Series: Agriculture and Farming in Wisconsin
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Wisconsin farmer on tractor, about 1950
Note: Photographer: Fritz, Albert, Madison

Farm of Alex Smith, Bear Creek, near Lone Rock, Wisconsin, about 1875

Farm of Louis Weyer, Catawba (vicinity), Wisconsin, about 1910
Note: Photographer: SA Johnson, Phillips, Wisconsin

Farm between Ettrick and Arcadia, Trempeleau County, Wisconsin, about 1945

Dombrowski farm along the Tomorrow River, vicinity of Nelsonville, Wisconsin, 1945
Note: Photographer: Harold Sorbye, Madison.

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Baumgartner farm, Wrightstown (vicinity), Wisconsin, about 1950

Contour strip cropping, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, about 1950
Note: Photographer: Wisconsin Conservation Department, Madison

Spring Hollow, Castle Rock, Grant County, Wisconsin, about 1952
Note: Photographer: J. W. Chipman, Fennimore, Wisconsin

Aerial view of contour farming, about 1950
Note: Photographer: Harry Larson, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Contour farming, 1950
Note: Photographer: Fritz Albert

Wisconsin farm scene, south of Lone Rock but in Iowa County, Wyoming Valley, Wisconsin, about 1950
Note: Photographer: Dick Vesey

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Soybeans, corn, hayfield growing in Chippewa River bottoms, Town of Spring Brook, Dunn County, Wisconsin, about 1945

Cornfield, about 1940
Note: Photographer: Wisconsin State dept. of Agriculture, Madison

Leander H. Shepard, farm machinery distributor with McCormick “Old Reliable̶ reaper, Burnett (Dodge County), Wisconsin, 1867
Note: Presented by Guy Ralph Shepard

Threshing grain with horse power, Florence (vicinity), Wisconsin, about 1880
Note: Presented by Clarence M. Herbert 1960

Horsepower threshing outfit owned by partners Root K. Jones & Hughes E. Jones, Springwater, Waushara County, Wisconsin, about 1890
Note: Presented by R.R. Jones, Wild Rose, Wisconsin, 1951

Reaping Oats, about 1950
Note

Photographer: Harry Larsson, La Crosse

La Crosse Tribune

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[Harvesting with tractor and Machinery], Madison, Wisconsin
Note: Photographer: William Wollin

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Threshing, Prescott (vicinity), Wisconsin, about 1945

“Major”, first purebred registered dairy used in Wisconsin?
Note

See Wisconsin Magazine of History, volume 34, Summer 1951, page 230.

Presented by Charles Hill, 1951.

“The International Dairy Fair Ass. Award,” 1879
Note: A.W. Morley - “Best butter made anywhere”

Guernsey herd on the Oscar Sivenson & Sens farm, vicinity of Burkhart (St. Croix County), Wisconsin, about 1945

Cows resting, vicinity of Gresham, Wisconsin, about 1954
Note: Photographer: Robert W. Luebke, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Holstein Cattle, Polk County, Wisconsin, about 1945

Holstein Cattle in the Embarrass River, Shawano County, Wisconsin, about 1945

Holstein Cattle, vicinity of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, 1951
Note: Photographer: Mrs. Marcus Bach, Iowa City, Iowa

Barnyard Gold, about 1950
Note: Photographer: Stan Opsahl.

Hereford cattle, vicinity of Ridgeland, Wisconsin, about 1945

Pigs, about 1953
Note: Photographer: Ray Thornton

Close cropping and resultant soil erosion, about 1945
Note: University of Wisconsin Photo Lab 32, 683-C

Milking goats, Marathon County, Wisconsin, about 1945

Apple Trees in bloom, Kickapoo River Valley(?), Wisconsin, 1940 June
Note: Photographer: Wisconsin Conservation Department, Madison

Apple Tree (Northwestern greening), Dousman, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, about 1950
Note: Photographer: circa Lurvey

Old and new ways of planting cranberries, Vernon Goldswarthy's Farm, vicinity of Three Lakes, Wisconsin, about 1945

Cranberry harvesters in Northern Wisconsin, about 1950

Acres of onions on the Owens farms, Dousman, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, about 1945

Loading Sugar Beets, Iron Ridge, Wisconsin, about 1950

Series: Wisconsin Towns and Cities: early views to 1900
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Appleton, Wisconsin

Bird's-eye view, copied from the original in the Chicago Historical Society, 1867

View from a drawing and wood cut, made from the Appleton Post, 1881

Arpin Wood County, Wisconsin, 1897

Ashwood, Wisconsin

about 1880

1890

Baraboo, Wisconsin, bird's-eye view published by Ruger & Stoner, 1870

Black Earth, Wisconsin, bird's-eye view

Black River Falls(?), Wisconsin, Deering reaper of the Daisey type, about 1895

Bloomington, Grant County, Wisconsin, about 1880

Brick yard on the farm of Fred Cooper, about 1905

Bloomington, Grant County, Wisconsin, view, 1900-1904

Boyceville, Wisconsin, 1897

Butte des Morts, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Butte des Morts treaty grounds, 1827

about 1900?

Cassville, Wisconsin

1829

1900-1902

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Oil painting of the town, 1850-1860

1868

Clinton, Rock County, Wisconsin, 1871

Delafield, Wisconsin, 1884(?)

DePere, Wisconsin

Mat Reynan(?) Mill & C.A. Lawton(?), Novelty Manufacturing Company, 1870

South Broadway, 1870
Note: Photographer: Thomas D. Bowring, DePere

Drawing by H.H. Bailey, 1871

View looking west, showing the new bridge, dams, and fishers nets, 1899

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Bird's-eye view, 1872

West side looking up Fourth Avenue, about 1875

West side looking northwest, about 1875

Galloway House, about 1885

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Hastings Livery & Stage Line, 1890

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, 1870

Grafton, Wisconsin, Bienlein's livery after Halloween, 1911

Grande Chute (now Appleton), Wisconsin, 1856

Green Bay, Wisconsin, Washington Street looking south from corner of Main Street, about 1856 or 1857
Note: Photo from Neville Public News, Green Bay

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Hartford, Wisconsin, about 1880-1890(?)

