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Espenhain's Department Store

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Description: Elevated view of Espenhain's department store located on the northwest corner of N. 4th Street and W. Wisconsin Avenue. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, ...
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Bloch Daneman Furniture Store

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Description: Bloch Daneman furniture store at North 35th Street and West North Avenue, looking west along the south side of the street.
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Sheridan Apartments

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Description: The Sheridan Apartment building at 2435 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Caption on glass plate reads: "Looking southeast showing property side of street — Sheridan Ap...
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Capitol Theatre Building

Date: 1944
Description: Capitol Theatre building at 7239 W. Greenfield Avenue, Grimsrud shoe store, and surrounding commercial buildings.
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Commercial District on West Wells Street

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Description: Looking west on W. Wells Street from N. 16th Street. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street and a large billboard advertising is in the left f...
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Berlin Arcade Building

Date: 09 25 1913
Description: The Berlin Arcade building on the northwest corner of N. 3rd Street and W. North Avenue, just before opening. For decades, it was Rosenberg's, a popular wo...
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Herold Newspaper Building

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Description: Herold Newspaper building and surrounding commercial area at the southwest corner of Broadway and Mason Street. Pedestrians are crossing the street, and ho...
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Building on East Water Street

Date: 1900
Description: N. Water Street between E. St. Paul and E. Buffalo Streets.
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Earth Day March

Date: 04 21 1970
Description: People walking near a bus before the first Earth Day march. One man is holding up an ecology flag. In the background people are standing on the sidewalk un...
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Illinois Central Railroad Tracks

Date: 09 05 1947
Description: The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f...
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Early Settler's Home on University Avenue

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: House at 622 University Avenue is the only survivor of the homes which housed some of Madison's early settlers. The house has had a number of owners, inclu...
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: View of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm, taken from under the canopy of the Park Hotel showing the corner of South Carroll and West M...
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Construction Truck

Date: 1969
Description: A man is driving a construction truck in the shadow cast by what appears to be an elevated highway. A sign for the "Brooklyn Battery Tunnel" is on one of t...
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Signs on Wall

Date: 1969
Description: On the left is part of a "New York State Lottery" sign, and on the right, a number of magazines are displayed, probably part of a newspaper stand.
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View of The Tenney Building

Date: 1939
Description: A group of pedestrians crossing the street outside of Liggetts Drugstore, located in the Tenney Building on Capitol Square.
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Regent Street and West Washington Avenue Intersection

Date: 1955
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the intersection of Regent Street and West Washington Avenue.
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East Washington Avenue at Butler Street

Date: 1946
Description: View of the intersection of East Washington Avenue at Butler Street, towards the offices of the Capital Times newspaper.
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Wilson and Bassett Streets

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Description: View from intersection towards a residence at the corner of Wilson and Bassett streets. A sign on the corner reads: "Street End No Thru Traffic."
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Munkitz Apartments

Date: 1971
Description: View from street of American System houses, four identical buildings in a row, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, located at 1102-112 North 27th Street. They ...
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Sixth Street Viaduct

Date: 1950
Description: View from the top of a warehouse at the south end of 6th Street. There is a traffic jam on both sides of the viaduct. On the left, one man is walking on th...

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