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Federal Building

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Description: Exterior view of the large Federal Building. Several pedestrians are visible, along with a horse-drawn vehicle. On the right is a Capitol Park Gateway.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Library Hall (Music Hall)

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior view of Library Hall, present-day Music Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Young Woman Raking Leaves

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Description: A young woman wearing a dress and a hat rakes leaves in a yard. In the background, a neighboring house is adorned with detailed fretwork brackets on an out...
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Brick Home

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Description: An exterior view of a two-story brick house and its surrounding yard. The photograph is taken looking down the street and sidewalk. The house boasts a smal...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Hall

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior view across field of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Hall. A group of men appear to be playing baseball on the open lawn along Langdon...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Academic Buildings

Date: 1896
Description: View over water of Science Hall and the Chemical Laboratory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, as seen from a boat in Lake Mendota. Part of a b...
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Two Children Playing Outside

Date: 1896
Description: Two boys, Verne and Fay Canon, pose outdoors. Verne sits in a small tree and rests his feet on the front tire of a bicycle, while Fay stands and rests his ...
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Decoration Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: An elevated view of a Decoration Day parade, near what appears to be Capitol Park. A small crowd gathers at the edge of the street to view a military band ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Buildings

Date: 1897
Description: Elevated view over Langdon Street of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. South Hall, Music Hall, and Science Hall are visible. Bascom Hill and a ce...
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Downtown Street in Winter

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Description: A view down snow-covered East Johnson Street from the corner of East Johnson Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Trees line the street and the Masonic Temple at 3...
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"Modern Woodmen of America" Parade

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Description: A group of "Modern Woodmen of America" stand at attention in a parade. The men are wearing uniforms that say, "MWA 51," and holding axes in their hands. A ...
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Soldiers Returning Home

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Description: Elevated view of a large crowd gathered to welcome the 1st Regiment home from the Spanish-American war.
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Downtown Water Tower

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Description: The Madison water tower as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park.
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Young Woman with a Bicycle

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Description: Mrs. Annie Coon stands in a front yard with a bicycle, probably on the 400 block of West Washington Avenue. A long line of trees grow along the street of t...
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3rd Ward District Fire Damage

Date: 1893
Description: View of the ruins from a fire in the 3rd Ward. A section of a tall building, perhaps a wall, still stands. In the foreground on the right is a cart near a ...
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Four Women in a Horse-Drawn Carriage

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Description: Four women, Mrs. D.W. Osbarn(?) Mrs. E.G. Vandercook, Mrs. Wm Master and Mrs. H. Schildhauer, ride in a horse-drawn carriage along a road near Lake Mendota...
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The C.A. Coon House

Date: 1898
Description: An exterior view of a home on S. Henry Street owned by C.A. Coon, an employee in the Department of "R.R. Conservation." The Victorian home has several deco...
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Miss Sarah B. Winn House

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of the Sarah B. Winn house on South Henry Street. The house is decoratively painted in two tones which are divided by a string course between...
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F.D. Eyerley and Daughter

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley crouches down to give his daughter a kiss. A bicycle is propped against a wooden fence which runs the perimeter of the front yard of the West ...

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