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| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Carroll Street towards the back end of the Wisconsin Building. The words "Office Entrance" are carved into the stone above the main door.... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 10 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Telephone Company construction site at rear of Park Hotel taken from southwest showing rear of the hotel and the 115 West Main Street building wi... |
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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. |
| Date: | 12 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the roof of the Park Hotel. Main Street businesses seen include, from the left: Western Union Telegraph Company at 21 West Main Street, ... |
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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: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the south side 200 block of State Street. A large sign announces the coming of a new Montgomery Ward's store on the site. Stores shown inc... |
| 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: | 1968 |
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| Description: | "Work in progress as a gym and other rooms are added to the Theresa Public School." |
| Date: | 02 12 1959 |
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| Description: | Icicles hanging from the steps of a fire escape. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee. |
| 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: | 06 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Carl Federman, foreman of the Allen Wrecking Company, standing on the truck being loaded with debris from the razing of the Democrat Printing Company build... |
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| Description: | Smoke coming from two rows of smokestacks on the top of a factory. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gilman Street towards the Charles H. Hopper Building. The building has a sign for The Thesis Center on the ground floor, a center for typi... |
| 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. ... |
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