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Iceboats on Lake Mendota

Date: 1896
Description: A gathering of iceboats and their captains on Lake Mendota.
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Yahara River

Date: 1908
Description: The Yahara River from Williamson Street with Lake Monona in the background. House & Barn pictured is located at 601 Riverside Drive.
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Yahara River below Williamson Street

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Yahara River below Williamson Street.
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Boathouse Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 04 24 1899
Description: Partial view of a boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built for the city of Madison. The University of Wiscon...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Park Gateway

Date: 1899
Description: Third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison), showing the East Washington Avenue gateway and iron fence. In reality the statues, which were meant ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Park in Winter

Date: 1896
Description: Winter scene of the third Wisconsin State Capitol looking west from King Street. By the turn of the century, the trees in the Capitol had grown tall and on...
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Chadbourne Hall on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1900
Description: View from Park Street of Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, with a four-story attached outhouse.
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The Wisconsin Building

Date: 1907
Description: View of the Wisconsin Building at 102 State Street and Carroll Street, built around 1901. The majority of the building was then occupied by Collyer's Drugs...
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Marquette Sign on King Street

Date: 1907
Description: View up sidewalk with a view of storefronts lining King Street. The marquee of The Majestic is prominent in the foreground, as is The Marquette, and a drug...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Buildings

Date: 1899
Description: View along shoreline of University of Wisconsin-Madison buildings across Lake Mendota from Carroll Street. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red), a boathouse, an...
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Children at Brittingham Park

Date: 1905
Description: Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
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Sherman Avenue Bridge

Date: 1904
Description: View across Yahara River towards a group of people on the Sherman Avenue Bridge, with the old malt house in the background.
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Madison from Lake Monona

Date: 1906
Description: View of Madison from Lake Monona with the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the background. This view of Brittingham Park shows a part of the park shortl...
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Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
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Monona Bay in Madison

Date: 1904
Description: Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses...
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Dewey's Victory Arch

Date: 1898
Description: Wisconsin Semi-Centennial ceremonial archway erected at State and Mifflin Streets to celebrate Admiral George Dewey's victory over the Spanish fleet at Man...
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College of Agriculture Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Wetland, grassy pasture, ring fence are part of the College of Agriculture Farm on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus.
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Home on Observatory Hill

Date: 1899
Description: View of home atop of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Observatory Hill Office Building

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene of Observatory Hill office building on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus, with building and trees topped with snow.
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College of Agriculture

Date: 1903
Description: View towards the College of Agriculture on the University of Wisconsin campus, with Bascom Hall in the distance on a hill.

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