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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | East Washington Avenue from the Capitol Park with a view of the water tower, which stood from 1890 to 1920. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Water tower near East Washington Avenue, that stood from 1890 to 1920. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked at the base of the tower. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The J.C. Hawley house, also known as the Evergreens. The base of a water tower is in the front yard on the left. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | The J.C. Hawley house, also known as the Evergreens, which stood on a site at Badger Road that later became a highway interchange. A water tower is on the ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with both Lake Mendota on the left, and Lake Monona on the right in the background. Also inclu... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol looking east, towards the old Water Works tower on East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon in front of several brick buildings, including the Capitol Publishing building, near the water tower. The man driving the wagon may... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Architectural rendering of the water tower plan for the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Panoramic elevated view to the east from the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Madison in the far distance taken from the third floor of a home at 216 Campbell Street, in University Heights. There is a power line suspended in ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View looking east towards a water tower on East Washington Avenue. There are commercial buildings along the sidewalks on the left and right, and automobile... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from across street towards the State Bank at 7-9 S. Pinckney and Washington Avenue. There is an automobile and a pickup truck parked in front of the b... |
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| Description: | View across ice towards a group of men, employees of the Conklin Ice House, which is in the distance, guiding horses pulling ice cutters. The horses are we... |
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| Description: | View looking down East Washington Avenue towards the water tower. On the left is a sign on the side of a building for the Schoelkopf Ford dealership. There... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol of the old water tower, and an expansive view of the city with church steeples, houses, commercial buildings... |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking southwest towards the Wisconsin State Capitol on the Capitol Square. Lake Wingra and Lake Monona are in the background. |
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| Description: | View across unpaved street (Main Street) towards a two-story building with a water tower behind it. A man is sitting on a horse-drawn wagon in the backgrou... |
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