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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Madison City Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View of City Hospital, which became known as Madison General Hospital and is now Meriter Hospital. It was designed by Madison architects Louis W. Claude an...
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Library Reading Room

Date: 1955
Description: A view of the Library Reading Room in 1955, after the modernization of the 1950s was complete. Most prominent is the division of the room into functional ...
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype of the Fairchild Residence, home of Lucius Fairchild. A woman is standing on the lawn.
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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype of the Fairchild residence, home of Lucius Fairchild. A woman is standing in the doorway.
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First Congregational Church Interior

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated interior view of the First Congregational Church, 222 West Washington Avenue.
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Timothy Brown House

Date: 1900
Description: The Timothy Brown house, 116 East Gorham Street.
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1905
Description: Rocky Roost, the Lamp family cottage, located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota, decorated for a party. Shown from the left are Matilda Lamp Lueder...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1955
Description: Historical Society Library Reading Room and the Visitors Gallery after their modernization during the mid-1950s. Prominent among the visible changes are a...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1901
Description: Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ...
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin students (primarily women) studying in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. On the left is the Visitors Gallery.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library

Date: 1905
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin Historical Society library.
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of the length of the Historical Society Library Reading Room, including tables, chairs, lamps and skylight.
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Wisconsin State Historical Library

Date: 1912
Description: Colorized postcard of an exterior view of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The text at the ...
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Governor's Executive Residence

Date: 1950
Description: View from yard showing the back of the Governor's Mansion. The building features a balcony, arched windows, and several chimneys.
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Second O'Dea Family Home on Park Street

Date: 1912
Description: Childhood home of David E. O'Dea (born February 7th, 1920) at 1035 Park Street. This is the second O'Dea family home.
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216 Campbell Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of the house at 216 Campbell Street. Construction materials are piled about the property, suggesting it was recently built. A small group of people ar...
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House on Monona Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards house at 210 Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard), a property owned by Colonel George M. Neckerman and Elizabet...
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1918
Description: View across lawn towards the front entrance of the Wisconsin Historical Society building.

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