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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of people rowing on the Yahara River on Madison's East Side. The Malt House, 1603 Sherman Avenue, is in the background. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of children, mostly boys wearing caps, playing with flying rings outside at a playground in front of a brick building. |
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| Description: | Boys loafing on the playground in the director's absence. Most of them are sitting on a wall next to a building on the edge of the playground. |
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| Description: | A view of an ornate metal gateway to a city park. Trees, facing rows of park benches and a bust on a pedestal can be seen through the gate. |
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| Description: | A lighted brick platform in Jarvis Plaza with Mercy Hospital in the background. Paved paths lead to the central platform and parkgoers relax on benches. |
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| Description: | A small group sits under an ivy-covered arbor which covers what appears to be a fresh water well. The arbor is set in the woods and bears a horse-shoe shap... |
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| Description: | View of a grassy park bordered by four large stone and brick buildings. A convertible is parked on the cobbled street and the the buildings all have diffe... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View taken from across railroad tracks of a children's park. Crowds of children and adults stand behind a fence along the park. Behind them are large brick... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of two-story city hall in Library Park. It features a bell tower and mansard roof. There is a plaque mounted over the doorway just below the roof.... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Water fountain near city hall at Library Park. There is a water fountain or bubbler on the edge of the fountain. Two men are sitting on separate benches in... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the businesses on the east side of North Pinckney Street, including The Fair, The Madison School of Music, and August Scheibel. In the for... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of horses and buggies traveling on North Pinckney Street. The water tower rises behind the commercial buildings on the east side of the stree... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down West Washington Avenue from the roof of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Three churches are seen, from left: St. Raphael Catholic Church, Fi... |
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| Description: | Pedestrians walk through a park past a bandstand and trees. The Park Building can be seen behind them, built in 1914. To its right stands Lee Savings Bank. |
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| Description: | Exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. On the surrounding lawn, there is a ... |
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| Description: | View across dirt road of the exterior of the Brodhead High School. |
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| Description: | View of children playing at the Zabriskie Playground outside Number Nine Public School. The playground is found at the intersection of Mercer and Wayne St... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Central Ward School, a brick building featuring a central colonnaded tower. Children can be seen near the playground outside the school. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Ondossagon Public School building. This three-story brick structure was built in 1917. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down a street in a central business district. There is a park on the left, and storefronts with awnings on the right. A bank is on ... |
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