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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | "Living flag" created by the Kehl dancers on the steps of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This close view permits better examination of the ornamentatio... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the second floor of the North Wing (looking south), after the fire that destroyed most of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. In addition to the ch... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | A close-up of the damage in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction caused by the Wisconsin State Capitol fire. Details of interest include ... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the Senate Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 26-27. Here the damage was almost total, leaving only a piece of plas... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | Damaged East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27-28, showing details of the iron Corinthian columns, and the decoration... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | A close-up of the damage caused to the third Wisconsin State Capitol by the fire of February 26-27, showing the first floor, and looking west through the R... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | Second floor corridor of the South Wing in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, looking south, after the fire. The view is across the Rotunda, showing the he... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | View of the crowd standing at the South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that destroyed most of the building. Because the University w... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | "Old Abe," the famous eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, on exhibit in the G.A.R. Museum in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This photograph was... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Postcard depicting the fire of February 26-27, 1904 that destroyed most of the second Wisconsin State Capitol. The smoke and flames have been dramatically ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the demolition of the dome of the Third Capitol, one of the few known photographs that permits such close observation of the architectural deta... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Staff of the State Treasurer at work. Although the office was clearly located in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, this photograph may have been taken aft... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | This card which is postmarked 1912 shows the zinc statutes on the stone gateways near the sidewalk at Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). Ori... |
| Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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| Description: | Damage caused to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol by the fire of February 26-27, 1904. In the foreground is a duplicate of the "Centennia... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of University Heights, showing a number of university buildings on the agricultural campus, including a windmill. Lake Mendota is in the far backgroun... |
| Date: | 06 21 1900 |
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| Description: | Wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Little Rapids. A group of men and boys are viewing the damage to the locomotive. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Corliss. A large crowd of men are watching as a Bucyrus crane is lifting a car b... |
| Date: | 05 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of wreck of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad freight train. The derailment is so severe that the train station has been knocked off... |
| Date: | 05 24 1912 |
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| Description: | Wreck of a Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault St. Marie Railroad train on a bridge over the Black River near Withee. The damage is so severe that the cars have ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Central Railway locomotive No. 207 and train No. 6 and the depot. The locomotive was built by the Brooks Locomotive Works in 1890, and scrapped i... |
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