Hayward, Wisconsin

Indian school (exact location not verified), vicinity of Hayward, about 1882-1886

Inn on Crane Creek, vicinity of Hayward, 1886

Stables at an inn on Crane Creek, vicinity of Hayward, about 1886

Hustisford, Wisconsin, shaving mugs in Paul Dornfield's barber shop, 1946
Note: See Fred L. Holmes' Side Roads (1949), pages 52-53

Janesville, Wisconsin

Colored lithograph by Kurz & Seifert after L. Kurz, about 1860-1865

From Harper's Weekly, page 76, 1867 February 2

1877

Jefferson, Wisconsin, about 1870

Kaukauna, Wisconsin, 1882

Kenosha, Wisconsin

View from city from the harbor, 1842

Page 3 of the pamphlet Sketch of the Early History & Subsequent Settlement of Southport / by Michael Frank, 1882

Kilbourn City (now Wisconsin Dells), Wisconsin

The Old Dell House, about 1889
Note: Photographer: H.H. Bennett

Kilbourn Waterworks, George Marshall engaged in building, about 1890
Note: Photographer: Henry H. Bennett

Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Wisconsin, Isham Family, 1895-1900

Marinette, Wisconsin

about 1870

1881

Menasha, Wisconsin, view drawn by H.H. Bailey, 1870

Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, 1876

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Matthias Stein House, undated

Solomon Juneau's cabin, 1820

“View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the Western Shore of Lake Michigan,” 1844

Painting held by Milwaukee County Historical Society, 1848

From an original water color sketch by Johann Baptist Wengler, 1850-1851

1854

View looking east from a bluff, 1854

Between 1856 and 1858

View of Milwaukee from Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward, 1857

Probably 1858
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1872

1874

1874

Milwaukee River, 1874

1882

about 1885

River view, about 1885

1886

Nashotah, Wisconsin

1850

1876

Necedah, Wisconsin, 1882 or 1883

Neenah, Wisconsin, 1870

Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin, 1880

New Glarus, Wisconsin, 1865

Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1800-1890

Oregon, Wisconsin, Joseph Cline Kiser Home, about 1875

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

about 1861

View showing the steamboat L.W. Crane

Main St.

Pepin, Wisconsin, drawing

Phillips, Wisconsin

After the fire of 1894

Before the fire of 1894

Portage, Wisconsin

Fourth Ward School, Children and their teacher, Miss Helen Schneider, 1891 Fall Term

Quincy, Wisconsin ferry, perhaps across the Wisconsin River at Quincy
Note: Photographer: H.S. Dorothy

Richland Center, Wisconsin, about 1875
Note: Photographer: A.J. DeVoe

Ripon, Wisconsin

General view, birthplace of Carrie Lane, about 1860-1865

Main Street, about 1870

Main Street looking north, about 1880-1890

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, South 12th Street, 1871

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, 1871

Superior, Wisconsin

Chronicle (newspaper) office, 1855

Tower Avenue looking south from 3rd Street, 1889 July 4

Watertown, Wisconsin

1842

1860

Waukesha, Wisconsin

1860

1874

Waupaca, Wisconsin, ceremony at the public square, 1870
Note: Photographer: probably by Jackson A. Perkins

Waupun, Wisconsin, 1885

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, view from the Watertown plank road, 1870

Wheeler, Wisconsin, 1897

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, view of the east side of the river from the Green Bay bridge to the wagon bridge

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wharves in the Milwaukee River

Series: Racine, Wisconsin

Subseries: Early views
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First map of Racine drawn by J. Hathaway, a United States Surveyor, about 1836-1837

Looking north from the present Seventh Street up Main Street, 1841

Monument Square, 1850

The Plank Road School in the Third Ward, 1853-1868

View of the Lake front from 3rd to 4th Streets, showing where pioneers landed by boat before the harbor was developed, 1858

J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co. advertisement, 1858

Copied from a map of Racine, 1859

Titus Hall, about 1860

Monument Square, about 1860

South side of Sixth Street at intersection of Wisconsin Street, looking west, 1865

View looking northeast from Market Square, about 1865

Chicago and Northwestern Depot, 1869
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings

Wisconsin and Fifth Streets, 1870-1880

Main Street, 1870-1880

Monument Square, about 1870

View from Picturesque America, about 1870

Northwest corner of Main and Fifth Streets, about 1870

Northeast corner of Main and Fifth Streets, about 1870

Monument Square, about 1870

Southside of Monument Square, about 1870

Main Street looking north from Fifth Street, about 1870-1880

Looking west from Monument Square from Sixth and Main Streets, about 1870-1880

Two views of Monument Square, about 1870-1880
Note: Photographer: Billings

Monument Square, about 1870-1880

Looking north on Main Street from about Sixth Street, about 1870-1880

Main Street between Third and Fourth Streets, about 1870-1880

The Baker House between 4th and 5th Streets on Main Street, about 1870

Corner of Main and 4th Streets, about 1870

Southeast corner of Main and Fifth Streets, showing E.T. Billing's photography studio, about 1870-1880

View from the Court House Tower looking northeast, about 1875-1880

Mygatt's School and town hall, Mygatt's Corners, Wisconsin, about 1880-1890

The Secor building, later called the McClury building, about 1880-1890

Monument Square during 4th of July celebration, about 1880

The Mitchell, Lewis, and Company wagon works (destroyed by a fire on 1880 January 8), about 1880

Elbridge G. Huggins marble works on 5th Street, about 1880
Note: Photographer: Billings

East Park looking South, about 1880-1890

St. Luke Hospital at Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, about 1880-1890
Note: Photographer: Billings

Main Street looking South from Third Street, 1881

Large original lithograph, 1883

Jones Hotel at 521-523 College Avenue, 1927
Note: Photographer: Wright

Racine harbor master and his shanty at the Main Street Bridge, about 1880

Sixth Street in the 300 block, about 1880

South end of Monument Square, about 1880
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings

Gorton Jones, butchers and packers at 128 Main Street, northeast corner of Monument Square, about 1880

A corner of Monument Square at Main and Fifth Streets, about 1880

Looking south on College Avenue from 5th Street, about 1880-1900
Note: Photographer: Billings

View looking west from the top of City Hall tower, 1883

View looking north from corner of Sixth St. Engine house, Grand Avenue and Sixth Street, 1883

View looking northwest from State Street Bridge, showing water works intake pipe with pontoons, 1886

View looking northwest from the Court House tower, 1883

View looking west from top of the Court House tower, 1883

View looking north from the Court House tower, 1883

View looking west from the Court House tower, 1883

View looking southwest from the Court House tower, 1883

East side of Main Street at 4th Street, about 1885

Racine, 1850

Racine, 1888

The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad line at the outskirts of Racine, 1889

Herrick flats looking south from 9th Street, 1889 June 6

Hotel Racine lobby, about 1890-1900
Note: Photographer: Billings

View looking southeast from the tower of the Sixth Street engine house, 1890

View from City Hall tower looking south toward Monument Square, 1890

Racine, 1891

View looking south from roof of the Hotel Racine, 1895

View looking northeast from roof of the Hotel Racine, 1895

Mound Cemetery, about 1900-1910

Main Street between Eighth and Ninth, about 1900?

