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Memorial Union

Date: 1929
Description: View from Landon Street of Memorial Union southeast entrance on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The inscription on the wall in front of the bas...
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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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West Washington Avenue

Date: 08 24 1945
Description: View of West Washington Avenue from the Capitol steps, with the Grace Episcopal Church steeple on the right.
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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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Arched Entrance of Lowell School

Date: 04 06 1944
Description: View from street towards the entrance to the Lowell Elementary School, 401 Maple Avenue.
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Southwest Entrance Steps

Date: 1941
Description: Southwest entrance steps to the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Langdon Hall Front Entrance

Date: 10 1941
Description: Front entrance to Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street, with five coeds posing on the steps.
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Park Hotel Steps

Date: 10 14 1938
Description: Park Hotel steps showing where someone slipped, 22 South Carroll Street. Also shows Choles Company floral display window.
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The Texas Co. Bulk Plant

Date: 07 06 1935
Description: The Texas Co. bulk plant, 919 E. Main Street. Office and garage from the rear.
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Central High School Entrance

Date: 12 09 1933
Description: View of the Central High School entrance arch at 214 Wisconsin Avenue. Ivy is growing around the entrance, and is obscuring the carved letters of "High Sch...
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DeForest State Bank

Date: 09 12 1933
Description: A group of people are gathering in front of the DeForest State Bank, site of a robbery.
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Crippled Children Fire Drill

Date: 11 28 1932
Description: Crippled children in a fire drill at Longfellow School, 1002 Chandler Street. Greenbush Neighborhood. "They emerge in two orderly files, one for the most a...
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Chief McCormick Buying Forget-Me-Not

Date: 09 29 1932
Description: Chief of Police William McCormick buying the first Forget-me-not from the Disabled American Veterans on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. Left to right: L...
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Theta Xi Summer Session Group

Date: 07 26 1932
Description: Theta Xi summer session group at 140 Langdon Street.
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West High School Band

Date: 04 22 1932
Description: Group portrait of West High School band. Taken outside on the Regent Street side steps of the school.
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West High School after Snowstorm

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: West High School entrance, 30 Ash Street after a snowstorm.
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East High School

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: View across snow-covered lawn and steps towards the East High School entrance tower after a snowstorm.
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East High School Teachers

Date: 09 19 1930
Description: Group portrait of East High School teachers, two men and four women, standing on the steps outside the school.
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Hydraulics Laboratory Building

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: Addition to Hydraulics laboratory building at the University of Wisconsin, 660 N. Park Street. Contractor J.P. Cullen & Son.

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