken late in 1930 and it shows the original "carpenter's lace" and other por... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Octagon House. The caption reads: "The Pewaukee octagon house is the one for Poe. Legend says the man who built it killed his wife. Truth expla... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Church of Christ, Christian Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Science church outside of Boston and the first in America built for this purpose. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Formerly the home of Alexander Mitchell, at West Wisconsin Avenue and Tenth Street; in 1917 it became the Wisconsin Club. Entrance gate in the winter. Wr... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Formally a Universalist Church (under Rev. Augusta Chapin), then a Baptist church, later a club house and eventually a dance hall. Photograph taken after ... |
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| Description: | View of Stewart house from the northwest. Building has two front doors, with a porch over the one on the right. |
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| Description: | Exterior of Citizen's Loan and Granum Agency, for fire, casualty, and auto. Also symbols for Blue Cross/Blue Shield on the building. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior of south side of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with snow on the ground. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from southeast over treetops of Bascom Hall (formerly University Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota can be see... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | The Little Bohemia Lodge where John Dillinger and his gang escaped from the FBI after a shootout in 1934. The lodge was visited by members of the crew for ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view from road of the Elisha D. Smith Library in winter. The library opened in 1898 funded with a gift of $20,000 from E.D. Smith. Over the main e... |
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