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Alex Kornhauser Residence

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Description: View from street of the Alex Kornhauser Tudor Revival home at 529 N. Pinckney Street in the Mansion Hill neighborhood. It was built in 1908. It was later o...
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: View across lawn towards the front of the house at 530 N. Pinckney Street, which was built by Magnus Swenson. By 1922 it was occupied by the Delta Kappa Ep...
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: View from street of the house at 530 N. Pinckney Street, which was built by Magnus Swenson. By 1922 it was occupied by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. ...
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Two Shoemakers

Date: 10 25 1940
Description: Carte-de-visite with a photograph of a painting by James R. Stuart. It depicts two white-haired, bearded shoemakers, with Langford on the left and his part...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse

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Description: View from lake towards the Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse, also known as the City Boat House. The boathouse was at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake M...
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Rocky Roost

Date: 01 07 1894
Description: Winter view of early buildings on Rocky Roost, which was west of Governor's Island. There is snow on the roofs, on the rocks and on the shore of Lake Mendo...
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: Three-quarter view from street of the Magnus Swenson house at 530 N. Pinckney Street. This house was sold to a fraternity and later demolished.
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: View across lawn towards the Magnus Swenson house at 530 N. Pinckney Street. This house was sold to a fraternity and later demolished.
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Metropolitan 5 to 50 Cent Stores

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Description: View from intersection of buildings on the corner of N. Pinckney and E. Washington Streets. On East Washington are the offices of C.P. Cooley, a restaurant...
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Morris E. Fuller House

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Description: View from street towards the Morris E. Fuller House located at 423 North Pinckney Street, on the corner of Pinckney and E. Gilman, was built by Napolean B....
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Brown Block

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Description: View across Capital lawn towards the corner building at 100 S. Pinckney, on the Brown or Bruen Block. The stores, from the left, are Sullivan & Heim, Blasi...
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The State Bank

Date: 1920
Description: View from across street towards the State Bank at 7-9 S. Pinckney and Washington Avenue. There is an automobile and a pickup truck parked in front of the b...
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Monona Lake Assembly at Olin Park

Date: 1890
Description: View from pier of groups of people walking along a Lake Monona dock and on the walkway to the shore. On the right is an excursion boat with a United States...
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Pinckney Street Parade with Elephants

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of elephants on Pinckney Street, with a man on a horse on the far left, and a crowd of people watching from the sidewalks. The le...
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National Hotel

Date: 1852
Description: View of people riding in a horse-drawn sleigh in front of the National Hotel in a snowstorm. The National Hotel was owned by Major Eliab B. Dean. It was or...
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A Summer Sitting Room

Date: 07 08 1896
Description: An informal group is seated under an awning in the garden of the Fairchild house at 302 Monona Avenue (later renamed Martin Luther King Boulevard). Picture...
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The "Columbia" Steamboat at Bernard's Boat Landing

Date: 1893
Description: View down pier towards the "Columbia" steamboat at the boat landing. The shoreline is the the background. There are three or four people on the steamboat a...
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Executive Mansion

Date: 1927
Description: View across street towards the house at 130 East Gilman Street, which was built between 1854-1856. Lake Mendota is in the background. The stone building fe...
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Langdon Street Home

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Description: View up street towards 228 Langdon Street, which was built in 1871 for attorney J.M. Flower. From 1875-1899 it served as the residence of distinguished Uni...
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Parkway Theatre and City Hall

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view from sidewalk of City Hall, located at the intersection of West Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The Parkway Theatre, featuring the films...

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