Monument Square decorated to commemorate the landing of Father Claude Alloney in 1676, about 1900

Early view of J.I. Case Co. from west end of College Ave., about 1910-1920

Racine, Wisconsin, about 1910
Note: Photographer: Billings

Monument Square looking north, about 1910

Philip Racine climbs Court House flagstaff, 1917 February 22

Subseries: Fire, Police Departments, Post Office, other groups and activities

Former Mayors of Racine, Wisconsin, 1848-1906

Racine County officials for the Centennial Year, 1876
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings

Racine City officials for the Centennial Year, 1876

Racine City officials for display in City Hall, 1885
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings

Racine County officials, 1893
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings

Racine City Alderman, 1899

Racine County officials, 1910

"Fire King" #2 hand pump, 1849
Note: Original woodcut by I.A. Lapham

No. 4 Engine Company and Hose Cart Company, Racine Fire Department, about 1870

Racine Fire Department, Company #4 hose cart, about 1870

Old-time fireman's belt, which belonged to Michael Bohn, 1921 October 15
Note

Racine Journal, 1921 October 15

Photographer: E.T. Billings

Early trumpets and lantern of Racine fireman, about 1870
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings

Racine Fire Department review in Monument Square, about 1870

Taylor Hall, Racine College, 1875

Review of the Racine Fire Department, 1880 July 4

Racine Fire Department steamer and hose cart, about 1880

Racine's first chemical engine No.4, about 1880

Racine Silver Plate Factory ruins after the fire of , 1882 May 5-6

Racine Water Company's standpipe, 1887

Early Water Company Tests, about 1890

Testimonial Banner

Firemen fishing a blaze at Thomas Drivertson, 1897 August 26

The "Stephen Freeman" with her crew, about 1898

Platz tanning fire, Douglas Avenue, 1898

The Racine Boat Company plant, 1903 May 31

Items not listed, see access albums in reading room

Series: Madison, Wisconsin

Subseries: Views of Lakes and Neighborhoods
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View of the shore of Lake Mendota / painted by Joseph R. Meeker, 1871
Note: The original painting, 17 1/2 x 30 inches, was at one time in the stock of the dealer Edward Eberstadt of New York, New York.

Outlet of Lake Mendota at the Sherman Avenue bridge, Tenney Park, 1874
Note: From the collection of Kathryn Wilkinson.

Shoreline of Lake Mendota, about 1800(?)
Note

Photographer: Curtiss, Madison, Wisconsin.

Presented by Mrs. Wayne D. Bird, Madison, 1960.

Shoreline of Lake Mendota(?), probably at Black Hawk's Cave, about 1800(?)
Note

Photographer: Curtiss, Madison, Wisconsin.

Presented by Mrs. Wayne D. Bird, Madison, 1960.

Willow Walk, Lake Mendota, before the development of Tenney Park, 1890-1900
Note: Photographer: N.P. Jones, Madison.

Sunset on Lake Mendota from Mendota Court shore, about 1900
Note: Photographer: Blanchard Harper(?).

Lake Mendota from Tenney Park, about 1902
Note: From the collection of Mrs. F.R. Aumann.

Pier and diving board behind men's dormitory, University of Wisconsin, on Lake Mendota, about 1950
Note: Photographer: William Wollin, Madison.

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Picnic Point in Lake Mendota, 1900-1910?
Note: From the collection of Blanchard Harper.

View toward Picnic Point over the marsh from the lake drive, about 1900

Picnic Point in Lake Mendota, from Observatory Hill, about 1900
Note: From the collection of Blanchard Harper.

Picnic Point, showing campers, 1900-1910?

The Scutanawebequon on Lake Monona, about 1890? or earlier
Note: Lower photo from J.F. Barks' Academy of Design, Janesville, Wisconsin.

Assembly grounds on the shore of Lake Monona, 1889 August 2
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Presented by Theodore L. Coleman.

Assembly grounds on the shore of Lake Monona, 1889 August 2
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss.

Presented by Theodore L. Coleman.

Monona Lake Assembly, now Olin Park, about 1890
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss, Madison, Wisconsin.

Presented by Mrs. Wayne D. Bird, Madison, Wisconsin, 1960.

The shore of Lake Monona, about 1904
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown, Madison.

Esther Beach boat pier, about 1905?

Construction work on E. Mifflin Street, 1900-1910?
Note: From the collection of Blanchard Harper, Madison.

William Schultz, 55, filling his water wagon from a hydrant at Blair and Johnson Streets, in front of the Brahany residence, about 1900
Note: Presented by Esther Livesey Pressentin (Mrs. O.E. Pressentin)

Chicago and Northwestern Railway passenger depot, about 1915?
Note: From the collection of Lucy M. Curtiss, 1962.

The Napoleon willows at the foot of North Livingston Street along Lake Mendota, 1910-1920?

Madison City Railway Company street car, about 1890
Note

The company's name first appears in Madison city directories in the 1888-1889 issue, with the following officers listed: E.W. Keyes, president; W.G. George, secretary; Lucius Clark, treasurer. After 1897, the company is no longer listed. If the building in the background is the company's office and barn, the location is Williamson Street at South Blount.

From the collection of F.K. Conover, 1963.

Market, extended from Blount Street to Livingston; between Dayton and Mifflin, 1910?
Note: Presented by O.D. Brandenburg.

Conklin ice house, Lake Mendota, 1912
Note: Presented by O.D. Brandenburg.

Municipal market, 1917?
Note: Municipal market was built in 1910 but not operated successfully until July 1917, when it was run by a committee of women of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board.

