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| Date: | 11 11 1925 |
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| Description: | This red brick Italianate residence located at 216 Langdon Street, was built in 1870 for Lucien Stanley Hanks, a prominent Madison banker and civic leader,... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The "Spirit of St. Louis," flown by Charles Lindbergh, was the first airplane to fly non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh returned to Madison... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View from stands of crowd gathered for the arrival of Charles Lindbergh and his famed airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis". |
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| Description: | Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A general view of the Lane residence, which is the birthplace of Carrie Lane, later Carrie Chapman Catt, noted woman suffrage leader. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Lathrop, Post Mistress, stands with a dog and other people in front of the Post Office. There is a shoreline on the left. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol (extension of the second State Capitol which was the first in Madison), shortly after the construction o... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Members of the Frautschi family pose at the Christian Frautschi Furniture Store. From left to right are Alice, Irving, Christian and Arthur Frautschi. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fourth Capitol and dome under construction, while the north wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol remains standing on the right. T... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Entrance to the Forest Hill Cemetery, with a streetcar on the right. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Looking west down wooden sidewalk along La Pointe's unpaved main street. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Looking down La Pointe's main street on Madeline Island. A man is walking on the board sidewalk on the left, and another person is driving a horse-drawn ve... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of La Pointe, Madeline Island, taken from the Mission Inn. |
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