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Park Hotel

Date: 1873
Description: Park Hotel, from the 1873 Madison City Directory.
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Advertisement for "The Times"

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Description: An advertisement for "The Times" from the 1892-1893 Madison City Directory.
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Capital City Mills

Date: 1895
Description: A Capital City Mills advertisement from the 1894-1895 Madison City Directory.
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Madison Hospital

Date: 1890
Description: Advertisement for Madison Hospital, 413-415 South Baldwin Street. Also known as the Gill & Boyd Hospital, opened in 1889 and existed for just a few years.
Photograph

Madison Advertising Club

Date: 03 09 1954
Description: Group portrait at the Madison Advertising Club dinner.
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City of Madison Map

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map of the city of Madison. Caption reads: "City of Madison — From Park's 'History of Madison, Dane County, and Surrounding Towns.'" The text un...
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Jones Hardware Advertisement

Date: 1873
Description: An advertisement for John N. Jones, Dealer in Hardware, which appeared in the 1873 Madison City Directory.
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Madison Brewery Advertisement

Date: 1858
Description: Advertisement for the Madison Brewery operated from John Rodermund that appeared in the 1858 City Directory.
Book or Pamphlet

Madison Water Cure Advertisement

Date: 1858
Description: Advertisement for the Madison Water Cure and Electro-Hydrogienic Institute, formerly the Lakeside Water-Cure.
Postcard

Nakoma Madison Realty Company

Date: 1927
Description: Postcard for Nakoma Realty Company. Caption reads: "Nakoma, You'll Enjoy The Wide Outdoors! 150 Acres Set Aside For Play! A Madison Realty Co. Property."
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Wisconsin State Journal Advertisement

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Description: An advertisement for the Wisconsin State Journal, promoted as "the only Republican paper", from the 1898-1899 Madison City Directory.
Poster

Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Combined Circus, Big Otto

Date: 08 1972
Description: Poster advertising for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers combined Circus, which took place August 30, 1972 at the Madison Fair Grounds in Madison, Wisconsin. ...
Photograph

Madison Welding and Supplies Mural

Date: 08 09 1933
Description: "Madison Welding" NRA (National Recovery Administration) sign painted on the side of a building, possibly on the side of Madison Welding at 9 N. Ingersoll ...
Poster

Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Combined Circus Poster

Date: 08 1972
Description: Poster advertising for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers combined Circus, which took place August 30, 1972 at the Madison Fair Grounds in Madison, Wisconsin. ...
Poster

Tayles and Strophe Concert Poster

Date: 11 03 1970
Description: Poster for a "Tayles and Strophe" concert, hosted by the Madison Musicians Co-Op, November 7, 1970, at the Great Hall in the University of Wisconsin-Madiso...
Map or Atlas

Visit Madison Wisconsin Map

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Description: The cover of a map which is titled: "Visit Madison Wisconsin the Capital of Vacationland". The cover lists various places to visit in the city.
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Madison Kipp Lubricators

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Description: A magazine advertisement for Madison Kipp lubricators featuring a man operating a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor with a three bottom plow.
Map or Atlas

You're Always Near Fun in Madison

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Description: This map of Madison is also a brochure of activities for vacationers in the area. Includes indexes and some points of interest shown pictorially.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin Argus Advertisement

Date: 1851
Description: Advertisment for the "Wisconsin Argus" newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin by S.D. Carpenter and H.A. Tenney.
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Advertisement for H.C. Netherwood Printing Co.

Date: 1931
Description: An advertisement for H.C. Netherwood Printing Company (formerly) at 519 State Street in Madison, Wisconsin.

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