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Hillside Playhouse Entry

Date: 1946
Description: Exterior view from driveway of the entry to the Hillside Playhouse, with a large tree obscuring part of the building in the background.
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Model Airplane Builder

Date: 
Description: Tony Italiano of Waukesha, founder of the Supreme Model Supply Co., with a large model airplane.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus from Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison's upper campus from Lincoln Terrace down Bascom Hill. The Wisconsin State Capitol can be seen in the dista...
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Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hall Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Lincoln Monument is near the front entrance.
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First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Council House (First Capitol)

Date: 1870
Description: Council House of the first Wisconsin Territorial Legislature when it met at Belmont in 1836. A young boy or man wearing a hat stands in front near a fence.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Construction Disaster

Date: 1883
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol after the unfinished South Wing collapsed on November 8, 1883. Defective workmanship and shoddy construction materials ca...
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Observation Balloon

Date: 08 1917
Description: A training ascension of a captive observation balloon. During their training, soldiers learned how to correctly estimate the effectiveness of artillery on ...
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Science Hall

Date: 1929
Description: View across Observatory Drive of east facade of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Postcard

Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon.
Postcard

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...
Postcard

Central High School

Date: 1915
Description: Central High School, designed by St. Paul architect Cass Gilbert and partially razed in 1986. Caption reads: "High School, Madison, Wis."
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Gay Building

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the neoclassical Gay Building, named after Madison developer Leonard W. Gay, at 16 N Carroll Street, one of the first high-rise buildings ...
Manuscript

Chippewa Spring Sanitorium Hotel

Date: 
Description: Front cover of Prospectus of The Chippewa Spring Sanitorium Hotel. An illustration of the hotel is included along with the words: "Health, Rest, And Joy".
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Madison Capitol Fence and Pinckney Street

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Description: A view of the Capitol Park and Pinckney Street taken approximately 1885-1890. The building in the center, at the intersection of Pinckney and East Washingt...
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Directing an "Action Song"

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Streeter leading school children in the "shoemaker's song". Another woman is standing near a Victrola. The children are outdoors under trees. Possibly...
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Earl Sloan Farm

Date: 10 02 1945
Description: Earl Sloan farm near Madison taken for the Wisconsin Power & Light Company.
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Ray Haupt Farm

Date: 10 02 1945
Description: Ray Haupt farm near Madison, taken for Wisconsin Power & Light.
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William Siebert Farm

Date: 10 02 1945
Description: William Siebert farm near Madison, taken for Wisconsin Power & Light Company.
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Naval Training School Personnel

Date: 10 27 1944
Description: Group portrait of 11 U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) personnel: three officers, four non-commissioned sailors,and four male civilians on the University ...
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Naval Training School Instructors

Date: 11 06 1944
Description: Group portrait of officer and civilian instructors of the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Second man on l...

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