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| Description: | Colorized view of the Capitol Park and the replica of Centennial fountain installed in the park in 1878. The green paint is a change made in 1898. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down Oak Street, with storefronts on the left, and a park on the right. Caption reads: "Oak St. Looking South, Baraboo, Wis." |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of people at Silurian Spring, located in Waukesha Springs Park. Caption reads: "Silurian Spring, Waukesha, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Now called Wisconsin Avenue. Split avenue (strip of land down the center). There are several statues on plinths and/or columns in the median. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from Eleventh Street. The avenue is lined with buildings and trees. A large flagpole is in the center of the avenue which is lan... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down center of avenue. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the road and pedestrians are on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Grand Ave. Blvd., Milwaukee, Wis." |
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| Description: | Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Fountain in front of the conservatory, separated by paths and shrubbery. Several pedestrians are standing near the fountain. Caption reads: "Conservatory, ... |
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| Description: | Visitors around a gazebo or pavilion in Washington Park. A group of people are posing on the curved stairway on the right side of the pavilion. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot, with train shed and clock tower. In the foreground is a landscaped area with flowers. In the background is Lake Mich... |
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| Description: | Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down a street in a central business district. There is a park on the left, and storefronts with awnings on the right. A bank is on ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Color postcard showing a landscape along River Park. |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of a circular flower bed next to the river, with an interstate bridge in the distance. Caption reads: "One of the Many Pretty Flower Beds... |
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| Description: | View down street towards a row of buggies parked on the left along a park, across from commercial buildings on the right. Caption reads: "East Lake Street,... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved town street. Businesses include a dentists' office, Lathrop's, Joeckel Bros., and Hatch Drugs on the left. There is a park on the right, ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the three glass domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. Cars are parked in the parking lot and along the driveway, and groups of people a... |
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