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Looking North on Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Apartment building at 2518 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Caption on negative reads: "Looking north at 2513 W. Wisconsin Ave". There is a parked automobile in the fo...
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Wisconsin State Office Building

Date: 1932
Description: View of the State Office Building and numerous parked automobiles outside.
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Aerial View of Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 1970
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works (factory).
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The Strand Theater

Date: 08 11 1927
Description: Elevated view of the Strand Theater located at 16 East Mifflin Street near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. The marquee reads "Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson...
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Dane County Title Company Building

Date: 01 07 1948
Description: Dane County Title Company building at 109 South Fairchild Street.
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Parking Lot Block 53

Date: 08 07 1952
Description: View of a filled parking lot at Block 53, 300 block of West Mifflin Street.
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Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue

Date: 1939
Description: View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor...
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Westgate Shopping Center

Date: 08 1965
Description: The parking lot at Madison's Westgate Shopping Center. Many of the stores in this mall had been previously located in the downtown shopping area. The resul...
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Parking Lot Block 53

Date: 08 07 1952
Description: View of a filled parking lot at Block 53, 300 block of West Mifflin Street. The Endres Electric sign is visible.
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Children on Curb with Uncollected Rubbish

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage on South Hamilton Street being viewed by two children during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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East Doty Street

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: 100 block of East Doty Street, showing the Fess Hotel, 119-123; Municipal Parking Station, 115; Kentzler building, 109; and Endres Tiedeman Mobil gas stati...
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Hilldale Shopping Center Construction

Date: 04 03 1962
Description: View looking south from the Shorewood bluff of the Hilldale Shopping Center under construction. Apartments and houses in the Hill Farms neighborhood are in...
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Milwaukee County Court House

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Description: Exterior view from across street of the Milwaukee County Court House, with automobiles, a fire hydrant, and a woman walking across the street.
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Downtown Office Buildings

Date: 1960
Description: View of a state office building, and, at far right, the City-County building.
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Capitol Square Panorama

Date: 10 28 1956
Description: View of the South Pinckney Street side of the Capitol Square, one of four images making up a panorama of the southeast side of the Capitol Square. Pictured...
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Heating Plant on a Cold Day

Date: 02 22 2015
Description: View of Charter Street Heating and Cooling Plant from North Mills Street. White smoke is billowing out of the stacks against a clear, blue sky. The streets...
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Aerial View of Oscar Mayer & Co.

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Description: Aerial view of the Oscar Mayer & Co., plant looking northwest.
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The Capital Hotel

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Description: An exterior view of the Capital Hotel at 208 King Street.
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City Street

Date: 1940
Description: Corner of Second and National Avenue. Cars are lined up on both sides of the street in front of storefronts.
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Six Point Bottle House

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Description: Cars parked in front of Six Point Bottle House (a tavern), 3519 W. Fond du Lac Avenue.

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