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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the third Wisconsin State Capitol built in Madison in 1906-1917. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | The Third Wisconsin State Capitol before the completion of the dome. After all four wings of the Third Capitol were completed, the second Capitol was demo... |
| Date: | 07 1914 |
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| Description: | Starting to raise "Wisconsin" statue onto the dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol (the fourth State Capitol, the third in Madison, 1906 - ). The gilded bro... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Capitol (fourth capitol, third in Madison) under construction. View from South Hamilton Street. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Capitol from the south side of Monona Bay. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison's upper campus from Lincoln Terrace down Bascom Hill. The Wisconsin State Capitol can be seen in the dista... |
| Date: | 08 1907 |
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| Description: | The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The construction of the East Wing of the new Capitol is underway. This is a view of the North and South Wings and the dome of the Third Wisconsin State Cap... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of the construction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | The bronze statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, is hoisted to the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. |
| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | A crane places the gilded bronze statue, "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, on top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Pedestrians and a horse and cart at the intersection of Main Street and Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King J... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split p... |
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| Description: | Colorized view of the Capitol Park and the replica of Centennial fountain installed in the park in 1878. The green paint is a change made in 1898. |
| Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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| Description: | Spectators near the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that eventually destroyed most of the building. |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the damage to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol caused by the fire of February 27-28. The statue of "Forward" can be seen... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Fourth of July "living flag" created by costumed dancers from the Kehl Dance Studio, a school founded in Madison by Frederick W. Kehl in 1898. The Capi... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | View of the crowd standing at the South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that destroyed most of the building. Because the University w... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | The replica of the Centennial Fountain in the Capitol Park, where people relax on a park bench. This view looks toward the intersection of Main and Carroll... |
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