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Central High School Boys' Glee Club

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: Central High School Boys' glee club group portrait.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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Halle Steensland and Family

Date: 1875
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left to right: Morten, Henry, Edward, Halbert and Helen) in front of their home in Mapl...
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Cotton House

Date: 1949
Description: View of three women standing in the foreground looking at the front of the Captain John Cotton house. Also known as "Beaupre", this Greek Revival style hou...
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New Orleans Composite

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Description: Composite of views of New Orleans, including French quarter, market, collonade, locksmith, and tin fix. Text accompanying the views reads: "Vegetable Carts...
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New Orleans Market

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Description: A woman and two young children are shown in a farm market.
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St. Mary's Church

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view towards the altar at St. Mary's Church on the occasion of Donald Schleuter's wedding.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Garden Tea

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: Alpha Phi sorority, 28 Langdon Street, was the site of a garden party for all sorority women on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Left to right: ...
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Woman in Horse-Drawn Wagon at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 11 1917
Description: Horse pulling a woman on a wagon in a town along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The woman is sitting in a large wicker basket, and behind her is a box tied wi...
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Resting in the Sun, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A group of five men and women sit on metal crates in the sun on the Coney Island boardwalk.
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Milwaukee County Court House

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Description: Exterior view from across street of the Milwaukee County Court House, with automobiles, a fire hydrant, and a woman walking across the street.
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United States Post Office

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Description: Exterior of the United States Post Office. A woman exits the main doors of the stone building. Stairs lead from a columned facade to the sidewalk past lamp...
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Elevated City View

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a city, featuring the Trinity (1813-1814), United (1812-1815), and Center Churches (1812-1814) and the Phelps Gateway. People gather on t...
Postcard

Wisconsin State Historical Society Building

Date: 1967
Description: Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Students a...
Postcard

State Historical Society of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Lower Campus

Date: 1963
Description: Color postcard of the exterior of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from across the Library Mall. The University of Wisconsin Memorial Library is o...
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Flores Avenue

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Description: View of Flores Avenue, a commercial section of downtown. The city hall, built in 1884, stands on the left near Laredo National Bank, founded in 1892. On ...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the Second Empire style Park Hotel at the corner of South Carroll and West Main Streets. There are horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, and a smal...
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Bicyclist on Monona Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: A woman crosses Monona Avenue as a man on a bicycle rides by. The large, Second Empire style Avenue Hotel, with two-story porch, is on the left; the GAR ha...
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: A United Public Workers parade/demonstration from an adjacent sidewalk. The line of participants including a horse-drawn wagon stretches into the distance....
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Highland Avenue

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Description: View down tree-shaded Highland Avenue featuring the Princeston Inn, a boarding residence. Men sit on the porch as other men and women walk down the sidewa...

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