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: | 1913 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Stockbridge Indian Mission with men standing near its entrance. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | St. Josaphat's Church in Milwaukee under construction. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Construction workers are posed in front of the partially-built St. Josaphat's Church on scaffolding and wooden steps near large columns. There are two chil... |
Date: | 09 11 1947 |
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Description: | Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 4018 Mineral Point Road, is shown under construction. |
Date: | 06 16 1949 |
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Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic diocese as he boards a Chicago-bound train on the first leg of his trip to Rome, where he will report to... |
Date: | 1956 |
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Description: | Cedric Belfrage, co-editor and founder of the "National Guardian," visiting a Moscow synagogue after his deportation from the United States. Belfrage was d... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road. |
Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | Holiday card with shepherds holding crooks and their sheep in the hills under the Christmas star. The text "Christmas Greetings" appears at the bottom. Let... |
Date: | 05 24 1953 |
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Description: | Ground breaking ceremonies at the site of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church to replace the church that was destroyed by fire in 1951. The Reverend Edwar... |
Date: | 1962 |
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Description: | Holiday card with representatives of six of the world's religions. In the center is the text: "Peace On Earth." On the inside (not shown) the sender is the... |
Date: | 1941 |
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Description: | The Houdini Award, an album, presented to Madison magician Ben Bergor by the Houdini Club of Wisconsin. Because Bergor won the award three years in success... |
Date: | 1941 |
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Description: | Ben Bergor, a Madison magician, receiving the Houdini Award from the widow of Harry Houdini. Behind him is the trunk from which Bergor had escaped, and fou... |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub... |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game." |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Madison magician Ben Bergor, standing in the trunk, and his wife, Alvina, standing nearby, getting ready to perform an amazing escape act. The act had Berg... |
Date: | 1967 |
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Description: | Teatro Campesino acto or skit dramatizing the experiences of Hispanic workers in America. Four actors stand together in costume with signs around their nec... |
Date: | 07 21 1954 |
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Description: | Catholic bishop of Madison William P. O'Connor steps off a train upon his return from two months traveling in Europe. |
Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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Description: | A member of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tears down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Searl Cook i... |
Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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Description: | A member of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tears down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Roscoe Biddi... |
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