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U.S. Post Office & Federal Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 04 01 1927
Description: Post Office at 215 Monona Avenue. View looking north from Wilson Street towards the nearly completed front and south sides. The Wisconsin State Capitol is ...
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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and surrounding area. The view is looking northwest, with King Street on the bottom right, and S. Hamilton Stree...
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Second Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Exterior view of the second Wisconsin State Capitol, (the second State Capitol was the first built in Madison).
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 1856
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol (the second State Capitol, the first in Madison). Illustration from the American Encyclopedia, Columbus, 1859.
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Signing Wisconsin Unemployment Law

Date: 01 28 1932
Description: Governor Philip La Follette signing Wisconsin's pioneer unemployment compensation law. From left to right are Henry Ohl, Elizabeth Brandeis, Paul A. Raushe...
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Licari Tire Company

Date: 07 02 1936
Description: A view of the Licari Tire Company, 767 West Washington, with a Phillips sign in the foreground, and a Gillette Tire Company sign with the company's slogan:...
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Capitol View of West Washington Avenue

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Description: Elevated view looking down West Washington Avenue at the Congregational Church (on the left) and the Grace Episcopal Church, two of the era's large and lav...
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Aerial View of the Isthmus

Date: 1908
Description: A panoramic aerial view of the Isthmus taken from a kite. Lake Mendota is to the right in the background with Picnic Point jutting into the lake. The photo...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27, 1904 from East Main Street at about 4:00 a.m. The East and West wings were destroyed, as was mu...
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Wisconsin State Capitol under Construction

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Description: Structural steel beams being used in the construction of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Structural Work on the Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Men doing structural steel work on the Wisconsin State Capitol while under construction.
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Exterior View of West Wing of Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Exterior view of the west wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Two Men Shaking Hands

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Description: Two men shaking hands while working to complete structural steel work on the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Mrs. Otto and Theodore Dammann

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Description: Secretary of State Theodore Dammann busy at his office desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol clearing correspondence and dictating to his secretary, Mrs. Ott...
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Mural in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1934
Description: Interior of the Assembly Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the mural painted by Edwin H. Blashfild. The painting depicts the "State of Wiscons...
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Phillip La Follette Addressing the Legislature

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of Governor Phillip La Follette addressing the Legislature.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Parlor

Date: 1917
Description: The Parlor from the Assembly Hall in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber

Date: 1913
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber, including the mural of Edwin Blashfield. The mural depicts Wisconsin's past, present and future and set the tone ...
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Construction on Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1914
Description: Construction of the north wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1913
Description: Workmen stand atop and in front of the remnants of the last remaining wing, the North Wing, of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building.

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