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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House.
Photograph

Blake House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Blake House (north elevation, front). The house was razed prior to 1952.
Photograph

Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
Photograph

View of Town after the fire of July 27, 1894

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view of the town as it appeared following the fire of 1894.
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Plow (Plough) Inn

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of Plow (Plough) Inn, located at 3402 Monroe Street. An early view of the tavern which derived its name from the Fuller & Johnson plows for sale o...
Photograph

Tenney Building

Date: 
Description: An exterior view of the first Tenney Building, located at South Pinckney and East Main Streets.
Photograph

Taxi Drivers

Date: 1925
Description: Taxi cabs and their drivers are awaiting customers near the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad depot on East Wilson Street. In the center of...
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Milwaukee Downer "Quad"

Date: 1972
Description: Green Hall from the northeast. North end of Johnson Hall is at left foreground. Observatory tower and roof details of Merrill Hall in center background.
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Milwaukee Downer "Quad"

Date: 1972
Description: Left to right: Holton, Merrill, and Johnson Halls. Cars are parked along the road, including a Ford Gremlin and Chevrolet Camaro, in the lower part of the ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of Lake Mendota of side of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two people stand in an arched doorway, and a pier e...
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Effigy Marker

Date: 1930
Description: Turtle Effigy mound marker on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a metal plaque on a small formed block. An image of the mound is on the ...
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McArdle Laboratory

Date: 1939
Description: McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research for Cancer Research on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Cars are parked on the road and in a parking lot ...
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Sketch of Weston

Date: 
Description: Marginal sketch of a view of Weston from original letters written by Private Edmund F. Bennett of Newport, Wisconsin, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteers.
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Union Troops at Lawler Hall

Date: 1864
Description: Union troops at Lawler Hall which was used as a U.S. military hospital during the Civil War. Originally built as the Brisbois Hotel in 1857, it was given f...
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Man Parked Outside Automotive Store or Dealership

Date: 1914
Description: Man in an International Model M truck outside an automotive shop or dealership. Signs in the store window advertise tires and "vulcanizing." The bed of the...
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Catholic Church

Date: 1938
Description: Exterior view of Catholic Church. The convent is on the left and barns are to the right.
Photograph

Canned Goods Display

Date: 1914
Description: Canned goods labeled "Grown in Mississippi" are stacked in pyramids in the window of W.B. Craft grocery and notion store.
Photograph

Badger State Shoe Co. Building

Date: 1899
Description: Exterior view of the building at the corner of N. 12th St. and W. St. Paul Avenue that housed Badger State Shoe Co. and Saveland Manufacturing Co. Two hors...
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Flag Presentation

Date: 1989
Description: At the dedication of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield facilty, Congressman David R. Obey was present to present a flag that had flown over the United States Capi...

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