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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the large dome of Yerkes Observatory. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Yerkes Observatory showing the entrance and two domes. There are prairie plants in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. The library opened in 1900 and was funded with a gift of $150,000 from G.M. Simmons. The building i... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of park in front of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library, with the Soldiers and Sailors monument. The library opened in 1900 and was funded ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view from tree-lined cobblestone street of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. The library opened in 1900 and was funded with a gift of $150,00... |
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| Description: | Exterior view from lawn of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. The library opened in 1900 and was funded with a gift of $150,000 from G.M. Simmons. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view of Main Hall, present-day Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View down the center of Main Street, with many diagonally parked automobiles. Prominent on the right hand side of the street at a corner is the Classic Rev... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A statue of Franklin Pierce in a park plaza surrounded by trees. The capitol building surmounted by the original war eagle statue fills the background. |
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| Description: | A view of the White House from the front lawn showing blooming flowers and small groups of people gathered by the drive. |
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| Description: | Distant view of the Doric temple style Lincoln Memorial and the National mall including the surrounding manicured park and rolling wooded hills in the back... |
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| Description: | A Christmas greeting card with a view of the state capitol inset and framed on the page. Surrounding the picture are pine, holly, candles and text: "Merry... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from street of the home of Ephraim Burt and Alice Kent Trimpey, 719 Oak Street, after a snowfall. The classical revival style house has symmetrical wi... |
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| Description: | Elevated view across the tree lined city park towards the high school, courthouse, and bandstand. |
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| Description: | Parkgoers relax by a pond and socialize in a classical-style pavilion set in the trees. |
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| Description: | Tall cylindrical Civil War memorial with multiple sculptures in Ely Square in downtown. A wrought iron fence surrounds the monument, trees dot the square a... |
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| Description: | A classical-style stone gazebo with a sculpture on a pedestal at the entrance to a rose garden. |
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| Description: | A monument entitled "The Spirit of Life" dedicated to the memory of the financier and philanthropist, Spencer Trask, that features a statue, a stone wall a... |
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| Description: | Classical stone memorial with six columns to the memory of Jennie Higbee, founder and principal of a local school for girls. Located in Overton Park which ... |
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