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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View across Park Street of Science Hall at the base of Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Illustrated view of the plan for University of Wisconsin of University Hill, Bascom Hill, area. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | View of Washburn Observatory in the winter with snow. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Flom Hotel or American House, located at 323 East Main Street at the corner of South Hancock Street, existed from 1865 to 1925. Attached to the buildin... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | John Parman's Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage Shop. A large group of men, including workers in leather aprons, are standing with carriages and wagon wheels ou... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the Amund Rustebakke farm. Twelve haystacks dominate the left and center of the image, and two people are standing on top of the ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View of Grace Episcopal Church from West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across Mifflin Street towards the Fuller Opera House, which later became the Parkway Theater and was razed in 1954. The City Hall is next doo... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Hill, trees and fields are in the background. A man is standing near a small obs... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | East wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building (second in Madison) photographed from the U.S. Hotel building which was located at the corner of Ea... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | First block of East Main street photographed from the roof of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Doty and Wilson street properties and Lake Monona are i... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | The Vilas Hotel located at the corner of Monona Avenue at the west end of the first block of East Main Street. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | South Wisconsin Avenue and West Main Street. Lake Monona is in the background and the Lucius Fairchild and David Atwood houses are at the upper left. The r... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | First block of West Main Street. A portion of South Hamilton Street is at the right of the image. The original railroad causeway is at the upper right. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | South Pinckney Street as photographed by Fuller from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof. In the center are several wooden structures dating from Madison's e... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Andrew Proudfit house at the corner of Fairchild Street and West Washington Avenue. The steeple and neighboring triangular window belong to the First Bapti... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Family seated around table in yard with baby on grass and brick house with porch trim and shutters in background. This house is said to resemble the J. Hil... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | A family sits in the yard of a large brick house that has round-top windows with two small windows on the third floor. The porch has a latticework skirting... |
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