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| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Madison, Wisconsin photographed on infrared film at an altitude of 22 miles from a NASA research aircraft. Red = vegetation Blue ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Madison from across Lake Monona. A boat is moored near trees at the shoreline of the lake in the foreground. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Glimpse ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View towards the front of the Madison Sanitarium on Lakeside Street. An automobile is parked in front. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Courthouse. Caption reads: "The Court House — Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street with streetcar. Caption reads: "Main Street, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Colorized view. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Grounds, Lake Monona, Madison in Distance." |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Exterior of front entrance from across University Avenue on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking towards the city of Madison from across Lake Monona. Several people are in a rowboat on the lake. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Colorized depiction of City Hall, 2 West Mifflin Street. Caption reads: "City Hall, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of City Hall on Mifflin Street. Caption reads: "City Hall & Mifflin St., Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger depot. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Passenger Depot, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Park Hotel, located on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Park Hotel, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of the U.S. Post Office and its surrounding streets. Caption reads: "Post Office, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of Saint Paul's University Chapel at 723 State Street. Caption reads: "St. Paul's University Chapel, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | St. Mary's Hospital soon after its completion in 1911. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Central High School, designed by St. Paul architect Cass Gilbert and partially razed in 1986. Caption reads: "High School, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View across the grounds towards the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). Caption reads: "Mendota Hospital for Insane, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the State Historical Society from the Armory. Caption reads: "State Historical Library, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Large Letter style postcard with the Capitol in the foreground, and other buildings within the letters of Madison. Text on back reads: "Madison is the capi... |
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