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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the neoclassical Gay Building, named after Madison developer Leonard W. Gay, at 16 N Carroll Street, one of the first high-rise buildings ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Ringling Brothers circus wagons, horses, and tents, with the Chicago skyline in the background. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Woman playing golf at Sydney R. Marovitz(?) golf course near Belmont Avenue. The Chicago skyline is in the background. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Several older buildings are visible in the foreground, while the framework of a World Trade Center Tower is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the city looking south and west. |
| Date: | 05 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Apple orchard in blossom on the side of a road. There are a number of cut stumps in the foreground. A house is in the background among trees, and a watchto... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A boy sitting on a bike on the other side of a street barrier. A pallet and a head board block off the street while a sign announces, "Street Closed--Fest... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Soldiers and Sailors Home, built in 1877 by the Grand Army of the Republic. The domiciliary stands on the left, and the building on the rig... |
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| Description: | View of the roof garden at the Central Club for Nurses, completed in 1916 by architects Parish and Schroeder. The Central Club for Nurses was built for the... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Hotel Victory. The hotel has an inner courtyard, towers, and flags flying on top of the towers. People are milling around the building and... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the State Capitol looking west in Madison, Wisconsin. A corner of the Capitol Square and the Capitol Lawn are in the foreground. Automobi... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the state Capitol building looking west. The building features columns, a dome topped by the statue Wisconsin, and multiple windows. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the manual training buildings at the Stout Institute (now the University of Wisconsin-Stout) seen from across the campus lawn. The two bri... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Holyoke buildings with Mount Tom in the distance. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Cover of a brochure celebrating a new International Harvester Manhattan branch, featuring an aerial photograph of Manhattan, including the corner of West 4... |
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| Description: | View down a residential street with 'Cape Cod' architecture. The Pilgrim Monument, built between 1907 and 1910, looms in the background. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Patek Brothers, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a paint company, with a halftone image of a hand dipping a brush into a can of Patek paint, el... |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a large wooden house with many gables. A girl is standing under a front window of the house on the right, and a man is standing in... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of Trinity Lutheran Church on Columbia Road, a stone building with a clock in the bell tower/steeple. Arched windows are on the front and... |
| Date: | 01 02 1979 |
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| Description: | Two younger men assisting an elderly woman as they are walking across a snowy, frozen Lake Mendota. Shoreline buildings off Langdon Street, including The E... |
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