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Medicine Wagon Driving through Town

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Description: Dr. Eugene Krohn driving his medicine wagon. The man behind the wagon is either Rufus Jones or Warren C. Jones.
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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down dirt road towards the Lappley Bros. Lumber Yard. There are houses on the right and in the far background. There are horses and carriages parked a...
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Hausmann Brewing Company

Date: 1915
Description: View across street towards the Hausmann Brewing Company on the corner of State and Gorham Streets. An archway on the right side leads to an inner courtyard...
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People on Sled

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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Parade on the Capitol Square

Date: 1910
Description: A parade turning the corner from Wisconsin Avenue on to the Capitol Square. A horse-drawn wagon in the foreground carries a May Pole and dancers from the K...
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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...
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Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
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Capitol View of the Water Tower

Date: 1890
Description: The Madison water tower and farmers' market as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park. The building on t...
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Suffrage March

Date: 03 03 1913
Description: Elevated view of a suffrage parade, with a large crowd looking on. The sign on the horse-drawn wagon reads: "We Demand an Amendment to the Constitution of ...
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Barstow Street

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of Barstow Street looking north. View from the corner of Main Street, where the Eau Claire Book and Stationary Company later stood, looking n...
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East Water Street

Date: 1844
Description: Illustration of the west side of East Water Street.
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T.A. Chapman's New Store

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Description: Elevated view of T.A. Chapman's new store with a horse and carriage next to it.
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First Streetcars in Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: First electric street railway service in Wisconsin.
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Crowd on State Street

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Description: Elevated view of crowd along sidewalks on State Street, and the Masonic Temple from Madison Street. Streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street.
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Administration Building, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; Administration Building in Jackson Park, viewed from 64th Street; foreground: a crowd of men gathered near Pass Gate.
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Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; North side of Midway Pleasance viewed from Madison Avenue.
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Evening Wisconsin Building

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Description: Elevated view of the Evening Wisconsin building. There is a horse-drawn vehicle on the left near the curb.
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Phillip Best Building and Matthew Brothers Store

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Description: Elevated view of the Phillip Best Building and Matthew Brothers Store, built in 1878.
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Union Depot

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Description: Elevated view across street towards the Union Depot. Horse-drawn carriages are in the street.

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