Walker Castle, 926 E. Gorham, about 1890
Note: Photographer: Nielson, Madison.

Sherman Avenue, 1916

Curb market, 1917 August
Note: Curb market was established by a committee of women of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board. It opened again in June 1918 and was operated every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Soldiers' Orphans' Home, located on Spaight Street between Paterson and Brearly Streets, probably 1866
Note

The building was originally constructed by Governor L.J. Farwell, about 1853, as a private residence. It was opened on January 1, 1866, as an orphan asylum. Mrs. Cordelia Harvey, widow of Governor L.P. Harvey, was in charge.

The following announcement ran in the Jefferson Banner, January 23, 1867:“Those who have charge of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Madison, are selling a picture of the institution, together with the teachers and little ones, some 200 in number. It is a fine, large sized photograph, framed in good style, and sold at $3.75 per copy, 35% of the proceeds to go for the benefit of the home. Chas. E. Hoyt of this place (Jefferson) is the agent to solicit subscribers in the S. Half of Jefferson Co. Every person should purchase a copy and thereby assist the soldiers' orphans of Wisconsin in obtaining an education.”

Curb market, 1917 August

Sherman Avenue, 1874
Note: From the collection of Kathryn Wilkinson.

Sherman Avenue looking towards the old malt house on the Yahara River, 1896
Note: From the collection of Blanchard Harper.

Willow Walk, later Tenney Park, 1890-1895?
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss.

Presented by Mrs. H.E. Johnson.

Willow Walk, later part of Tenney Park, about 1900
Note: Presented by Mrs. R.J. Merten.

Lagoon in Tenney Park, 1895-1900?

Lagoon, Tenney Park, about 1908

Mill at the outlet of Lake Mendota at the Yahara River, about 1890
Note

Governor Farwell built the mill in 1850.

Photographer: Nielson, Madison.

Sherman Avenue, about 1902
Note: From the collection of Mrs. F.R. Aumann.

Sherman Ave. bridge and old malt house, about 1904
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown.

Sherman Ave. Bridge and the old malt house, about 1904
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown, Madison.

Yahara River near Tenney Park with the old malt house in the distance, about 1900
Note: From the collection of Blanchard Harper.

Corner of Winnebago St. and Atwood Avenue, 1900-1910?
Note: Presented by O.D. Brandenburg.

A bad ice storm of January 28th and 29th, 1909 caused $100,000 damage to telephone lines, 1909
Note

The Wisconsin Telephone Company had just purchased the Dane County Telephone Company two months earlier. Mr. Emil J. Frautschi was manager.

From the collection of Emil J. Frautschi, 1961.

House and barn of Jim McDonald on Winnebago after ice storm, 1909
Note: From the collection of Emil J. Frautschi, 1961.

Tonyawatha Springs Hotel on the shore of Lake Monona, Village of Monona, 1890-1895?
Note: The hotel burned about February, 1895.

One of Beverly Jefferson's hacks being driven in an unidentified section of town, about 1890?
Note

Jefferson, one of Thomas Jefferson's slave grandchildren, born in Virginia, came to Madison with his parents Eston and Julia Anee in about 1851. He later fought in the Union forces, returned to Madison and eventually became owner of two hotels, the America House and the Rasdell House (variously cited as Capital House). His omnibus business, located at 12 N. Webster, was established in 1869 and eventually ran 12 vehicles (carriages, hacks and wagons) and employed 14 men.

See Madison Past and Present, 1902, page 200. Lot 2083.

For further biological details, see Thomas Jefferson's Unknown Grandchildren, by Fawn M. Brodie, page 28 American Heritage, October 1976.

Presented by Mrs. Hobart S. Johnson, 1942.

Madison, 1904
Note: From the collection of Albert O. Barton.

Langdon Street after a heavy snowfall, 1881 or 1882
Note

Photos by A.C. Isaccs of Madison, Wisconsin.

From the collection of Grace Clark Conover, 1963.

View from the University of Wisconsin down Langdon Street toward the Capitol, 1887?
Note: Photographer: E.R. Curtiss.

Marshall Parkinson house, 217 Langdon Street, about 1896-1900
Note

Built in 1895-1896. Robert C. Spencer, Jr., Chicago, architect.

“Mrs. Rehfeld, Madison, describes the interior floor plan: “A large living room/parlor were located across the front; sliding oak doors closed off the large hall from the parlor, dining room and living room; a china room with glass shelves and cabinets separated the dining room and refrigerator room. The cloak room and washroom were located in the lower part of the tower. There were two stairways: a front stairway located in the tower with a landing half-way up which had tall windows and a window seat (for plants); and a back stairway which went from the “walk-out” basement to the third floor. On the second floor there were four bedrooms, one bath and the linen room; the third floor had one finished and two unfinished rooms.”

Mrs. Rehfeld spent her childhood at the house (she is either the daughter or the grand-daughter of Marshall Parkinson).

Presented by Mrs. Mary P. Rehfeld, Madison, in 1974.

Wagon and shop of John Cory, contractor and builder, about 1901-1902
Note

Top: Shop at 614 University Avenue.

Bottom: Wagon parked at West Mifflin on Capitol Square.

Lake Street and Lake Mendota, 1895-1900?

North Carroll Street, about 1915?
Note: From the collection of Lucy M. Curtiss, 1962.

Gilman Street, about 1875
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss, Madison, Wisconsin.

Presented by Lawrence E. Blair, 1957.

Gilman Street, looking northeast from the intersection of Gilman and North Pinckney, 1889 August 2
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Presented by Theodore L. Coleman.

Gilman Street looking east, about 1915?
Note: From the collection of Lucy M. Curtiss, 1962.

Bascom Hill and the University of Wisconsin, 1875-1880?
Note: Photo probably by E. Histed, Chicago, Illinois.

Murray Street, between West Johnson Street and University Avenue, 1901

Corner of Bassett and Johnson Streets, about 1905
Note

Photo probably by A.J. Friedl.

Presented by John R. Wrage, 1958.

View looking southeast toward the Wisconsin State Capitol along West Dayton Street, 1903
Note

Photo probably by A.J. Friedl.

Presented by John R. Wrage, 1958.

West Washington Ave., looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol after a heavy snowfall, about 1903
Note

Photo probably by A.J. Friedl.

