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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 666-673

Date: 
Description: Height is might

The expansionists and the young
want up the elevation

An overview high, and especially away
Photograph

Madison Hotel

Date: 07 30 1959
Description: Madison Hotel, located at 108 North Pinckney, is the oldest building on the Capitol Square and one of Madison's oldest landmarks. It was built in 1838. It ...
Photograph

"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view from street corner at Broadway and West 50th Street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when it was screening the movie "Foreign C...
Photograph

Winter Traffic

Date: 1956
Description: Elevated view looking on downtown street with traffic, in winter.
Photograph

View from the Top

Date: 1965
Description: Overhead view looking down from a tall building at passing traffic and workmen on suspended scaffolding near the sidewalk.
Photograph

Car Outside Bergmann Prescription and Photo Center

Date: 1958
Description: Photograph of a 1958 Chevy driving past Bergmann Prescription and Photo Center, located at 102 King Street. A man and a woman stand on opposite street corn...
Postcard

Packard Avenue

Date: 1943
Description: Photographic postcard view looking north on Barnard Avenue from Packard Avenue. There are businesses, automobiles and pedestrians on both sides of the stre...
Postcard

Main Street Looking South

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of street looking south. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the street, and telephone poles and many pedestrians line the sidewalks. Caption r...
Postcard

Bridge Street

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized view of Bridge Street, looking north from Spring Street intersection, in the central business district. The view includes stores, some with canva...
Photograph

Seventh Street

Date: 1914
Description: Seventh Street looking east. Streetcars are running in both diretions, and horse-drawn vehicles and bicycles are near the curb. The sidewalks are filled wi...
Map or Atlas

Preliminary Traffic Map

Date: 1937
Description: This blue line print map shows highways, the scale of traffic volume, and average 24 hour traffic. Also included are inset maps of Green Bay, Oshkosh, Fond...
Photograph

Christmas Shopping Begins in Madison

Date: 11 29 1963
Description: Crowded with cars and shoppers, a holiday-decorated State Street is featured as Christmas shopping begins on the day after Thanksgiving.
Photograph

Snow, Slush and Pedestrians

Date: 03 05 1965
Description: People jumping over slush from a sidewalk to the street. Three inches of snow had fallen, adding up to 39 inches of water.
Photograph

Night View of Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue

Date: 09 30 1965
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol at night from West Washington Avenue. There is a neon or electric sign for "Hotel Loraine."
Photograph

Man Standing on Sidewalk

Date: 
Description: View of a man standing on the sidewalk near State and Gorham streets holding a cigarette in his hand. Behind him is an intersection with traffic and cars p...
Photograph

Filming "The Cool World"

Date: 
Description: Elevated view looking over the railings in front of a building of a crowd of people watching a scene from the film "The Cool World" being shot. The cameram...
Photograph

State and Gorham Streets

Date: 
Description: View from front of a man driving a car with a dog sitting in the passenger seat.
Photograph

Dog and Driver 02

Date: 
Description: View from front of a man driving a car with a dog sitting in the passenger seat near State and Gorham Streets.
Photograph

State Street from the 200 Block

Date: 05 1930
Description: View of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street, seen looking west from the 200 block. In the background is Bascom Hill, ...
Postcard

Main Street — Green Bay

Date: 1951
Description: Colorized postcard view down a street in a main shopping district. Traffic signals are on the corners, and a large flag is hanging from the Beaumont Hotel ...

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