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Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
Photograph

Chippewa Family Moving

Date: 
Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) family moving their disassembled wagon and grindstone from one village to another on two canoes somewhere in northern Wisconsin. This i...
Photograph

Aerial View of Lower Campus

Date: 1945
Description: View of the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison includes Bascom Hill, Wisconsin Historical Society, Memorial Union and the Armory (Red Gym ...
Photograph

Flood on Bay City Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Aftermath of the Bay City Creek flood.
Photograph

Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

Date: 
Description: Elevated winter view of the company buildings and residential area, with smokestacks in the background.
Postcard

North Broadway Avenue

Date: 1930
Description: View of residential street with many trees lining the terrace. Rails, possibly trolley rails, run down the center of the street. Caption reads: "North Broa...
Photograph

North Sherman Avenue

Date: 1929
Description: Residential block of North Sherman Avenue between McPherson and Farragut Street, across from Sherman School.
Photograph

Camp of the 7th Wisconsin

Date: 06 1862
Description: The 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment camp outside of Fredericksburg on the east side of the Rappahannock. Fredericksburg and a pontoon bridge lea...
Photograph

Two Men and Woman in Buggy

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of two men and a woman in a buggy.
Photograph

Capitol Heating Plant

Date: 1939
Description: Hazy eastern view of the Capitol Heating Plant on East Main Street.
Photograph

Flour and Feed Store

Date: 1899
Description: The Smith M. Jacobs Flour and Feed Store (left) and residence (right), 301 and 303 Monroe Street. The address renumbered within the next five years to 1701...
Photograph

Trempealeau

Date: 1920
Description: A view of Trempealeau.
Photograph

The C.H. Bird Home

Date: 
Description: The C.H. Bird home, with a carriage and a group of ladies in front of it. The front seat of the carriage is Miss Ada Bird. Beside the carriage, stands he...
Photograph

Sullivan, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the southwest road heading into Sullivan.
Postcard

Elevated View of Town

Date: 1910
Description: An elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View, Marshfield, Wis."
Photograph

South Twelfth Street, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: Elevated view of South Twelfth Street. There is a child standing in the center of the street holding onto a wagon in which another child is sitting. A chur...
Photograph

St. Nazianz Church

Date: 1910
Description: Church, probably named St. Nazianz, at least unofficially; no source is quite clear on this. In 1845, Father Ambrose Oschwald, hoping to free his co-relig...
Postcard

Old Ladies' Home

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of an "old ladies' home." Caption reads: "Old Ladies' Home, Racine, Wis."
Photograph

E.T. Billings Residence

Date: 1898
Description: The E.T. Billings Residence, Lake Avenue. Mr. Billings was a prominent commercial photographer.
Postcard

Elevated View of Town

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View of Neillsville, Wis."

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