These photos are probably of the same ice storm of January 28th and 29th, 1909, as seen in items 42-43.

Presented by John R. Wrage, 1958.

View of south Madison from the University of Wisconsin Service Building smokestack at University Avenue and Orchard Street, about 1909
Note: In the distance, you can see the ongoing dredging in Lake Monona Bay for Brittingham Park. Mills Street, running south, is bisected by the Milwaukee Road and Illinois Central Railway tracks. Mills crosses Mound Street with Madison General Hospital visible on the left, in the neighborhood known as the “Greenbush”. The photo just misses Lake Wingra located beyond the houses on the right. Charter Street is in the immediate foreground.

Construction work on Monroe Street, 1935

Regent Street from the intersection with Monroe Street near the University of Wisconsin stadium, about 1935
Note: The photo was taken to show the progress of a highway project, USPWH Project No. NRM 465-B, of which Perry T. Fess was contractor. The project cost $53,400,000.

Area which later was developed as Vilas Park with Lake Wingra in the background, 1900-1910?
Note: Presented by Laura Kremers.

Lock in Vilas Park, 1935-1939?

Vilas Park, Lake Wingra, about 1900
Note: Presented by C.E. Brown.

Views of Wingra Park and University Heights, 1894?
Note

Top: View looking up Grant Street, Wingra Park. Left to right: Edward Kremers, Thom and C. Bross houses.

Bottom: View across Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe Streets, to University Heights. The Charles Buell home is on the hill top in the distance.

Presented by Laura Kremers.

Coasting on Van Buren Street, Wingra Park, 1912

Nakoma, at western end of Lake Wingra, showing first houses, 1916

Nakoma, an outlying residential district, 1915 October 30
Note

Photographer: McKillip.

Presented by C.E. Brown.

View from Mendota Heights, 1900-1910?
Note: From the collection of Blanchard Harper.

Drive leading west from the University of Wisconsin campus, about 1900?

View across Camp Randall Field to University Heights, taken from atop the University of Wisconsin Chemistry Building at University Avenue, circa 1898-1906
Note: Randall School, at 1802 Regent Street, was commissioned in 1906 and is not yet under construction in this view.

View from atop the University of Wisconsin Chemistry Building, University Avenue, looking west across Randall Field to University Heights, 1898 Fall
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown, Madison.

Original club house of the Maple Bluff Country Club, destroyed by a tornado in 1921, about 1900?

University Heights, about 1906-1910
Note: Presented by Richard T. Ely.

View from the top of Summit Avenue, looking east, over the University of Wisconsin, about 1930
Note: Photographer: M.E. Diemer.

Lake Mendota, southshore near University of Wiscnsin, about 1890

Subseries: Views of Capitol Square and Environs
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View down Wisconsin Avenue looking toward the Capitol, 1880-1889?

City Hall, corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue, 1880

View from the Capitol up Wisconsin Avenue, 1882?
Note

Stereograph by A.C. Isaacs, Madison.

Presented by Mrs. T.W. Evans.

Post Office and City Hall, 1875-1880?
Note

Photographer: E. Histed, Chicago, Illinois.

Presented by Miss Bettina Jackson.

Fuller Opera House, later the Parkway Theater, about 1895
Note: The opera house was torn down in 1954. City Hall (right) was also torn down in 1954.

Mifflin Street showing the old Opera House, Pinckney and E. Washington Ave., about 1905

East Washington Avenue near Capitol Square, 1895-1990?
Note: From the collection of O.D. Brandenburg.

East Washington Avenue, about 1890
Note

The Amerika office at right is that of a prominent Norwegian-American newspaper of the time.

Photographer: Edward W. Nielson.

Counting room of the State Journal, next to 12 E. Washington Ave., 1880 September
Note: David Atwood is second from left. Others shown are: Robert Wootton, E.H. Petherick and H.H. Giles.

The State Bank, 50 S. Pinckney Street, about 1885?
Note

The State Bank at Madison, Wisconsin, was founded January 1, 1853, by Samuel Marshall of Milwaukee. It was the first bank incorporated in Wisconsin under the general banking law of 1852-1853, its charter being for 100 years.

Chas. F. Ilsley was later taken into partnership and the bank moved to Milwaukee. Samuel Marshall was its president from January 1, 1853 to January 7, 1890.

East Washington Ave., 1895-1900?
Note: Presented by O.D. Brandenburg.

Pinckney Street on Capitol Square, about 1870
Note

Photographer: James F. Bodtker, Madison.

From the collection of A.T. Chapman, Williamsburg, Virginia.

North Pinckney Street, between East Washington Ave. and East Mifflin Street, about 1875
Note: Presented by W.W. Warner.

East walk around the Capitol grounds, showing early fence (Pinckney St.?), about 1868
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss.

Presented by Lawrence E. Blair, 1957.

Pinckney Street, looking northwest along the board fence that surrounded the Wisconsin Capitol grounds. The tower of the Methodist church appears in the distance on the right, 1868
Note: Stereograph by J.F. Barks. An original stereograph is in lot 517.

"The Wilson Street Girls" and others on Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square viewing the Buffalo Bill Procession, 1896 August 17
Note

"The Wilson Street Girls" were Pauline Richardson, Molly Fox, Alice Taylor, Margaret Moore, Bessie Boroman (sp?), Grace Taylor, Amy Young, Susie Regan, Lydia Moore, Alma Taylor, Ella Smith, Mary Oakley, and Ada Sumner. Presented by the estate of Caroline Young, 1945.

See also Oakley-Hawley Family Papers (Wis Mss QM).

The water tower on East Washington Avenue seen from the Capitol grounds, about 1870-1880?
Note: From the collection of Grace Clark Conover, 1963.

East Washington Ave. and the water tower, 1890-1900?

East Washington Ave., about 1890
Note: Photographer: Edward W. Nielson.

East Washington Ave. with the old water tower, which stood from 1890 to 1920, about 1915
Note: Presented by Louis W. Bridgman.

Old water tower seen from Capitol grounds, about 1890
Note: Photographer: Nielson, Madison.

East Washington Avenue, 1878-1880?
Note: Photographer: J.M. Fowler.

Brown or Bruen block at the corner of East Washington Avenue and Pinckney Street, 1895-1900?
Note: From the collection of Julia Hanks Mailer.

