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Aerial view of downtown Madison focused on Mifflin and Fairchild Streets with the site of the new Madison Public Library marked. Mifflin Street runs diagonally from top to bottom and Dayton Street runs parallel. The State Capitol is near top right, and State Street runs diagonally from right to left.
1963
Newhouse, John
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WHi 137506
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