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| Date: | 06 16 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of the Loraine Hotel. In the background is Lake Mendota on the left, and on the right is Lake Mo... |
| Date: | 07 01 1932 |
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| Description: | Radio installed at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) for the granddaughters of the zoo director, Fred Winkelmann, and Tuck, the chimpanzee. |
| Date: | 10 05 1931 |
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| Description: | Two men are presenting a radio to a boy, Phillip Harris, as an award for naming the Vilas Zoo lion cubs. The names were "Thor" and "Yama." Left to right in... |
| Date: | 09 27 1930 |
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| Description: | The corner of State Street and Capitol Square from the roof of the Leath Furniture Store, with a view of the 100 block of State Street, the Wisconsin State... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated wintertime view of the intersection of South Carroll and West Main Streets, showing the First Baptist Church constructed in 1854, the wooden fence... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the stone gateway at the intersection of Pinckney, Main, and King Streets and the iron fence that surrounded the entire Capitol P... |
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| Description: | Winter view of the wooden gate to the third Wisconsin Capitol at East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International Special Delivery grocery truck owned by Meehan Grocery Company. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View from Capitol Park of the First National Bank building and other buildings on Pinckney Street. Cars are parked at an angle on the street. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Horlick Park, or Island Park, showing the Kinzie Avenue bridge. |
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| Description: | B. Olson and P. Helland sitting in the snow at a deer park in hunting gear, looking at a deer behind them. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Pinckney Street, looking northeast from the Wisconsin State Capital. On the right is East Washington Avenue. On the left is the Belmont Ho... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Flock of birds in snow-covered Tompkins Square Park located in East Village. |
| Date: | 07 19 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals boating in the Kosciusko Park lagoon, with onlookers sitting on the bank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Boating, Kosciusko Park". |
| Date: | 07 29 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals and children sitting on benches in the foreground of the residential park, with others in the middleground laying on the grass near the water f... |
| Date: | 05 26 1948 |
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| Description: | WIBA-FM, 45,000 watts, tower was built at Blue Mounds Park, and radiated power starting about June 10, 1948. WIBA was established in 1925 by The Capital... |
| Date: | 06 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of six men and one boy at a baseball game between the Penn Electrics and the Sauk City Red Sox marking the grand opening of Penn Park. Art L... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A canon is in the foreground to the left. There are a number of pedestrians in the park and on the path by the lake. In the background on the left is a tra... |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | L.C. Welsh Plumbing float entitled "Evolution of the Chamber Pot" in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. Elevated view over Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) and Jackson Street towards the cathedral, which has a large clock tower. |
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