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Filter: Subject of Building sites
Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| 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: | 1868 |
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| Description: | View from unpaved Wisconsin Avenue looking east toward the third Wisconsin State Capitol sometime prior to the completion of the dome (1869). The portion o... |
| Date: | 11 1883 |
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| Description: | The ruins of the unfinished South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after its collapse while still under construction. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View of construction workers and stone carvers/cutters (some of them probably Italian) showing the detailed sections of the building of the State Historica... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Demolished building with a group of men standing on the rubble. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of a large crowd of people on a construction site. There is a horse and carriage with the Fond du Lac Machine & Iron Works in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 11 24 1898 |
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| Description: | View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of a construction scene in Stanley. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Rice Lake. A partially constructed building is in the right foreground. Unpaved roads and a sidewalk lead to commercial buildings and dwel... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Lincoln School as it approached its completion. Scaffolding is on the roof. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of group of men standing in front of construction site, near a newly completed building on Main Street, near the intersection of West Montell... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Group of men posing in front of and on the scaffolding surrounding the Montello School House. The building was completed in 1896. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Diagram drawing of a kitchen vegetable garden. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. Mount Mizpeh and Emmaus are in the distance. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Be... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View towards front entrance of the partially constructed Senior High School. A man is walking up a board into the open doorway of the school. A horse is st... |
| A Strange Man's Strange Dwelling |
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| Discover the bizarre story of a castle built on the shore of Lake Mendota in the 1800's. |
| From Under a Tree to Madison's Most Popular Lodge |
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| Discover the story surrounding the planning and construction of the first building erected in Madison. |
| How Plans to Make Madison's First Home Went up in Flames |
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| Discover the Brief History and Tragic Ending of Madison's First Home |
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