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Main Street on the Square

Date: 1900
Description: View down Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West."
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Rowley Residence

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of the residence of Mrs. M.S. Rowley on University Avenue, opposite the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry building.
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Central High School

Date: 1915
Description: Central High School, designed by St. Paul architect Cass Gilbert and partially razed in 1986. Caption reads: "High School, Madison, Wis."
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Steensland Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards the Steensland Bridge with a boat and passengers passing beneath. Caption reads: "Steensland Bridge, Madison, Wis."
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 1904
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 ...
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Capitol Park Entrance

Date: 1912
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...
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi...
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Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 1908
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Top image on Place File card. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View, Camp Ra...

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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View of Main Street with streetcar. Caption reads: "Main Street, Madison, Wis."
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Albion Academy, Men's Dormitory

Date: 1925
Description: Men's dormitory at Albion Academy. Caption reads: "Albion".
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Possible Morehead Residence

Date: 1905
Description: View of what possibly was the Morehead residence, in the vicinity of Belleville. The home was built in 1858, designed and built by William Close, carpenter...
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Rural Blue Mounds

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Description: View of farmland near Blue Mounds, with possibly property markers horizontal, across the center, and some distant farm houses and a barn. Caption reads: "B...
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Haney House

Date: 1925
Description: Berry Haney house, located about a mile east of Cross Plains. The stone portion of the house was built in 1840.
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Deerfield from the East Side

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the town. Caption reads: "Part of Deerfield, Wis. -- viewed from the East". Handwritten note: "Dear Ella, Here comes the postal I am owing...
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General Store

Date: 1908
Description: View of the General Store at Forward, Wis., with people standing on the front porch. Caption reads: "Genl Mdse. Store, Forward, Wis."
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Picnic Point

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Wisconsin Capitol with its new dome, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including Bascom Hall, taken from Picnic Point.
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State Street and Lake Street

Date: 1950
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...
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House on North Henry Street

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Description: A view looking northwest toward Lake Mendota of a house at 640 North Henry Street. This residence was erected in 1901 for Thomas Evans Brittingham (1860-19...
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House on North Henry Street

Date: 1915
Description: View from street towards the front and right side of the house at 524 North Henry Street, looking south at the intersection of Henry and Langdon Streets. T...
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Alpha Phi Sorority House

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Description: The Alpha Phi Sorority house, 819 Irving Place, built in 1906. In the early 1960s the University of Wisconsin purchased the house and used it first as a wo...

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