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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from Capitol Park of Madison City Hall with clock tower, 2 West Mifflin Street. Lake Mendota is in the far background. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View across water towards where brothers John and August Lindstrom had a pop factory at 409 N. Blair Street during the 1870s and 1880s. They lived above th... |
| Date: | 01 07 1894 |
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| Description: | Winter view of early buildings on Rocky Roost, which was west of Governor's Island. There is snow on the roofs, on the rocks and on the shore of Lake Mendo... |
| Date: | 05 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from front drive of the Frank Allis house, now 4123 Monona Drive. The architect was William D. Kimball from Milwaukee and it was built in 189... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View from pier of groups of people walking along a Lake Monona dock and on the walkway to the shore. On the right is an excursion boat with a United States... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | View down pier towards the "Columbia" steamboat at the boat landing. The shoreline is the the background. There are three or four people on the steamboat a... |
| Date: | 06 10 1894 |
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| Description: | View across water along shoreline towards the City Boat House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 07 08 1896 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a board fence and two outbuildings on the shore of Lake Monona, taken from the back yard of the Lucius Fairchild home at 302 Monona ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | This blueprint map shows proposed railroad tracks between Carroll Street and Wisconsin Avenue along Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A map of the west part of the city of Madison, including University Heights and the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A map of the east part of the city of Madison, including a portion of the isthmus. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the "Solid Comfort" on Lake Mendota. A man is standing on the cabin roof at the front; with a man and woman standing below him. O... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | This map shows pipes of various sizes, hydrants with hydrant pressure, valves, wells, and projected lines. Includes labels for roadways, blocks, wards, par... |
| Date: | 05 30 1885 |
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| Description: | The sailboat "Solid Comfort" in full sail, near the shoreline. There are four men standing on top of the cabin. Deckhands are at both ends of the boat. The... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the steamboat "Satirio," owned by Henry Ainsworth. There is an American flag flying from the prow, and a banner hanging off the e... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View towards shoreline of a steamboat grounded near a wooden dock. An upside-down canoe or rowboat is propped on the dock. The far shoreline is in the back... |
| Date: | 04 17 1866 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the "Scutanawbequon," owned by Francis (Frank) Barnes, launched on April 17, 1866, with seven people aboard. "She was 50 feet lon... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View along Lake Mendota shoreline, west from Park Street on the University of Wisconsin campus. On the left are rowboats on the shoreline near boathouses. ... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Caroline Mae Sherwood Turner, wife of Frederick Jackson Turner, with their children Dorothy Kinsley Turner, Jackson Allen Turner, and Mae Sherwood Turner a... |
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