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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 1883
Description: Tonyawatha Spring Hotel from a descriptive brochure. The hotel opened in 1879 and was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1895.
Poster

Wisconsin State Fair Poster

Date: 1879
Description: Advertisement for the 1879 Wisconsin State Fair held at Camp Randall in Madison. The poster features a drawing of a hot air balloon and boasts of special ...
Photograph

Gisholt Erecting Floor

Date: 
Description: The erecting floor in the Gisholt Machine Company's shop on East Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Monona Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: Monona Avenue with Lake Monona in the background. (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). View from the dome of the Wisconsin State Cap...
Book or Pamphlet

Chapman's Medical School Brochure

Date: 1852
Description: Circular and catalogue advertising Dr. Chandler B. Chapman's "Practical School for Anatomy and Surgery." Madison, 1852.
Book or Pamphlet

Anti-Slavery Sermon Imprint

Date: 1861
Description: Printed copy of a sermon, "The Duty of the Northern States in Relation to the Future of Slavery," delivered by Rev. William Henry Brisbane, minister of the...
Book or Pamphlet

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1851
Description: Engraving of the five-story tall mill erected at the outlet of the Yahara Creek by Leonard J. Farwell. This engraving appears in Statistics of Dane County,...
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Menu for Dinner in Honor of Dean Charles R. Bardeen

Date: 1932
Description: Menu for a dinner in honor of Dean Charles R. Bardeen, celebrating twenty-five years of his administration and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding...

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