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Wisconsin State Capitol (Second) and City Map
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Part of George Harrison's "Map of the City of Madison," showing the development of the isthmus and the small size of the second Capitol (54' x 104') in comparison to the Capitol Square.
1855
Harrison, George
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WHi 23644
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Isthmus Map
1896
A portion of John B. Heim's map of the Water Works System of Madison showing the size of the third Wisconsin Capitol (228' x 226') in comparison with the Capitol Square and the Capitol Park, as wel...
Capitol (Second)
1855
Detail from a lithograph vignette on a Map of the City of Madison of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, the first Capitol in Madison.
Map of the City of Madison, Dane County, State of Wisconsin
1855
Madison was booming in the 1850s, helped by the efforts of developer Leonard Farwell. When famous journalist Horace Greeley visited Madison, Farwell had 10,000 copies of this map printed. It prom...
Madison
circa 1855
This map of Madison shows a plat of the city, local streets, numbered blocks and lots, university grounds, the Capitol Square, and parts of Third and Fourth Lakes (Lake Mendota and Lake Monona).
Aerial View of Isthmus from the West
1930
Aerial view of isthmus looking east toward Lake Mendota and the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Lake Monona and the horizon in the background.
