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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from Langdon Street of the University of Wisconsin YMCA on the shore of Lake Mendota. On the porch of the building is a large "Cafeteria" sign. Anothe... |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the front of a large brick school building. Identified as Union High School |
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| Description: | View across grounds towards a large brick building, which is identified as the school building built in 1872. |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street towards the high school. A date stone above a second floor window reads: "Erected A.D. 1887." |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | View of alley behind a few State Street buildings, including Paul's Club, a Bar-Restaurant. |
| Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gorham Street, on the corner of State Street, towards the back side of Kirch Building. The ground floor contains Erehwon Mountain Supply. ... |
| Date: | 06 1973 |
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| Description: | Buildings and parking lot at Webster and North Hamilton Streets, early morning. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Brookside Hospital. The building features a fire escape, an enclosed porch, and a mansard roof. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Facade of the three-story high school. There is an open cupola on the roof. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front of the Hotel Ogden located at 149 East Wilson Street. Three men wearing suits are relaxing on the porch, with two men sitting on... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "St. Norbert's College - West De Pere." View across lawn towards buildings on the campus of St. Norbert's College. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of exterior of Saint Joseph's Hospital. The three-story building has a cross on the roof over the entrance. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Fairchild Street towards the back side of the C.E. Buell Building. The building is three stories high and contains apartments, with a fir... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Frances Street, at the intersection with University Avenue, towards the Olwell Building. The upper floors are apartment buildings, with t... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of public school. There is a two-story fire escape on the side of the building. The words "High School" are over the arched entry at the fron... |
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| Description: | Four men, a dog and a boy sitting on the porch of the general store. Signs in the windows read, "Ferry & Co. Seeds" and "Rape seed for sale." A barn and wi... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the front of the high school, a large brick building with steps leading up to the main entrance, which has a tower above it. Two p... |
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