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Madison's First Car
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Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Zimmerman in their locomobile steamer in 1902. Zimmerman purchased the car in 1901 and claimed it was the first permanent automobile in the capital city. "Prof. Wood had one like it for experimental purposes," he wrote on the back of the photograph,"a month or two before, but he took it away with him to Baltimore that summer." The Zimmermans are seen on the Shorewood rustic bridge, a picturesque highlight of Lake Mendota Drive. The Park and Pleasure Drive created the drive a decade earlier for scenic excursions in horse-drawn vehicles. To prevent trouble with the horses, early autos and carriages used the pleasure drive on different days.
1902
Zimmerman, Albert G.
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Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman in a Ford Automobile
Albert G. Zimmerman driving with his wife in a Ford automobile past his house at 746 East Gorham Street.
Zimmerman House Interior
Interior view of the living room in the house of Albert Zimmerman at 746 East Gorham Street with wicker chairs and a piano.
Zimmerman Dining Room
Interior view of the dining room in the home of Albert Zimmerman, located at 746 East Gorham Street.
Zimmerman House Interior
Interior view of the Albert G. Zimmerman house at 746 East Gorham Street. The view includes a fireplace, patterned carpeting and wicker chairs. In the foreground on the right is a piano.
Zimmerman House Front Porch
Albert Zimmerman and his dog at the front steps that lead to the porch of his house at 746 East Gorham Street.
Scene Along Lake Mendota
1902
Scene along “Willow Drive,” later known as "University Drive," on the shore of Lake Mendota, showing the neo-Gothic carved bridge. View from shoreline of two men standing on the bridge, with one ma...
