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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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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...
Print

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

Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a football game at Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Spectators are standing and sitting in the stands in the f...
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Hannah Aalberg

Date: 1903
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Hannah Aalberg, a nurse.
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Three women are on the steps to the entrance on the right.
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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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Katharine Allen

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter of historian a...
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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 Students on Bascom Hill

Date: 1909
Description: A large group of students walk down Bascom Hill.
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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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Katharine Allen

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter o...
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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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Picnic in University Heights

Date: 1908
Description: Four girls are sitting on a hill in University Heights. The city of Madison is in the background.
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Girls Domestic Science Class

Date: 1909
Description: A class of girls learn how to set a table in domestic science class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Dane County Jail

Date: 1901
Description: The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence.
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South Hall

Date: 1902
Description: View across Bascom Hill of the west side of South Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A group of boys with long sticks are walking on the p...
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Capitol Steps Dancers

Date: 1900
Description: The Fourth of July "living flag" created by costumed dancers from the Kehl Dance Studio, a school founded in Madison by Frederick W. Kehl in 1898. The Capi...

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