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Camp Randall

Date: 1862
Description: Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a militar...
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Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1870
Description: Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893, 900 block East Gorham Street. There are two deer are the left near trees, and two people are on horseback near the front...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Park Hotel, looking south from the Capitol Dome. Lake Monona is in the background. A streetcar is in the intersection. Caption reads: ...
Drawing

Waterfront on the Grounds of Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore.
Postcard

Bascom Hall

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior of Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall) from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Caption reads: "Main Hall, Universit...
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Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 1898
Description: View over Camp Randall Stadium towards University Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall is visible in the distance. Caption reads...
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College of Engineering

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Description: View from Bascom Hill of the Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, ...
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College of Engineering

Date: 1911
Description: View from Bascom Hill of the Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Caption reads: "College of Engineering, Madison."
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Law Building

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Description: View across Bascom Hill of the college building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Caption reads: "College of Law, University of Wisconsin, Mad...
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View from Bascom Hall

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Description: View from Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument on top of Bascom Hill, and the Wisconsin Sta...
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State Street Entrance to Historical Library

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Description: Colorized postcard of the State Street entrance of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Bascom ...
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Upper Campus, Historical Library

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Description: Black and white postcard of the Upper Campus, the west side of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Soci...
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Burial Mounds on Military Road

Date: 1844
Description: Part of a series of local maps, showing a number of burial mounds in the shape of animals near Madison, Wisconsin along military road. The maps also show d...
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Madison Mobile Homes Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Madison Mobile Homes, with a three-quarter view of a mobile home parked in a clearing near a wooded area on a shoreline, with the slogan "Liv...
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O.A. Schroeder & Son, Funeral Home

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Description: Illustrated postcard of a funeral home on the corner of King Street and East Wilson Street. The Wisconsin State Capitol is at the end of King Street. Capti...
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First Wisconsin National Bank

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol of the glass bank on the corner of N. Pinckney Street and East Washington Avenue.
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Nob Hill Restaurant

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Description: View of the Nob Hill Restaurant beside Lake Monona, with the Madison skyline in the distance. Formerly located at the junction of Olin Avenue and Hwys. 12 ...
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Methodist Hospital of Madison

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Description: View across street towards the Methodist Hospital at 309 W. Washington Avenue. Automobiles are parked along the curb. Caption reads: "Methodist Hospital of...
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Madison Sanitarium

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior view of a hospital building on a hill. Caption reads: "Madison Sanitarium, Madison, Wis."
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The Commodore

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Description: View across water towards the large building on the shoreline of the lake. Text on reverse reads: "The Commodore on Lake Mendota at 3100 Lake Mendota Drive...

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