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| Description: | Children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), donated by the citizens of the Madison area. A stone bridge is in the ba... |
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| Description: | View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun... |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color view of the State Street and Lake Street intersection, with the Co-op book store, the Rennebohm Drug Store and the Wisconsin State Capitol at the end... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view on Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main St., looking West, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of boaters and crowds at Monona Park. Caption reads: "Monona Park." |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Capitol Square, seen from the West corner. Originally functioned as an oversized post card. Identifiable businesses include Haswell Furni... |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Capitol Square, seen from the South corner. Originally functioned as an oversized post card. Ringling Brothers Circus advertisement visib... |
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| Description: | Carson Gulley, in chef's hat, is leaning out of the driver's side of his catering truck. The promotional card indicates that the chef specialized in large ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Rocky Roost, a cottage, which was located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The cottage was designed and built in 1893 (according to Taliesin Asso... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Saint Mary's Hospital, located at 707 South Mills Street. Caption reads: "Saint Marys Hospital - Madison Wis." |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View towards the terraced steps and balustrades leading down to the sidewalk, at the North, Langdon Street, entrance of the State Historical Society. The A... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the State Historical Society from the Armory. Caption reads: "State Historical Library, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of a State Street sidewalk and its surrounding environment. Along the left are trees and a lawn, and along the sidewalk is a stone wall. Trees are alo... |
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| Description: | A scenic view down sidewalk towards Lake Mendota. People are standing and looking out towards Maple Bluff in the distance. Caption reads: "Scene from Tenne... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking towards the city of Madison from across Lake Monona. Several people are in a rowboat on the lake. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis.... |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from the top of Bascom Hall, located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Visible at the end of State Street is the Wi... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View towards Lake Monona, with the Dane County Courthouse on the right. Text at bottom reads: "Curtiss Madison Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the City Water Works, which was built in 1882. Caption reads: "City Water Works, Madison, Wis." |
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