Pinckney Street along Capitol Square, looking northwest, 1868
Note: Stereograph by N.P. Jones.

Pinckney Street along the Capitol Square, about 1880-1885
Note

The building on the left, designated by a marked awning, is the Dunning and Sumner Drugstore.

From the collection of Edwin Sumner.

Presented by Professor Glenn Sonnedecker of the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, 1964.

Pinckney Street looking northwest, 1860?
Note

The American House on Pinckney St., corner of Washington Ave. and Bruen's Block, built in 1855 on opposite corner.

Presented by Louis D. Sumner, 1920.

Corner of Main and Pinckney Streets on Capitol Square, about 1890
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss, Madison, Wisconsin.

Presented by Mrs. Wayne D. Bird, Madison, Wisconsin, 1960.

Fire in the Baillie-Hedquist clothing store on the southeast corner of Capitol Square, 1916
Note: From the collection of O.D. Brandenburg.

Corner of Main and Pinckney Streets, about 1890
Note: Photographer: Nielson, Madison.

Main Street on Capitol Square, about 1915?

Corner of Main and Pinckney Streets showing Tenney building, about 1953
Note: Photographer: John Newhouse, Madison.

The first home of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Clark at 22 South Webster Street, about 1870-1880?
Note

Mr. Clark first came to Madison in 1837, but the home was probably built some years later.

From the collection of F.K. Conover, 1963.

Clark's Furniture Rooms at 188 E. Main Street, about 1887
Note: From the collection of Grace Clark Conover, 1963.

Clark's Furniture Rooms at 118 E. Main Street, 1887 June 10
Note

On the original mount, in Darwin Clark's hand, is written:"This is a picture of the Front view of my Furniture Rooms which was first taken on the 10th day June 1887 that day being the Fiftieth anniversary of my arrival and settling in Madison Wisconsin."

"I came to know Gustave Janeck early in the season of 1856. I learned he was a professional in Ornamental Wood Carving which he learned in Germany. I soon saw that he was a natural mechanic and quite a Genius to make himself useful in all the varied Industries of the furniture business. His skill in the matrass business became first class - also in upholstering. He filled the Position of Salesman nicely. He was a man of strict integrity, honest, Just, upright cheerful and genial. He had many virtues of the Just. He was ever free from the Arts and tricks of the Jockey. He was in my employ nearly 32 years. He was with me when I sold out the Furniture business. I found only 3 errours in his cash record during the 32 years. During that Period never any harsh words passed between us. He was an efficient assistant in pushing forward the different industries in the furniture business. He Died September 16th 1895. He now rests from his labors and we believe he is happy in Elysian fields of Beauty. Darwin Clark." Simeon Mills is in the photo with Clark.

Photographer: T.O. Hegg.

From the collection of Grace Clark Conover, 1963.

Clark's Furniture Rooms at 118 E. Main Street, 1887 June 10
Note

Owned and operated by Darwin Clark, a cabinet maker who came to Madison in 1837 to help in the building of the first Capitol in this city. The 50th anniversary refers to Mr. Clark's arrival in Madison, and not to the 50th anniversary of the furniture shop. Simeon Mills and Darwin Clark are the men seated on the step.

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss of Madison, Wisconsin.

From the collection of Grace Clark Conover, 1963.

Peck cabin, built by or for Rosaline Peck, the first white settler in Madison, 1837
Note: After a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The 1836 date on this print is wrong.

Lithograph by Kurz and Allison, Chicago, after a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey, 1837 June
Note: From the collection of Kathryn Wilkinson, 1955.

Painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey representing the first house built in Madison, Wisconsin, 1837
Note: Painted about 1869, based on recollections of pioneer settlers.

Tree at the site of the first house in Madison, built in 1837

View up King Street toward the Wisconsin Capitol, 1851
Note: From a watercolor by Johann B. Wengler, an Austrian who traveled in America in 1850-1851. On the left is the old Madison hotel which stood from March 17, 1838 until 1863, when it was destroyed by fire. The original watercolor is in the Oberoesterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria.

J.E. Rhoses and Co., pork and beef packers, North corner of South Webster and East Main Streets, 1881 or 1883
Note: Copied from a photograph loaned by Frank Custer of the Capital Times.

View looking up King Street from Butler Street toward the Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1911
Note: From the collection of Dudley Montgomery.

Ceremonies at the Capitol square for the centennial of the United States, 1876 July 4
Note

Stereograph by Andrew L. Dahl, Deforest, Wisconsin.

Presented by Harold Goldman of St. Paul, Minnesota, 1961.

Panoramic view of Capitol Square, looking west, about 1910
Note: Photographer: the Haines Photo Co., Conneaut, Ohio.

East Main Street, about 1880
Note: From the collection of Fairchild.

King Street, looking east; Pinckney Street; Main Street, looking west, 1905-1910

Vilas House on the corner of Main St. and Monona Ave., 1885-1887
Note: Photographer: E. Histed, Chicago, Illinois

Main Street along Capitol Square, 1912

View of Capitol gate entrance at Monona Avenue, about 1880
Note

Photographer: E.R. Curtiss.

From the collection of Horace J. Smith.

Dane County Courthouse with County jail at right
Note

The Courthouse was erected in 1850 and demolished around 1883.

Photographer: J.M. Fowler.

Monona Avenue, about 1890
Note: From the collection of Julius Olson.

Elk's Club and Avenue Hotel, Monona Avenue and Doty Streets, about 1908
Note: From the collection of John S. Donald.

Looking towards the Capitol from Monona Avenue with the Elks' Club in the foreground, about 1909

Monona Avenue, about 1910

Wisconsin National Guard Parade at Capitol Square, circa 1889-1890
Note: Presented by Mrs. T.W. Evans.

Park Hotel, corner of Main and Carroll Streets, about 1880
Note: Presented by Julia Hanks Mailer.

Damon the Tailor at 209 East Main Street, 1880 September

The Park Hotel at Carroll and Main Streets, 1880-1885?
Note

Photographer: E. Histed, Chicago.

From the collection of Bettina Jackson.

Parade passing the corner of Main and Carroll Streets, on Capitol Square. The Park Hotel is in the background, 1880-1890?
Note: From the collection of Julia Hanks Mailer.

Park Hotel, South Carroll Street, from the Capitol grounds, between 1899 May and 1900
Note: Photographer: Edward Nielson.

