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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Elevated view of the third Wisconsin State Capitol ablaze.
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State Street with Street Railroad Tracks

Date: 1906
Description: State Street with torn up streetcar lines, looking east from Park Street.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Fire

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: The east wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol is surrounded by onlookers during the disastrous fire that caused severe damage. The conflagration began...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol fire, showing a crowd watching near the South Wing. Some of the contents of the building are already in wagons ready to be hauled a...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Fire at the third Wisconsin State Capitol, showing the South Wing, and spectators gathered on the path. Some of the salvaged contents of the building are s...
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Fire at Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Spectators near the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that eventually destroyed most of the building.
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Surveying Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 02 1904
Description: Elevated view of the damage to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol caused by the fire of February 27-28. The statue of "Forward" can be seen...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 1904
Description: View of the crowd standing at the South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that destroyed most of the building. Because the University w...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 1904
Description: Postcard depicting the fire of February 26-27, 1904 that destroyed most of the second Wisconsin State Capitol. The smoke and flames have been dramatically ...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Spectators standing at the South Wing during the aftermath of the fire which destroyed the second Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, February 26-27, 1904....
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Surveying Capitol Fire Damage

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Damage caused to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol by the fire of February 26-27, 1904. In the foreground is a duplicate of the "Centennia...
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Observatory Hill Office Building

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene of Observatory Hill office building on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus, with building and trees topped with snow.
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University Heights

Date: 1906
Description: View of University Heights, showing a number of university buildings on the agricultural campus, including a windmill. Lake Mendota is in the far backgroun...
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Horseback Ride at Governor's Mansion

Date: 1904
Description: Philip F. La Follette on horseback in front of the old Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street, sometime during the years that his father, Robert M. La Follett...
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Wisconsin State Capitol during Winter

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene of the Wisconsin State Capitol with snow-covered trees.
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Wisconsin State Capitol and Tree

Date: 1900
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol in winter behind a snow-covered tree. There is a person walking in the foreground.
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Jackson Residence

Date: 1900
Description: The residence at 323 North Carroll Street of Dr. and Mrs. James A. and Josephine S. Jackson from 1895 to the 1930s.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Construction from Bascom Hill

Date: 1907
Description: View in winter from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus of the Wisconsin State Capitol (the fourth State Capitol, the third in Madiso...
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602 Frances Street

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype image of 602 Frances Street, located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Frances and Langdon Streets. The house served as the Chi Psi ...
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Keyes Residence

Date: 1909
Description: Winter view of the Elisha Keyes residence at the corner of Gorham and North Pinckney Streets.

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