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Date: | 1876 |
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Description: | Home of Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn on Monroe Street at the east end of what is now the Edgewood College campus. Washburn is probably the man at left. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Several houses at the intersection of Wilson Street and Monona Avenue with the home of Simeon Mills, one of Madison's most prominent citizens, on the corne... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Exterior of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing telephone wires. |
Date: | 09 10 1879 |
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Description: | The Madison Brass Band performing at the Wisconsin State Fair at Camp Randall. The view is facing east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
Date: | 1865 |
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Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the first three buildings on campus, South Hall (left), University Hall [Bascom Hall] (center), and North Ha... |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | Tree-lined State Street from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Traffic on State Street includes two well-dressed gentlemen on hors... |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc... |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
Date: | 1876 |
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Description: | Stereograph. This view from East Washington Avenue shows photographer Andrew Dahl on his horse "Curnel" in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Dahl had j... |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | A gathering of iceboats and their captains on Lake Mendota. |
Date: | 1894 |
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Description: | Man in a rowboat on Lake Monona with a view of the city in the background. |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | View from street through gates towards the Third Wisconsin State Capitol, the second in Madison, as seen from East Washington Avenue. The iron fence and st... |
Date: | 1898 |
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Description: | University Heights from the Chemistry Building on University Avenue. View includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison football field, on the former site o... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Bascom Hill and lower campus vicinity from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society, which was then under construction. A large group ... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Five men, facing away from the camera, are standing in a field. Some of them are holding a rakes and a scythe. A boy is in the foreground facing the camera... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug... |
Date: | 10 08 1871 |
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Description: | A portion of a page from the Madison Daily Democrat which gives an account of the Peshtigo fire. |
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