Main St. and Capitol grounds, from the Park Hotel, 1890-1895?
Note: From the collection of Julia Hanks Mailer.

West Main St. at South Carroll St., looking west, 1935-1939?

Wisconsin Avenue; West Washington Avenue, 1895-1900?
Note: From the collection of O. D. Brandenburg.

Rooftop view of the Congregational Church, 1874
Note

Photographer: E. R. Curtiss.

From the collection of Kathryn Wilkinson.

View from the Capitol dome, looking west, 1880-1885?
Note

Photographer: E. Histed, Chicago, Illinois.

From the collection of Bettina Jackson.

West Washington Avenue from the Capitol grounds, 1887?
Note: Photo probably by E. R. Curtiss.

View from the Wisconsin State Capitol (the fourth State Capitol, the third in Madison, built 1906), showing the Hotel Loraine and West Washington Avenue, 1920-1930?

West Washington Avenue, near Capitol Square, 1936-1939?

West Washington Ave., showing the Congregational church and the Grace Episcopal church, 1880-1885?
Note

Photographer: E. Histed, Chicago, Illinois.

From the collection of Bettina Jackson.

Parade on West Washington Ave., 1895-1900?
Note: From the collection of George B. Merrick.

West Washington Avenue looking toward Capitol Square, about 1900

West Washington Ave., from Broom Street looking toward Capitol Square, 1901

Subseries: Views of the Isthmus and State Street
Alternate Format: Some images also available online.

Unidentified road in the vicinity of Madison, 1852
Note: After a pencil and wash drawing by Adolph Hoeffler.

View from the water cure on the south side of Lake Monona, 1855
Note: Lithograph published by circa Currier, New York, after Samuel Hunter Donnel.

Engraving, 1855?
Note

Engraving after(?) lithograph published by circa Currier, New York, after S.H. Donnell, 1855. This engraving appeared in an 1857 Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.

Another view appears in Chicago Magazine, volume 2, April 1857, page 152, with explanation page 186.

[View of the City of Madison]

Madison, 1859

View by Louis Kurz of Milwaukee, about 1860
Note: Copied from the original lithograph in the Chicago Historical Society.

Madison, 1869

View from the south shore of Lake Monona, about 1884
Note

Oil painting in the museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 8x12 inches by CCV.

The original painting presented by Silas L. Spengler.

View from Lake Monona, 1890-1894

View from the south side of Lake Monona, 1890-1895?
Note

Original watercolor by N.A. Greenbank.

Presented by Mrs. Reuben Gold Thwaites.

View of Madison from across the lake, about 1890-1900?
Note: View used on the envelope of merchant, W.A. Oppel.

View in winter from Lake Monona, 1895-1900?
Note: From the collection of O.D. Brandenburg.

View from Turvill Shore across Lake Monona, about 1900

View from the south shore of Lake Monona, 1900-1910?

[View of Madison from across the lake]

View from Lake Monona, prior to the building of the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson in 1923, probably between 1915 and 1923

View from Lake Monona, 1923-1924?

View at night from Lake Mendota, 1945

View from Lake Monona, about 1945

View from across Lake Monona, 1955
Note: Photographer: John Newhouse, Wisconsin State Journal.

Lake Mendota, from University Drive, 1887

View over Lake Mendota from Eagle Heights, 1896?
Note

Original watercolor by N.A. Greenbank.

Presented by M.F. Blumenfeld in 1942.

View from across Lake Mendota, about 1903
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown.

View from Raymer Heights, 1905-1910?
Note: From the collection of Blanchard Harper.

View across Lake Mendota toward the Capitol, 1950 March?
Note: Photographer: Frank circa McAdams, Madison.

City of Madison, 1880
Note: From Park's “History of Madison, Dane County, and Surrounding Towns.”

Bird's eye view, 1885
Note: Wisconsin Historical Society Archives has a large original lithograph of this map, identical except for some advertising imprints not shown on this version. The original lithograph is in the map collection, filed as GX9029 M18 1885 N

“Bird's eye” map view adapted as an advertisement for S.L. Sheldon, 1885
Note: This lithograph was also published without advertising matter. The original lithograph is in the map collection, filed as GX9029 M18 1885 N.

View looking toward Main (Bascom) Hall at the University of Wisconsin from Monona Bay, taken from vicinity of St. Mary's Hospital, about 1905
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown.

View from the top of the chimney of the Capitol heating plant, looking southwest, 1909 June
Note

Photographer: H.R. Clough of Milwaukee.

The large original is filed as 5-1051.

Looking toward the State Capitol from the State Heating Plant. The old water tower on W. Washington can be seen to the right, about 1915?
Note: From the collection of Lucy M. Curtiss, 1962.

Aerial view looking east along University Avenue, about 1936-1940
Note

The apartment building at Princeton and University in University Heights was built in 1936.

Photographer: M.E. Diemer, Madison.

Aerial view looking east, about 1930
Note: Photographer: M.E. Diemer.

Aerial view of the Capitol and city from over Lake Monona, 1948?
Note: Photographer: M.E. Diemer.

View from the south shore of Lake Monona, drawn by A. Ruger, published by the Chicago Lithogr. Co., 1867
Note: The original lithograph has below the view an index to prominent buildings and four small view of the Capitol, Vilas House, Rasdall House and the University of Wisconsin.

View from the University of Wisconsin, 1852
Note: Drawing by Adolph Hoeffler, a German traveler in this country in 1848-1853.

View from the University of Wisconsin, 1858

Series: Wisconsin State Capitol Buildings

Subseries: 1st, 2nd, 3rd capitols (1848-1913)
Alternate Format: Some images also available online.

The four Wisconsin Capitols
Note

First Wisconsin Territorial Capitol at Leslie (formerly Old Belmont), Wisconsin

The first Wisconsin Territorial Capitol was a building rented by the Legislature, which met there for 46 days in 1836. It was used as a barn after about 1878.

The first Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, circa 1870
Note: Photograph by J.L. Nye, Platteville, Wisconsin

Used as a barn, 1902 or 1906

Used as a barn, 1906

First and second floors of the building while it was used as a barn, 1906

Structure shown while it was later used as a barn on the Charles Arthur farm, between 1906 and 1912?

South side of the building while it was used as a barn, between 1906 and 1912
Note: Upper photo by Lee Williams, Platteville, 1912.

