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Dr. John Allen's Residence

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Description: View across lawn towards two log structures among trees, and an ox-drawn wagon on the left side of the building in the front. Postcard text reads: "DR. ...
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Falls in the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: View toward a waterfall from the river below. Rock faces rise on both sides, and trees are growing along the tops of the cliffs. Caption reads: "Lone Rock(...
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Falls in the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: View upriver across rocks towards water falling over a rock under a small wooden bridge. The rockface of a bluff rises above the bridge in the background, ...
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Logjam on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Slightly elevated view of a river with choppy waves. The shoreline is rocky on the left and a man is sitting on one of the rocks. Further down the river on...
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Lone Rock Above the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view across river from the top of a cliff towards buildings along the the top of the cliffs on the opposite side. Far below a group of people are ...
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Fort Snelling

Date: 1907
Description: View of a post tower at Fort Snelling. A tree partially obscures the tower. Flags are arrayed on the battlements and the number "1820" (the year fort const...
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Main Street

Date: 1890
Description: View across unpaved road towards a row of buildings on the other side. A fence and trees are on the left, and in front of the first building a group of men...
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Log Drive on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of logs floating down the Wisconsin River, with rocky cliffs along the shoreline. A bridge and buildings are in the background, with a tree-c...
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Family Group Posed Outdoors

Date: 1907
Description: View of twelve people, men, women, and children, posing together in front of a building.
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Three Car Accident at 323 East Johnson Street and North Hancock Street

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: A three-car accident occurs at the corner of 323 East Johnson Street and North Hancock Street.
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The Ivan A. Nestingen Family

Date: 01 28 1961
Description: The Ivan A. Nestingen family poses with a congratulatory bouquet celebrating Mayor Nestingen's appointment as undersecretary of the United States Departmen...
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Madison Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting

Date: 01 19 1961
Description: Two members of the Madison Chamber of Commerce Ambassador club inspect their derby hats and carnations that set them apart from the rest of the membership...
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Madison Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting

Date: 01 19 1961
Description: Edward L. Diener, general manager of Sears, Roebuck and Company and outgoing president of the Madison Chamber of Commerce, (left) reviews the program for t...
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Restaurant Remodeling Project

Date: 01 16 1961
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Brewer poses next to artificial palm trees that are part of a remodeling project of the Red Rooster restaurant on East Washington avenue, whic...
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Crowd Downtown Madison Sidewalks

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Post-Christmas shoppers exchanging or returning unwanted Christmas gifts crowd downtown Madison sidewalks.
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X-mas Gifts for Children Collected at the State Capitol Rotunda Christmas Tree

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Christmas gifts are collected around the State Capitol rotunda Christmas tree from state employees to give to developmentally disabled children staying in ...
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Return Gifts to Downtown Madison Stores

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Traffic crowds Madison downtown streets and parking stalls as shoppers return or exchange unwanted Christmas gifts.
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X-mas Tree at the Dane County Jail

Date: 12 20 1960
Description: Deputies decorated a Christmas tree in the Dane County jail chapel and jail matron Anne Frazier played the chapel organ for prisoners meditating in the cha...
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Wisconsin River Near Lone Rock

Date: 1907
Description: View of the Wisconsin River, with a bridge in the distance. Buildings are on both sides of the bridge, and logs are piled below the bridge on the right.
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Children Posed in Front of Porch

Date: 1907
Description: View of a boy and a girl posing in front of a porch. The girl is sitting on the steps which are covered with a cloth, and the boy is standing on the left. ...

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