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Night View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1955
Description: A nighttime view of the Wisconsin State Capitol as seen from Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Front entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Awnings are on the windows of the first and second floors.
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Unitarian Meeting House Interior View

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Description: Interior view of the Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The Wright furniture has been arranged to illustr...
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Eastman Theatre

Date: 1922
Description: Front view of the Eastman Theatre, which opened in 1922, from across the street. The large curving stone building with classical details wraps around the ...
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Assembly Chamber, Capitol Building

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Description: Elevated view of the Assembly Chamber interior. The desks and speaker's podium are below in the center. Large light fixtures in the ceiling and on the floo...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: Two Trappist monks pray at the Stations of the Cross hanging on a hallway wall in the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. A statue of the Madonna and Child is...
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United States Post Office

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Description: Exterior of the United States Post Office. A woman exits the main doors of the stone building. Stairs lead from a columned facade to the sidewalk past lamp...
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Granby Street

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Description: Buildings, pedestrians on Granby Street at an intersection. Electrical street lighting arches above. Virginia National Bank, a Neo-Classical Revival buildi...
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Stone Tower

Date: 1924
Description: The stone tower and garage at the Hotz compound. There is also a flag pole and rustic fence. A ladder was used to access the lookout atop the tower, with v...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 62-69

Date: 
Description: The arrangements

Somebody takes care of it:
planning the details, announcements,
transportation,
setting the tone,
fitting all the likel...
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State Historical Society Courtyard

Date: 1938
Description: Courtyard on the Park Street side of the Wisconsin Historical Society headquarters building.
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Mayor Soglin as Honorary Host

Date: 06 27 1990
Description: Mayor Soglin standing at the microphone as Honorary Host of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's Concerts on the Square.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Lamppost

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Description: Lamppost outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol. In the entrance cove of the building on the right is a man wearing a suit, standing partially in shadow.
Drawing

Outdoor Lantern

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red metal lantern on a stone wall at The House on the Rock. A denuded tree is on the left, on the face of Deep Shelter Ro...
Photograph

Stone Boathouse

Date: 1935
Description: A wooden power boat is leaving a wake in the foreground of a view of a rustic stone "wet" boathouse with four stalls for boat storage. The building also ha...
Photograph

Boy's Eye View

Date: 11 1968
Description: A young boy is kneeling and peering in between balusters of a balustrade indoors at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Postcard

Taliesin

Date: 1970
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Wisconsin office of the Taliesin Associated Architects and campus of the Frank Lloyd Wright Scho...

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