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| Date: | 1837 |
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| Description: | Photographic print of an amateur painting, probably representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The Peck Cabin, one of the many free variations o... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of view overlooking Madison. The sketch looks down North Hamilton Street from the capitol. Rutted, irregular streets and frame houses mark ... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Madison landscape as seen from University Hill. The main street in the center is State Street, and the building with Greek columns in the... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated wintertime view of the intersection of South Carroll and West Main Streets, showing the First Baptist Church constructed in 1854, the wooden fence... |
| Date: | 11 11 1861 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall and South Hall are in the foreground. Lake Men... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of view from the Capitol looking southwest by south. In the foreground are the Capitol Park, the First Baptist Church on Carroll Street; and be... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | A view of the interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome, from the series "The Beauties of Madison and Surroundings." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b... |
| Date: | 05 17 1870 |
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| Description: | A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of people posing by the lakeshore of Maple Bluff with tents in the background. One of the woman is holding an archery bow, two women... |
| Date: | 07 04 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of view of procession, military company and citizens at Great Centennial Day at the Capitol Square. Scene at Main and Carroll Streets showing t... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | View of Vilas House. The name on the building is Levi B. Vilas. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Drawing of University Hall by D.C. Salisbury showing the view from the bottom, south side of the hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. Bascom Hall, ... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the S.L Sheldon Company Warehouse and Office. Outside of the building, there is a bustling street filled with pedestrians and hor... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Elevated view along Langdon Street towards Science Hall on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On the opposite side of Bascom Hill is Music... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | "Forward", the statue created by Jean Pond Miner of Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Women's Memorial at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. The statue is seen on... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Caption from photograph: "Proposed site of library building. Wis[consin] Histor[ical] Soc[iety].--looking N.W. Building would occupy place now covered by t... |
| Date: | 05 1894 |
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| Description: | The Charles E. Brown house at the corner of South Carroll and Doty Streets. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from Lake Mendota of the boathouse on shoreline on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Behind the boathouse is the Armory (Red Gym or... |
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