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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 06 02 1927
Description: An interior view of the Capitol Theatre as it is being built at 211 State Street, as viewed from the stage toward the balcony.
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Capitol Theatre Construction

Date: 06 03 1927
Description: An interior view of the Capitol Theatre auditorium and balcony under construction.
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Soldiers' Orphans Home, Farwell House

Date: 1870
Description: Group of people posing outside of Soldiers' Orphans Home, located on Spaight Street between Paterson and Brearly Streets. The building was originally const...
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Soldiers' Orphans' Home/Monona Academy

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...
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House on Bernard Court

Date: 12 19 1936
Description: View across street towards a three-story house on Bernard Court. The address on the door reads "202," and a sled is leaning up against the wall near the fr...
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, from upper balcony. A man looking up at the ceiling rafters is standing on top of scaffolding in the ...
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Man Sitting on Rafter

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Description: A man is sitting high up on a rafter in a building with a skylight. There is a ladder to his left, and a balcony is behind him.
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Schlitz Brew House

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Description: View of the brew house of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. A man is standing in the background.
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Octagonal House

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...
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Main Street

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Description: View down street of intersection at Main Street. The commercial street houses a bank, printing press, clothing shop, and hotel. A man makes repairs from a ...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: Exterior view of the facade of Merchants Hotel, located at the intersection of First and Fillmore Streets. Men and women are posed sitting and standing on ...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View from street of two men posed sitting in a wagon full of grain bags and pulled by a team of four horses in front of the Merchants Hotel. L.S.Y. June, t...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district. A creamery on the left. A house on the right with a woman in a rocking chair and two children in front. Some men s...
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Pueblo Home — Parsons Indian Village

Date: 1932
Description: Eight Native American men pose around the two-story stucco sided Pueblo Home. They are all wearing traditional dress, with four wearing headdresses, and on...
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Columbia Chilled Plows Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Chromolithograph card featuring an illustration of a man (or boy) perched barefoot on a rope ladder at the edge of a balcony. He is trying to kiss the woma...
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Redecorating West High School Auditorium

Date: 08 15 1958
Description: Ernest LaBella, Capital Decorating Co., is repairing a seat in the West High School auditorium as part of an effort to prepare city school buildings for th...
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McCormick's Gymnasium

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Description: Interior, elevated view of McCormick's Gymnasium. Sports equipment is set up on the floor, and a punching bag is attached to the brick wall near a set of d...
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McCormick's Gymnasium

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Description: Interior, elevated view of McCormick's Gymnasium. Sports equipment is set up on the floor, and a punching bag is attached to the brick wall near a set of d...
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Sandblasting Facade of Fess Hotel

Date: 11 18 1974
Description: View of a man standing on a ladder and sandblasting the brick facade of the Fess Hotel. He is wearing a protective hood, and is working on the right side o...
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Sandblasting Facade of Fess Hotel

Date: 11 18 1974
Description: View from sidewalk of a man standing on a ladder and sandblasting the facade on the right side of the Fess Hotel.

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