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Monona Avenue

Date: 1890
Description: Several houses at the intersection of Wilson Street and Monona Avenue with the home of Simeon Mills, one of Madison's most prominent citizens, on the corne...
Photograph

Aerial View of the Madison Isthmus

Date: 05 09 1908
Description: Kite aerial panoramic photograph of the central business district. In the distance is Lake Mendota. The fire damaged Wisconsin State Capitol is in the cent...
Photograph

View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward the Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus looking up State Street toward the second Wisconsin State Ca...
Photograph

East Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1861
Description: East wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building (second in Madison) photographed from the U.S. Hotel building which was located at the corner of Ea...
Photograph

Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1922
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and Lake Monona.
Photograph

Aerial View of Isthmus from the West

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of isthmus looking east toward Lake Mendota and the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Lake Monona and the horizon in the background.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Capitol Square Newspaper Article

Date: 1956
Description: Capitol Square images from a 1956 Wisconsin State Journal article.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aerial View

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus including Camp Randall Stadium, the Wisconsin State Capitol, and both Lake Mendota and Lake Monon...
Poster

First National Bank Madison Check Poster

Date: 12 11 1970
Description: Caption on back reads, "Given by 1st National Bank to student customers, 11-XII-70 [12/11/70]. This is the design of their new 'Madisonian' checks." Depi...
Photograph

Myles Horton Resting Beneath the National Capitol

Date: 
Description: Myles Horton dreaming under the National Capitol building during the Poor People's Campaign.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol under Construction

Date: 1904
Description: View from railroad bed along Monona Bay shoreline. The Wisconsin State Capitol dome is under construction. St. Raphael's Cathedral can be seen on the left.
Photograph

Lincoln Monument and Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 
Description: View from Bascom Hill and the Lincoln Monument toward the Wisconsin State Capitol building, still under construction.
Photograph

Lincoln Monument from Bascom Hall Portico Arch

Date: 1911
Description: Lincoln Monument on Bascom Hill from arch of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The city of Madison is in the...
Photograph

Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 
Description: Haines Photo Co. panoramic photo of Madison's Capitol Square, taken from the King Street corner.
Drawing

Monona Lake Front Development Plan

Date: 07 1939
Description: An architectural rendering of a proposed lakefront development plan.
Photograph

Bernie's Beach on Monona Bay

Date: 06 16 2015
Description: Children and adults at a small, sandy beach on the bay. Two woman are watching over the children as they play in the water or on the beach. The skyline of ...
Photograph

Aerial View of the Madison Isthmus

Date: 1908
Description: Kite aerial panoramic photograph of the central business district. In the distance is Lake Mendota. The fire damaged Wisconsin State Capitol is in the cent...

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