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Washburn and Woodman Bank

Date: 1932
Description: View from across street of the Washburn and Woodman Bank building, erected by C.C. Washburn and Cyrus Woodman. The bank was established in 1846 and operate...
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Frederic March on Fraternity House Steps

Date: 1920
Description: Frederic March as Freddy Bickel, photographed on the steps of his fraternity house when he was president of the 1920 senior class.
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West Wing of Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the west wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. A view of the fourth capitol with snow flocked trees and snow-covered lawn and side...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 08 09 1906
Description: Demolition of the semi-circular West Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. In this picture the upper stories are gone, but behind the scaffolding the...
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Industrial Commission Employees

Date: 04 1930
Description: Portrait of Industrial Commission employees on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Rustic Stairway

Date: 1940
Description: People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Stairway

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol, which is the fourth capitol built in 1906-1917, featuring outdoor stairway.
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Surveying Fire Damage in the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1904
Description: The remains of a second floor corridor in the North Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27-28, 1904. This photograph docum...
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Eastwood Theatre Staircase

Date: 12 27 1929
Description: Verticle interior view of Eastwood Theatre featuring staircase and newel post with statue of Mercury.
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Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 02 1904
Description: Ruins of the second floor of the North Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, looking south, after the fire. The blaze nearly destroyed the entire buil...
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Capitol Steps Dancers

Date: 1900
Description: The Fourth of July "living flag" created by costumed dancers from the Kehl Dance Studio, a school founded in Madison by Frederick W. Kehl in 1898. The Capi...
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Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 02 1904
Description: Ruins of the second floor of the North Wing (looking south), after the fire that destroyed most of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. In addition to the ch...
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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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Zor Shrine German Band

Date: 1930
Description: A maestro leads shriner musicians from the Zor Shrine German Band as they play their instruments on the steps of the Masonic Temple on Wisconsin Avenue.
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Wayland Hall

Date: 1952
Description: Night view of entrance to Wayland Hall, built in 1855, at Wayland Junior College.
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Ivey and Webb General Store in British Hollow

Date: 1930
Description: Ivey and Webb general store, with trees and a hill behind, and in front a man standing under the store's awning.
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Eau Claire County Court House Staircase

Date: 1930
Description: Walnut staircase inside the Eau Claire County Court House.
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Eau Claire County Court House Entrance

Date: 1947
Description: Curving stairway to the entrance of the courthouse.
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Beaumont Home

Date: 1910
Description: View of the front hallway in the Beaumont home.
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Holy Hill

Date: 1910
Description: View of the steps leading up to the Carmelite Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians. Caption reads: "Steps Leading to Church, Holy Hill, Wis."

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