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Thor 5

Date: 1915
Description: Thor 5 motorcycle. A number of automobiles are parked along the curb in the background.
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Park Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: The Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street, on the Capitol Square with pedestrians, automobiles and a streetcar. Caption reads: "New Prk Hotel, Madison, Wis."
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Training World War I Mechanics

Date: 1918
Description: Training classes for University of Wisconsin student cadets in the repair of automobiles and trucks during World War I.
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View from New State Capitol, looking East

Date: 1914
Description: View from the southeast corner of Capitol Square towards King Street with Lake Monona in the distance. Automobiles are parked along the curbs. Caption read...
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul East Madison Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: A view from the east end of the East Madison Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad station, 501 East Wilson Street. Automobiles are parked along the curb ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Monona Avenue

Date: 1918
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol from Monona Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Automobiles are parked in the center of the avenue.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. There are pedestrians and parked automobiles near the station.
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Illinois Central Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: Illinois Central Railroad station. Automobiles and a horse-drawn wagon are parked beneath the canopy. In the right foreground is a commercial building wi...
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Orpheum Theatre

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Orpheum Theatre at 113 Monona Avenue (now called Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). There are several automobiles parked in front of ...
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First Unitarian Society

Date: 1918
Description: The First Unitarian Society Meeting House, 125 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Early Motorcycle in Front of Schoelkopf Ford Dealership

Date: 1910
Description: Side view of a motorcycle parked in a driveway along East Washington Avenue, near Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership (not shown). There are several automobil...
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First Baptist Church

Date: 1918
Description: The First Baptist Church, 201 North Carroll Street.
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Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 126 (120) West Johnson Street.
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Holy Redeemer Catholic School

Date: 1918
Description: The Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 126 (120) West Johnson Street.
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Water Tower on East Washington Avenue

Date: 1918
Description: View looking east towards a water tower on East Washington Avenue. There are commercial buildings along the sidewalks on the left and right, and automobile...
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Gay Bldg — Madison, Wis.

Date: 1914
Description: View across N. Carroll Street towards the Gay Building (now the Churchill Building), Madison's first skyscraper. A nine-story building located at 16 North ...
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Patriotic Parade on State Street

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of a patriotic parade on State Street, with marchers coming from the Capitol Square. The intersection of East Johnson and State Street is in ...
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C. & N. W. Station

Date: 01 05 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "C. & N. W. Station, Madison, Wis." The Chicago and North Western Railroad Station, located on South Blair Street. There are pedestria...
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Draftees Leaving Madison

Date: 05 25 1918
Description: A crowd watching as drafted men leave Madison via the Chicago Northwestern railroad station.
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500 Block of East Wilson Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view looking west up the 500 block of East Wilson Street. Left to right are the Cardinal Hotel, 416-18 East Wilson Street; Lake City House, 502 East Wil...

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