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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from Martin Luther King Boulevard. Cars are parked along the side of the street.
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Wisconsin Cheese Billboard

Date: 09 28 1942
Description: Highway billboard advertising Wisconsin cheese for the Department of Agriculture and Markets.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, with cars parked in front.
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Wisconsin Club

Date: 1938
Description: Wisconsin Club, Ninth Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Built as the Alexander Mitchell residence in 1876-1878. After his death, it was used as the quarters of ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: View from the east corner of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking past the Colonel Hans Christian Heg statue with King Street in the background.
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Main and King Streets

Date: 1938
Description: Main and King Streets. The Wisconsin State Capitol building is visible at right.
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West Washington View of the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1939
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol as seen from the Loraine Hotel on West Washington Avenue.
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State Street Winter Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr...
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Wisconsin Power and Light

Date: 1939
Description: View of the Wisconsin Power and Light building, located on West Washington Avenue.
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the bust of William Dempster Hoard — "Father of Wisconsin Dairying" — on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's agricultural campus.
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State Street from Bascom Hill

Date: 1896
Description: Tree-lined State Street from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Traffic on State Street includes two well-dressed gentlemen on hors...
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The Wisconsin Club

Date: 1936
Description: An exterior view of the Wisconsin (formerly the Germania) Club.
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West Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1939
Description: Gesu Church, with automobiles and pedestrians on West Wisconsin Avenue. There is a sign on the left for the Abbot Crest Hotel located at 1226 West Wiscons...
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Fred Harrington

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Fred H. Harrington, taken when he was Vice President of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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View of Capitol from West Washington Avenue

Date: 1938
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue.
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Plaque

Date: 1936
Description: A view of a plaque, located near the entrance to the "main building" on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Madison Central High School

Date: 1938
Description: View across intersection towards Madison Central High School, located on Wisconsin Avenue.
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Horse Pulling Contest

Date: 1936
Description: Horse pulling contest at an unidentified Wisconsin county fair. At the time, farmers were making the transition from horse-drawn equipment to tractors and ...
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Dells of the Wisconsin River

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, with two people walking down a long dock/walkway leading to a boat.
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Law Building

Date: 1935
Description: View across Bascom Hill of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Small groups of men and women are walking down Bascom Hill, passing the ...

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