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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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Capitol Park and Entrance to Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1868
Description: The entrance to the third Wisconsin State Capitol before the construction of the dome, showing the park and walkway. Framing for the dome can be seen throu...
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Family by Onon Bjorn Dahle Store

Date: 1872
Description: A family standing on the porch of the Onon Bjorn Dahle Store. The store has a second floor balcony across the front, and steps and a fence on the right sid...
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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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Holy Hill

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Carmelite Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians and the nearby grotto. Caption reads: "Grotto of Church, Holy Hill Wis."
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Villa Louis

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of the front hallway of Villa Louis.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1932
Description: The Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. An interior view of the stairway.
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Hot Dog Street Vendor

Date: 1969
Description: A man in a suit waits for a hot dog that a man is preparing. Metal steps painted blue rise behind the customer on the left.
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Construction at World Trade Center Site

Date: 1969
Description: Several older buildings are visible in the foreground, while the framework of a World Trade Center Tower is visible in the background.
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Juneau Park

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Description: Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra...
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Sidewalk with Snow

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph. Winter scene of a residential area, looking down a snowy sidewalk near a retaining wall and a fence in Milwaukee, with a horse-drawn carriage...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1928
Description: Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) from State Historical Society terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a part of a banner at the bo...
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Front Steps of McCormick Family Home at Walnut Grove

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the front steps of the McCormick family home. The film was produced by Internati...
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Family on Porch

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Description: A portrait of a family of four adults and three young children, posing on the front porch of a frame house.
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A Game of Cards

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Description: A group of boys play a game of cards while sitting on the ground between the steps of some houses. At least four boys wear caps, three are wearing pants wi...
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Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
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Ordination Rock

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Description: A view of Ordination Rock, with an obelisk sitting on top of a flat topped erratic boulder with stairs up the side of it. This is where on September 12th, ...
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August Robert Meyer Monument

Date: 1909
Description: Bas-relief sculpture honoring August Robert Meyer, a civil engineer and city developer seen from across the street. Created by David Chester French and de...
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Homewood

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Description: "Homewood," one of the largest mansions in the Natchez area, was built in 1855-1860.
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Walhall Estate Garden

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Description: View of pathway through an elaborate garden on the Walhall Estate. Features large ceramic vases, a trellis and a metal fence as well as a stone pathway and...

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