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Wisconsin State Capitol Park Entrance
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View of one of the four Prairie du Chien stone gateways that stood at the four corner entrances to the Capitol Park. More elaborate gates topped with iron statues stood at the center of each side of the park. The postcard also illustrates the electric lights that replaced the earlier gas lights. This postcard is postmarked 1909, indicating that depictions of the old Capitol continued to be sold even after the fire of 1904. The stone pillars remained in place until the present Capitol was completed (about 1917). The fire hydrant that was useless during the Capitol fire according to an ironic note. Caption reads: "Entrance to Capitol Park, Madison, Wis."
1909
Valentine & Sons Publishing Co.
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)
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1946
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West Washington Avenue from Capitol Park
1908
View towards the corner of West Washington Avenue and Carroll Street. Church buildings are on the right. Caption reads: "West Washington Avenue from Capitol Park, Madison, Wis."
Dome and South Entrance to State Capitol
circa 1910-1919
External view of the south entrance of the Capitol (from S. Hamilton Street). A flowerbed in the driveway is in the foreground. Text reads: "The second highest Dome in the world: height 300 feet; d...
