Date: | 08 09 1906 |
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Description: | Demolition of the semi-circular West Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. In this picture the upper stories are gone, but behind the scaffolding the... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Workmen posing on the partially demolished dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, together with the hoist used for removing salvaged materials. This d... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil... |
Date: | 08 1907 |
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Description: | The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18... |
Date: | 1907 |
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Description: | The construction of the East Wing of the new Capitol is underway. This is a view of the North and South Wings and the dome of the Third Wisconsin State Cap... |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the farmers' market at the base of the water tower (not in view) in front of the Washington Building. There is a Wisconsin State Journal s... |
Date: | 02 1904 |
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Description: | The office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27. |
Date: | 02 1904 |
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Description: | A close-up of the damage in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction caused by the Wisconsin State Capitol fire. Details of interest include ... |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Office of Roujet Delisle Marshall, who served as Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice 1895-1918. The judge's office was located in one of the octagon tower room... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Close-up of the demolition of the dome of the Third Capitol, one of the few known photographs that permits such close observation of the architectural deta... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Historian Emma Helen Blair, who supervised the Historical Society's maps and manuscripts collection during the 1890s and who aided the editorial projects o... |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot... |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Floor plan for the second floor library and offices of the State Historical Society building designed by architects Ferry & Clas and constructed in 1900. F... |
Date: | 1903 |
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Description: | Interior view of the State Historical Society Library Superintendent's office with Reuben Gold Thwaites seated at his desk. There is a map of the United St... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Madison old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster St. Three men driving horse-drawn ladder trucks in front of Madison Fire Station, 10 S. Webs... |
Date: | 1903 |
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Description: | The anteroom outside of Reuben G. Thwaites' Wisconsin Historical Society office. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext... |
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