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Hotel Madison

Date: 1905
Description: Hotel Madison, on the north corner of Capitol Square with a Madison Traction Company car in the foreground.
Print

Park Hotel

Date: 1873
Description: Park Hotel, from the 1873 Madison City Directory.
Photograph

Edgewater Hotel

Date: 1969
Description: The northeast wall of the Edgewater Hotel in Madison.
Photograph

Madison Gas and Electric Steam Plant

Date: 1924
Description: Aerial view of a Madison Gas and Electric steam plant.
Photograph

Spring Tavern

Date: 
Description: View of the Spring Tavern, located on the southern side of Madison.
Photograph

Motel Pool

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Description: Children playing in the pool of the Madison Travel Lodge.
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Lost in Madison

Date: 1965
Description: A family of travelers in a convertible asks directions of a gasoline attendant at a rest stop near Madison.
Postcard

Park Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: View across intersection towards the Park Hotel, located on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Park Hotel, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Water Works Building

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Description: View of the City Water Works, which was built in 1882. Caption reads: "City Water Works, Madison, Wis."
Photograph

Madison Gas & Electric

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Description: Smoke is pouring out of three smokestacks at Madison Gas & Electric.
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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.
Photograph

Madison Steam Dye Works

Date: 06 16 1933
Description: Madison Steam Dye Works, 116 S. Pinckney Street.
Photograph

Madison City Gas, Light and Coke Company

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Description: Eight men, including a police officer, pose in front of the Madison City Gas, Light and Coke Company building.
Postcard

U.S. Post Office

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized view of the U.S. Post Office and its surrounding streets. Caption reads: "Post Office, Madison, Wis."
Drawing

Plow Inn

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Description: A drawing of the Plow (Plough) Inn.
Photograph

Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: Two Madison Gas and Electric Company workmen checking pipes on Main Street in downtown Madison after two gas blasts and fires rocked downtown Madison, kill...
Map or Atlas

Visit Madison Wisconsin Map

Date: 
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.
Photograph

Madison Gas & Electric Co. Interior

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company plant, showing stairway, ceiling beams and machinery, at 115 South Blount Street.
Photograph

The Avenue Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: The Avenue Hotel, owned and managed by George P. Gifford. Caption reads: "The Avenue Hotel, Geo. P. Gifford, Madison, Wisconsin."
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Madison's Royal Airport Office

Date: 05 05 1932
Description: The U.S. airmail radio operator at Royal Airport in Madison. During the 1920s Madison had two airports: the Madison Airport (aka the North Street Airport) ...

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