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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Portico

Date: 1870
Description: The only known evidence of the north/south entrances to the original third Wisconsin State Capitol building. (The entrances were identical and cannot be di...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: Librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol f...
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Capitol Park and Park Hotel

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the p...
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Capitol Grounds Gate

Date: 1880
Description: View of the gate to the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds, looking out to the street. On the left on the opposite side of the street is a building with a sig...
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Vilas House

Date: 1874
Description: Vilas House from Capitol Park, East Main Street and Monona Avenue.
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Capitol Park

Date: 1874
Description: Southeast Gate of Capitol Park. Four stone columns stand along the sidewalk, with statues on top of the two columns in the center, and two columns with str...
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol from the south gate.
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Lake Mendota

Date: 1874
Description: View across Lake Mendota toward Bascom Hall from 2-16 Langdon Street.
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Lake Monona and Atwood House

Date: 1874
Description: View towards Lake Monona (David Atwood House in foreground, Monona Avenue and Doty Street).
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Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches

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Description: Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches.
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Court House

Date: 1874
Description: View from Capital Park towards the United States Court House. There is a stone gateway with iron statues and an iron fence along the sidewalk. The elaborat...
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Residence of the Honorable David Atwood

Date: 1874
Description: Residence of the Honorable David Atwood on the corner of West Doty Street and Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.). People are posing on the p...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1874
Description: The Park Hotel.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison from Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Hospital for the Insane.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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St. Julien Billiard Rooms

Date: 1874
Description: Elevated view of Main Street from Pinckney Street. A sign on the top of the building reads: "Solders' Record Office."
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Main Street

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Description: Main Street from the Park Hotel.
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1874
Description: Buildings on Pinckney Street.
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Residence of General Simeon Mills

Date: 1874
Description: Residence of General Simeon Mills.

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