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Madison Fire Department, Rogers Company

Date: 1902
Description: Madison fire fighters with W.H. Rogers Company horse-drawn wagon in front of the old Central Fire Station, 10 South Webster Street.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of Lake Mendota of side of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two people stand in an arched doorway, and a pier e...
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Madison old Central Fire Station

Date: 1900
Description: Madison old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster St. Three men driving horse-drawn ladder trucks in front of Madison Fire Station, 10 S. Webs...
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Henry Chapman Baker

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length engraving of Henry Baker in profile. Baker was police chief of Madison from 1897-1907.
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Madison Traction Company Repair Shop

Date: 1909
Description: The repair shop of the Madison Traction Company on Fair Oaks Avenue, with five streetcars and a team of horses in the foreground.
Postcard

University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse and Red Gym

Date: 1906
Description: View towards shoreline from Lake Mendota of University of Wisconsin-Madison varsity men's rowing crew. People are watching from the boathouse in the backgr...
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Fire Company

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait of the Madison Fire Department, consisting of 17 individual oval portraits and the station on Webster Street.
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Wisconsin Capitol after 1904 Fire

Date: 1904
Description: Men working on the reconstruction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison) after the 1904 fire.
Postcard

Ice Boat Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 1906
Description: View of several ice boats on Lake Mendota. Caption reads: "Ice boat regatta on Lake Mendota--Madison, Wis."
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Edward Alsworth and Rosamond Comstock Ross

Date: 1906
Description: Outdoor portrait of UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross and his wife, Rosamund Comstock (Simons) Ross.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Administration Building

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of Administration building at Park and State Streets. Three men wearing hats are standing near the sidewalk.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Machine Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison machine shop. A large group of men are working various machines in the workshop area. Long wooden work...
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Upper Campus from Library

Date: 1900
Description: The view of Bascom Hill and upper campus of the University of Wisconsin Madison seen from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Sheep on Agricultural Campus

Date: 1900
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Agricultural campus with sheep and a dairy barn in the background.
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University of Wisconsin Student Group

Date: 1909
Description: Group of University of Wisconsin men relaxing.
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Wisconsin Capitol after 1904 Fire

Date: 1900
Description: Construction debris litters the ground around the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison) as reconstruction of the capitol proceeds after the 190...
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Johan A. Aalberg

Date: 1908
Description: Waist-up profile portrait of Johan A. ("J.A.") Aalberg, a member of the Typographical Union No. 106, and editor and publisher of The Madison labor news<...
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Fire Company Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: Madison fire fighters with a hose wagon near the intersection of Webster Street and East Washington Avenue.
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James Reeve Stuart

Date: 1900
Description: James Reeve Stuart in his studio, with paintings.

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