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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A barn at the Quaker Oats farm at 4202 Monona Drive.
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Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 102

Date: 
Description: He was taught restraint and patriotic fiction,
letting automation by
to wipe the chimneys clean of issues
and make horizons in the sky
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John C. Spooner Home

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Description: Exterior view of the home of John C. Spooner. The house is a Queen Anne style at the corner of Langdon and Henry Streets. The address was possibly 619 Henr...
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Remains of Droster Brothers General Store

Date: 11 1918
Description: Members of the Droster Family stand among the remains of the Droster Brothers General Store after it burned down in November. It was located across the str...
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Temporary Building for Droster Brothers General Store

Date: 01 1919
Description: Temporary building built after the fire in Burke that destroyed the Droster Brothers General Store. The Droster's bought out John Quilty's store, which in ...
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Harvesting Ice on Lake Mendota

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Description: View across ice on Lake Mendota towards men using long poles to maneuver ice up to the conveyor belt to the Conklin Ice House.
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First Fireman Drill Center for Madison Firefighters

Date: 11 11 1964
Description: Madison firefighters shown scaling ladders at the first permanent training center. It was originally a military theater for Truax Field and then the Madiso...
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Yahara River

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Description: View down dirt road towards a tall smokestack near the Yahara River bridge where the river flows into Lake Mendota. The smokestack is the remainder of Leon...
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Yahara River Dam

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Description: View across the Yahara River towards a tall smokestack on the opposite shoreline, with Lake Mendota in the background. Remnants of the foundation and suppo...
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The Malt House and Yahara River Bridge

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Description: View across lawn and the Yahara River towards the Hausmann Brewing Company's Malt House in the center background. On the right is the Yahara River bridge. ...
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Water Tower at the top of East Washington Avenue

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Description: View looking down East Washington Avenue towards the water tower. On the left is a sign on the side of a building for the Schoelkopf Ford dealership. There...
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Yahara River Mill

Date: 1850
Description: A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina...
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University of Wisconsin Heating Plant

Date: 1921
Description: View across street towards the UW-Heating Plant on Observatory Drive. There is an automobile parked at the curb in the foreground.
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Oppel's Fancy Grocery

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Description: View from intersection towards the Oppels grocery store at 116-120 East Main Street, which is on the far left. The Wisconin State Capitol dome and a tall c...
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Water Tower on East Washington Avenue

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Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol of the old water tower, and an expansive view of the city with church steeples, houses, commercial buildings...
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House in Town

Date: 01 2014
Description: View across snow-covered ground, towards the photographer'shouse with a front deck. The winter landscape includes a wood fence and tree on the left.
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University of Wisconsin — Agriculture Campus

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Description: Exterior view from west of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture on a hill on campus. Trees and a sidewalk run along the road on the right...
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University of Wisconsin — Agriculture Hall

Date: 06 30 1903
Description: Exterior view of Agriculture Hall soon after completion.
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College of Agriculture Buildings

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards Physics Hall, the heating plant, and Hiram Smith Hall. Physics Hall has two windmills; the heating plant has a large chimney, and...
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Heating Plant

Date: 01 2014
Description: Two smokestacks of a power plant with clouds of exhaust being released into the sky on a cold day.

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