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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park

Date: 1870
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b...
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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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Capitol (Third)

Date: 1870
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol (second in Madison), surrounded by trees. When construction on the capitol was completed in 1868, the structure measured ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Dome

Date: 1878
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared after the completion of the dome in 1869. At that time only the dome and the upper stories can be seen above the...
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Capitol Park and Park Hotel

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the p...
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Capitol Grounds Gate

Date: 1880
Description: View of the gate to the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds, looking out to the street. On the left on the opposite side of the street is a building with a sig...
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First Unitarian Church

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of the First Unitarian Church, which stood on Wisconsin Avenue near the Post Office.
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Capitol Park

Date: 1874
Description: Southeast Gate of Capitol Park. Four stone columns stand along the sidewalk, with statues on top of the two columns in the center, and two columns with str...
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol from the south gate.
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Lake Mendota

Date: 1874
Description: View across Lake Mendota toward Bascom Hall from 2-16 Langdon Street.
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Lake Monona and Atwood House

Date: 1874
Description: View towards Lake Monona (David Atwood House in foreground, Monona Avenue and Doty Street).
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Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches

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Description: Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches.
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Court House

Date: 1874
Description: View from Capital Park towards the United States Court House. There is a stone gateway with iron statues and an iron fence along the sidewalk. The elaborat...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison from Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Residence of General Simeon Mills

Date: 1874
Description: Residence of General Simeon Mills.
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Elevated View of Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view up Wisconsin Avenue showing City Hall on the corner at Mifflin Street on the left, with the Post Office to the right. Further down is the Pre...
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Second Ward School House

Date: 03 09 1881
Description: Stereograph of a wintery view of the Second Ward School House. A student stands at the edge of the fence line surrounding the school house.
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Madison Church

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Description: An unidentified church seen through a tree-filled park.
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View up Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Elevated view up Wisconsin Avenue showing City Hall with the Post Office to the right. Also visible is the Presbyterian Church.

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