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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
Photograph

Monona Avenue

Date: 1890
Description: Several houses at the intersection of Wilson Street and Monona Avenue with the home of Simeon Mills, one of Madison's most prominent citizens, on the corne...
Photograph

Andreas Dahl and the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph. This view from East Washington Avenue shows photographer Andrew Dahl on his horse "Curnel" in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Dahl had j...
Photograph

Middleton Railroad

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be...
Photograph

Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of Fauerbach's Brewery at 651-53 Williamson Street.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Sun Prairie

Date: 1890
Description: Color plat map of Sun Prairie.
Map or Atlas

Windsor Township

Date: 1873
Description: Map of the township of Windsor, from the "Atlas of Dane County."
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Black Earth Looking from the Northwest

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of Black Earth.
Photograph

View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward the Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus looking up State Street toward the second Wisconsin State Ca...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Route of Governor J.D. Doty from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien

Date: 1832
Description: Hand-drawn map in two parts of the route of Governor J.D. Doty. Probably made by Doty in 1832 as a result of his travels with Alexander J. Center.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Middleton

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of Middleton with an inset of a school house.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Wisconsin State University

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye view of Wisconsin State University, now the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Vignettes include Ladies Hall, South Dormitory, University Hall, As...
Photograph

Williamson Street

Date: 1874
Description: View looking southwest down the 600 block of Williamson Street to the East Madison Passenger Depot of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. There are frame ...
Drawing

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.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of Madison with insets of the University, Rasdall House, Vilas House, and the Wisconsin State Capitol. View includes cattail marsh, smokesta...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Madison

Date: 1885
Description: Bird's-eye map of Madison, State Capital of Wisconsin, County Seat of Dane County, with inset of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Drawing

Madison from University Hill

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Madison landscape as seen from University Hill. The main street in the center is State Street, and the building with Greek columns in the...
Drawing

Madison Landscape

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of view overlooking Madison. The sketch looks down North Hamilton Street from the capitol. Rutted, irregular streets and frame houses mark ...
Photograph

Dewey's Victory Arch

Date: 1898
Description: Wisconsin Semi-Centennial ceremonial archway erected at State and Mifflin Streets to celebrate Admiral George Dewey's victory over the Spanish fleet at Man...
Drawing

Madison Female Academy

Date: 1848
Description: Sketch of the Madison Women's Seminary on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and East Johnson. The Madison Female Academy was a 19th century school for girls w...

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