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Second and Third Capitols and Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: A view looking south down Wisconsin Avenue toward the Capitol Square where portions of the second and third Wisconsin State Capitols are visible. This pers...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park Detail

Date: 1890
Description: Detail of the photograph of the Third Capitol showing the North Wing addition completed in 1883. Designed by D.R. Jones, the North and South additions were...
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Capitol Park and Entrance to Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1868
Description: The entrance to the third Wisconsin State Capitol before the construction of the dome, showing the park and walkway. Framing for the dome can be seen throu...
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Capitol Park Gateway

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Description: The southeast entrance to the Capitol Park at Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Boulevard), probably taken about 1875. In the foreground are elaborate ...
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Capitol Park Statue

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Description: Close-up of the sculpture of a female figure which is on top of one of the two stone gateways at the Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) entra...
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Surveying Capitol Fire Damage

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Damage caused to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol by the fire of February 26-27, 1904. In the foreground is a duplicate of the "Centennia...
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Capitol Park Fountain

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Description: A replica of a fountain from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition that was installed in the Capitol Park near the East Wing of the second capitol in Madi...
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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Capitol Park Performance

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Description: Crowd gathered in the park near the North Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol watching aerial performer descend a wire attached to the roof of the bu...
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Capitol Fence and Pinckney Street

Date: 1868
Description: The wooden fence surrounding the Capitol Park. On the right is the railing at which horses were hitched, and some newly-planted trees. This view looks nor...
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Snow-Covered Bascom Hill

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene of Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with snow-covered trees and bushes. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the distanc...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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View of 100 Block of State Street

Date: 1929
Description: View of 100 Block of State Street, with marquees for Leath's and the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background.
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East Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1861
Description: East wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building (second in Madison) photographed from the U.S. Hotel building which was located at the corner of Ea...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Building and Environs

Date: 1862
Description: John S. Fuller took this image of the third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison), from Governor Farwell's Octagon House, probably early in 1862....
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State Street Looking Toward Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1861
Description: View up State Street looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of University Hall (later Bascom Hall), about 1860 or 1861. Actually the pho...
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Madison from the Resort-Spa Water Cure

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Description: Downtown Madison viewed across Lake Monona from the resort-spa Water Cure. The skyline includes the Capitol, the dome on University Hall, several downtown ...
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Group by Centennial Fountain on Capitol Square

Date: 1878
Description: Group in front of the Centennial Fountain on Capitol Square. View of the capitol from Monona Avenue. The fountain is a replica of the Centennial Fountain...
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Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1870
Description: View of the third Wisconsin State Capitol from one of the entrance walks. A small group of men stand in the background.
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View of Wisconsin State Capitol with Flags

Date: 1876
Description: "View of the Capitol, with all the Flags" one of four "Different Views of Parades in the Streets" identified in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic View...

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