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Public Library

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Madison public library, a brick building with an arched entrance. Caption reads: "Public Library, Madison, Wis."
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Opening of Madison Public Housing

Date: 12 30 1964
Description: One of 36 new apartments at the Truax Field Madison public housing site. It is one of four public housing sites in Madison providing 160 units for those el...
Photograph

Madison Public Library Bookmobile

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Interior of Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. Librarian Doris Cruger is sitting at the desk inside Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. Standing...
Map or Atlas

Map of West Part of City of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Shows public buildings, hotels, fraternity houses, and private houses. Index of fraternities and sororities, residences, public buildings, hotels, places o...
Postcard

Madison Public Library

Date: 
Description: View across intersection towards the public library on the corner of Mifflin Street and Fairchild Street.
Photograph

First State Conference of Public Health Nurses

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait taken on the stairs of the Wisconsin State Capitol of men and women attending the State Conference of Public Health Nurses. Most of the wome...
Photograph

Ravine Bridge

Date: 1955
Description: A public bus crosses the bridge over a ravine on Lake Mendota Drive in Shorewood, looking east.
Photograph

New Madison Public Library

Date: 10 28 1964
Description: The entrance area of the new public library under construction on the corner of Fairchild and Mifflin streets.
Photograph

Celebration of Christmas in Public Schools Question

Date: 12 16 1964
Description: Nativity scene in front of a Christian church, with the question of the appropriateness at a public school.
Map or Atlas

Map & Guide, Discover Downtown Madison

Date: 2004
Description: This map shows ATMs, houses of worship, hotels, parking ramps, public parking, union cab stands, bus stops, business district, parks and public areas, gove...
Photograph

Madison Public Library, New Jersey

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Description: Exterior of Madison Public Library in New Jersey, designed by Bringham and Adden and built in 1900. A path leads to an arched entryway, and a tower rises o...
Photograph

Madison Public Library Bookmobile

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Exterior view of the new Madison Public Library bookmobile parked in front of the City-County building on Monona Boulevard.
Photograph

Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Exterior view of the new Wisconsin Diagnostic Center for the intensive study of mentally and emotionally disturbed young people, referred to it by the stat...
Photograph

New West Wing of 1 West Wilson Street State Office Building

Date: 04 23 1959
Description: View of the new west wing for the state office building at 1 West Wilson Street, looking along Wilson Street from the west. The wing will house about 600 p...
Map or Atlas

Madison Public Schools Survey of Buildings and Sites

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows the public schools and their school districts. The bottom of the map reads:" Old buildings and sites in red. New buildings and sites in blac...
Photograph

Doty School

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of the Doty School, 351 West Wilson Street, Madison, with the caption "The New Doty School."
Postcard

Madison Public Library

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Description: Postcard view of the Madison Free Library and its surrounding area. The library was built with Carnegie money and opened in 1906. The name changed to Madis...
Photograph

City Public Links Golf Tournament

Date: 08 13 1960
Description: Score sheets for the 1960 City Public Golf Links Tournament at the West Side Park (Odana) are examined by, left to right, Bob Scholl, tournament co-directo...
Photograph

Capitol Park Fountain

Date: 
Description: The replica of the Centennial Fountain in the Capitol Park.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Madison

Date: 1908
Description: Colored map showing a panoramic view of Madison in great detail. The Wisconsin State Capitol is located at the center, with Lake Mendota in the background ...

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