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Park Hotel at Carroll and Main Streets

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of the exterior of the Park Hotel at Carroll and Main Streets. There is a church building in the background on the left.
Drawing

Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
Drawing

C.H. & L.J. McCormick's Reaper Manufactory

Date: 1875
Description: Drawing of the C.H. & L.J. McCormick Reaper Manufactory (McCormick Reaper Works). The factory was built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the origin...
Photograph

Waupun Stone Mills

Date: 1878
Description: View of Waupun Stone Mills, established in 1849, in the background. Construction of an addition is underway. People are in the foreground in front of a br...
Drawing

City Hall

Date: 1859
Description: City Hall in the background of a bustling street, with pedestrians, horses, carriages, and wagons. A stagecoach is parked across the street on the left.
Photograph

Gates Gallery

Date: 1865
Description: Exterior view of the Gates Gallery, location for the first H.H. Bennett studio.
Document

Milwaukee House Stationery

Date: 1857
Description: Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ...
Print

Edward P. Allis & Company's Reliance Works and Bay State Works

Date: 1883
Description: Etched print of factory with inset of Bay State Works in lower right corner. Lake with ships in background, with busy, buggy covered roads in foreground. ...
Print

Bijou Opera House

Date: 1889
Description: Souvenir Booklet made for the opening night of August 19, 1889. Half of the image is the opera house, and the other half is a brief summary and descriptio...
Drawing

Building on Street Corner

Date: 09 01 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; Elevated view of building on street corner with horse-drawn delivery wagon in front. Tall trees line the two streets. Building is two st...
Print

West Superior Hotel

Date: 1891
Description: Exterior view of the West Superior Hotel. There are pedestrians, a street car, and people riding in horse-drawn carriages on the street in front of the hot...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1890
Description: View down Main Street. Pedestrians gather near parked streetcars, horse-drawn carriages, and storefronts. Signs on buildings read: "Pfeifer," "Blass," and ...
Photograph

Main Street View

Date: 06 01 1892
Description: View down Main Street featuring crowds of people near the Theatre Comique and other stores and offices.

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