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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View of Main Street with streetcar. Caption reads: "Main Street, Madison, Wis."
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Madison Municipal Airport at Truax Field

Date: 1965
Description: Exterior view of the main terminal of the Madison Airport. Automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison Refectory Building

Date: 08 26 1927
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison refectory building and Van Hise dormitories, Carson Gulley Commons.
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View of the Old Post Office

Date: 1902
Description: View across Mifflin Street towards the old Madison Post Office, with a streetcar stopped in front of the building.
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Gem Theater

Date: 1915
Description: The Gem Theater, 1947 Winnebago Street.
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Capitol at Night

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated night view of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Madison City Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Madison City Hall, 2 West Mifflin Street, built in 1857, originally had a small Romanesque clock tower in the corner closest to the camera in this photogra...
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Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: View across Mifflin Street towards the post office. Caption Reads: "Post Office, Madison, Wis."
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Crowd Downtown Madison Sidewalks

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Post-Christmas shoppers exchanging or returning unwanted Christmas gifts crowd downtown Madison sidewalks.
Drawing

Capitol View with Hotel Loraine

Date: 1920
Description: Color illustration of a view from the Wisconsin State Capitol (which was the fourth State Capitol and the third in Madison) showing the Hotel Loraine and W...
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North Walk on Bascom Hill

Date: 05 05 1931
Description: Elm-shaded north walk looking up Bascom Hill, with Bascom Hall in the background at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union

Date: 08 18 1944
Description: Exterior view of the front of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street. The inscription on the wall in front of the base of t...
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Intersection of Johnson and State Street

Date: 1929
Description: View of State Street towards the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at the 300 Block of State Street, with Dr. M.J. Hoffman Dentist, Savidusky's Cleane...
Photograph

Madison Capitol Park Carolers

Date: 12 05 1955
Description: A group of nine children carol at the Nativity crib erected near the Wisconsin State Capitol's State Street entrance by the Madison Deanery Council of Cath...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Viewed from East Washington Avenue

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: View of the one-hundred block of East Washington Avenue in Madison. The State Capitol building is in the background.
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State Street

Date: 1929
Description: View of State Street looking toward the University of Wisconsin Madison campus from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with marquees for Ward-Brodt Music Co., Le...
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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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From Capitol Entrance Looking Southeast, Lake Monona in Distance

Date: 1951
Description: View of Monona Avenue from the southeast entrance of the Capitol. Automobiles are parked along the curbs and both sides of the median. Caption reads: "From...
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View of State Street

Date: 1958
Description: View of State Street, looking west. Across the intersection on the corner is Sandra's Millinery at 101 State Street.
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Police Station

Date: 1900
Description: A man walks by the Madison police station, a two-story brick building with corner turret on the corner of South Webster Street. The fire station was across...

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