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Camp Randall

Date: 1862
Description: Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a militar...
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Panoramic View of Dudgeon Neighborhood

Date: 1916
Description: Panoramic view of the Wingra area from the railroad tracks north of Gregory Street. Looking towards Lake Wingra, across Monroe Street.
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of Camp Randall Field from the top of Bascom Hall, with University Heights in the background. A crowd is in the stands at the stadium, and a ...
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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1908
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Field on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. University Heights is in the background.
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"No More Crooked Rows"

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Description: Inside spread of 4-page advertising brochure for Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co. Limited with a chromolithograph of a Bonanza Forge Drop planter, "The only perfe...
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Remodeled Trailer House

Date: 08 22 1942
Description: Remodeled trailer house near the intersection of Highways 18 & 51 (Monona Drive and East Broadway).
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Tractor Breaking Ground for Garden

Date: 04 28 1933
Description: Gene Walker on Caterpillar tractor breaking ground for community garden project, located on S. Park Street near Cedar Street. Watching are: Alphons Kruel, ...
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Piper Brothers Farm

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Piper Brothers farm scene, 4718 Odana Road near Midvale.
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College of Agriculture

Date: 1903
Description: View towards the College of Agriculture on the University of Wisconsin campus, with Bascom Hall in the distance on a hill.
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Herbert Jacobs Residence I

Date: 1937
Description: Side elevation of Herbert Jacobs Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction. There are open fields surrounding the structure. Constru...
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View of the Grand Music Band

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of the Grand Music Band" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Gu...
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South Madison

Date: 1909
Description: View from the University of Wisconsin service building smokestack of south Madison, including Mills Street, Mound Street, and the Greenbush. Lake Monona is...
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Professor's Homes

Date: 1902
Description: View across field towards two residences of University of Wisconsin Professors. At 1532 University Avenue is the Harry L. Russell home and at 1540 Universi...
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University Heights Neighborhood

Date: 1913
Description: View looking southwest at the University Heights neighborhood from near the corner of University Avenue and Breese Terrace. In the foreground is the Univer...
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Aerial View of University Farms

Date: 09 1958
Description: Aerial view of University Farms neighborhood near Lake Mendota.
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Aerial View of University Hill Farms

Date: 09 1958
Description: University Hill Farms from an aerial perspective.
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Monona Bay

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view looking towards Monona Bay, possibly from atop the University of Wisconsin Power Plant smokestack.
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Lake Wingra

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view looking toward Lake Wingra. In the foreground is the Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Yard. The company built it's warehouse at 1542 Monroe Street between...
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Picnic in University Heights

Date: 1908
Description: Four girls are sitting on a hill in University Heights. The city of Madison is in the background.

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