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| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from Lincoln Terrace on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground and... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from intersection towards a residence on 4th and Green Street. The large house shows many Italianate architectural details, including ornate eaves bra... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Vilas Park, filled with groups of people on the lawn, and horse-drawn carriages on the drive. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of north walkway of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on the left, and a car... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View up Bascom Hill showing Lincoln Monument in front of Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall). |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | 614 Langdon Street. This Queen Anne-style residence was built in 1889 for Phyllis Frawley. From 1889-1902, she rented the house to the Beta Theta Pi chapte... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left. |
| Date: | 05 22 1931 |
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| Description: | The golf course greens and rear view of the Monona Golf Course clubhouse (aka Nathaniel and Harriet Dean House, built 1856) located at 4718 Monona Drive. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fourth Capitol and dome under construction, while the north wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol remains standing on the right. T... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a man sitting on the steps of Town Hall. The Catholic church is in the background. Caption reads: "Town Hall and Church, La P... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Brown County Court House, with trees lining the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 07 20 1927 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the home of Nathan Paley at 340 West Washington Avenue. A woman is sitting on the front porch railing. |
| Date: | 07 20 1927 |
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| Description: | View from street of the front of the home of Sam Shuster at 333 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 07 25 1929 |
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| Description: | Robert Hommel house in Shorewood Hills, with a rear formal garden with bird bath. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for the International delivery trucks. Features a color illustration of a De Luxe delivery trucks "with All-Steel . . . Streamlined Metr... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction. |
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