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Lake Michigan Shore Bluffs

Date: 1877
Description: View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: Main Street from the Park Hotel.
Postcard

Public High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a public high school A Group of people are standing on the sidewalk near the front steps. Caption reads: "Public High School, Randolph, Wi...
Postcard

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Barnard Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of Barnard Hall building on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. It features a flight of steps up to the entrance which is flanked by a stone r...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Lakefront Walkway

Date: 1939
Description: Visitors of Milwaukee's sixth annual Midsummer Festival. Men and women walk on the lakefront walkways.
Photograph

Erwin Knoll

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Description: Journalist Erwin Knoll, wearing a suit and bow tie, posed sitting on a fountain in front of the entrance to the United States Supreme Court building during...
Photograph

City Park Plaza

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Description: An elevated view of a city park plaza featuring a fountain, stone walkways and stairs and a central domed stone building.
Photograph

City Hall

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Description: A view of the side and front facade of the city hall. Three people and a dog are standing under the arch on the left. Caption reads: "Published by Norton D...
Photograph

City Park

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Description: Elevated view down hill toward old mill with a small bridge in the foreground, and another arched bridge over a steep-sided stream in City Park. Paths and ...
Photograph

The Goble Inn

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Description: Exterior of the Goble Inn. The land, purchased in 1892, features a driveway and trees surrounding the inn. An automobile is parked near stairs that lead to...
Photograph

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated, angled view of the facade and right side of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company building. The structure has a set of stone steps that ...
Photograph

Bus Stop Panorama

Date: 2009
Description: Panoramic view from across street of building near bus stop. A man is waiting for the bus near the steps to the building.
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. People, automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles line the dirt-covered street and sidewalks. A Gold Medal Flour billboar...
Photograph

Main Street — Alternative View

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Description: Shops along Main Street. On the left, there is a Woodhouse and Bartley bank, a hardware store, Greer shoe store, J.B. Ludden general merchandise, a bank, a...
Photograph

Lower End of Main Street

Date: 1923
Description: A retail street at the intersection of East Oat Avenue. Cars are parked in the middle of the street. The shops are: a restaurant, Guernsey's Bakery, a drug...
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: A view down Main Street. Shops are on either side of the street. Farmer's Bank is down the hill on the right.

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