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Monona Avenue

Date: 1890
Description: Several houses at the intersection of Wilson Street and Monona Avenue with the home of Simeon Mills, one of Madison's most prominent citizens, on the corne...
Photograph

View from Bascom Hill

Date: 1890
Description: A view from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Capitol View of the Water Tower

Date: 1890
Description: The Madison water tower and farmers' market as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park. The building on t...
Photograph

Madison Pharmacy Lecture Room

Date: 1890
Description: View of a University of Wisconsin pharmacy lecture room.
Photograph

Railway Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: People and carriages in front of the depot-hotel Railway Hotel on West Washington Avenue. This was the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Ticket Offi...
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Looking South from the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 1890
Description: Looking south from the capitol dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol, the view is of West Main Street bound by South Hamilton Street and Monona Avenue (now M...
Photograph

City Hall and the Fuller Opera House

Date: 1890
Description: City Hall at the intersection of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue and the Fuller Opera House on Mifflin Street. Snow on the ground. Both buildings were...
Photograph

Capitol Park

Date: 1890
Description: The expanded third Wisconsin State Capitol photographed at a time of the year when the trees in the park did not obstruct the view. As a result, the curvil...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park Detail

Date: 1890
Description: Detail of the photograph of the Third Capitol showing the North Wing addition completed in 1883. Designed by D.R. Jones, the North and South additions were...
Photograph

American House, 323 E. Main Street

Date: 1890
Description: The Flom Hotel or American House, located at 323 East Main Street at the corner of South Hancock Street, existed from 1865 to 1925. Attached to the buildin...
Photograph

Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 1890
Description: View of Grace Episcopal Church from West Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Bright House

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph of the Bright house, later the J.C. Ford residence, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Gilman Street.
Photograph

Lucius Fairchild House

Date: 1890
Description: The doorway of the Lucius Fairchild house at 302 South Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Monona Avenue in 1877) near Lake Monona. The house was constructed in 1850...
Photograph

First Baptist Church

Date: 1890
Description: The First Baptist Church, pictured in the lower center area of the photograph, organized in 1847 and erected in 1854. St. Raphael's Cathedral in the backgr...
Photograph

Church Parsonage

Date: 1890
Description: The First Congregational Church parsonage, 138 Langdon Street, built in 1891 and demolished about 1965 to make room for an addition to the sorority house n...
Photograph

Backyard

Date: 1890
Description: The backyard of Sam Marshall's home, seen from Mrs. Alden's property on Frances Street.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Madison and Lake Mendota

Date: 1890
Description: Portion of a plat map of Madison featuring Lake Mendota.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of East Madison, Left Side

Date: 1890
Description: Left half of a plat map of the "East Part of the city of Madison".
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of East Madison, Right Side

Date: 1890
Description: Right side of a plat map of the "East Part of the City of Madison".
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Part of West Madison

Date: 1890
Description: Portion of a plat map of the "West Part of the City of Madison".

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