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| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the new museum building, also known as "Bruen's Block," on the corner of East Washington Avenue and South Pinckney Street. Named for W.D. B... |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | An original pencil sketch by banker and real estate developer Napoleon B. Van Slyke, possibly for his residence erected in 1859 at 510 North Carroll Street... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Illustration of an early design for the 3rd Wisconsin State Capitol, the second in Madison. Caption reads: "State Capitol at Madison — Donnel & Kutzbock, A... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the second Wisconsin State Capitol, which was the first one in Madison. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the Capital House, from the 1858-1859 Madison City Directory. The first-class hotel opened in 1853, was later bought by L.B. Vilas and c... |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | A watercolor painting depicting a distant view of the city of Madison, circa 1850-1851. |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | View up Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
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