Mrs. David Morgan, Mineral Point, took this snapshot on a high school outing, 1912 or 1913

Tablet marker on the site of the first Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, about 1920

First capitol before and after its restoration in 1924, 1923 and 1924
Note: Top: From Capitol to barn. Bottom: Restoration Ceremonies.

Building as restored in 1924, 1924

Mrs. Dexter on the steps of the first Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, where she lived as a girl after the capitol was transferred to Madison, circa 1924?

Restored Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, undated

Wisconsin Territorial Capitol building, 1929
Note: Photographer: Diemer.

Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, 1932

Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, circa 1940

Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, 1940s?
Note: Photo by the Wisconsin Conservation Department

Northwest corner of the interior, circa 1945

Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, circa 1948

Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, 1949 November 30

Wisconsin Territorial Capitol and "Supreme Court" building of Wisconsin Territory, circa 1955-1960

"Supreme Court" building of Wisconsin Territory, 1957
Note

"Supreme Court" building of Wisconsin Territory (embracing present Iowa and Minnesota) was built in 1836 of lumber brought by water from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Constructed for use as the Supreme Court but never actually used. The only session of the court at Old Belmont held in 1836 in the Legislative building, while the court was under construction, was quickly adjourned for lack of business. The court was moved soon after to Burlington, Iowa, and then to Madison.

The building was later used as a horse barn on the Charles C. Arthur farm and later as the residence of Charles Dunn. The Supreme Court building was restored and moved to a new foundation beside the restored Territorial Capitol on the grounds of the First Capitol State Park and was dedicated October 27, 1957.

Journal of the constitutional convention held in Madison, 1846, undated

Committee reports of the constitutional convention held in Madison, 1846, undated
Note

The second Wisconsin State Capitol (the first built in Madison)

The corner stone was laid in 1837; the building was occupied in 1838, completed in 1848, and used until 1863.

The third State Capitol, circa 1900

The Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1899

Speaker's desk in the Assembly Chamber, 1899?

The Wisconsin State Capitol from East Washington Avenue, circa 1899
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown.

The Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue, circa 1898
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown.

The Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1896
Note: Photographer: Charles N. Brown.

The Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1896
Note: An original blueprint is among views of Madison in the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Dome, circa 1895
Note: Photographer: Andrew C. Nielson, Madison.

The Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared as an engraving on a contemporary bank check, circa 1850

The Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1850

Copy from a lithograph vignette on George Harrison's "Map of the City of Madison," 1855

Plan of the Convention Chamber, 1847

Plan of the Senate Chamber showing seating arrangement, 1855
Note: Original diagram printed by Argus and Democrat.

Plan of the Assembly Hall showing seating arrangement, 1855
Note: Original diagram printed by Argus and Democrat.

Illustration from the American Encyclopedia, circa 1856
Note

This wood-engraving with flag added also appeared in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 1851, page 229. A variant appears in St. Louis Pictorial Advertiser and Illustrated Business Directory, volume 1 (1858-1859), page 371.

The third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison, Wisconsin), 1857-1913.

The contract for the dome was let in May 1868, with work to be finished before December 1869. The rotunda was completed in 1868; the dome was completed in 1869.

From an ambrotype copy of the design by Samuel Hunger Donnel and August Kutzbock of Madison, architects, showing the dome originally proposed, 1857?

Copy-print of the ambrotype copy of the design by Samuel Hunter Donnel and August Kutzbock of the firm Donnel and Kutzbock, architects, showing an alternative dome from that which was later built, 1857?

Photocopy of drawing by S.V. Shipman, architect, for exterior detail of the dome of the Capitol, 1857?

Center portion of the lithographed view by Schnabel and Finkeldy, Philadelphia, published by Hough and Ligowski, photocopied without the surrounding border of the original, 1857

Lithograph by Schnabel and Finkeldy, Philadelphia, published by Hough and Ligowski, 1857
Note: The dome shown in this early print is not the one constructed.

Drawing by S.V. Shipman, architect, of section of the rotunda of the Capitol, 1857?

Plan of the Assembly Chamber in the east wing, the first unit of the building, constructed in 1857-1859, showing the seating arrangement, 1860

The Wisconsin State Capitol, 1865

Plan of the Senate Chamber in the west wing, showing the seating arrangement, 1866

Plan of the Senate Chamber in the west wing, showing the seating arrangement, 1867

Plan of the Assembly Chamber in the east wing, showing the seating arrangement, 1866

View of the third Capitol from Wisconsin Avenue, circa 1868

"Rare Old Print of First Wisconsin Capitol Minus Famous Dome Discovered": article, 1928

Wisconsin State Capitol, between 1863 and 1868?

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1868?

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1870
Note: Stereograph by N.P. Jones, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol
Note: Stereograph by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Ruins after the collapse of the unfinished south wing on 1883, 1883 November 8
Note: Stereograph by N.P. Jones, Madison.

Ruins after the collapse of the unfinished south wing, 1883
Note: Photo by J.M. Fowler, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol from East Washington Avenue, 1884
Note: Photo by J.M. Fowler, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol from East Washington Avenue, between 1885 and 1890?
Note: Photo by A.C. Isaacs, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, between 1887 and 1889?

Lithograph that appeared in the 1895 Wisconsin Bluebook, 1889

Interior view of the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1870
Note: Stereograph by Andrew L. Dahl.

Lithograph of Wisconsin State Capitol by Milwaukee Lith. and Eng. Co., 1874

Wisconsin State Capitol from Wisconsin Avenue, between 1872 and 1883
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown.

View from the southwest, circa 1875
Note: Photo by I.A. Ridgway.

View from Monona Avenue. The group of bystanders is posed around a replica of the Centennial Fountain, which had been erected in Philadelphia in 1876, between 1876 and 1879
Note: Photograph by Andrew L. Dahl. A variant view is filed in the Dahl Collection.

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1877

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1870
Note: Photo by N.P. Jones, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1870s?
Note: Photo by N.P. Jones, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1878
Note: Photo by N.P. Jones, Madison.

Fountain on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol, between 1895 and 1900?
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown.

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1870

Lithograph of State Capitol by Milwaukee Litho. and Engr. Co., 1878

Lithograph of Wisconsin State Capitol by Milwaukee Litho. and Engr. Co., 1881

Wreckage of Wisconsin State Capitol after the collapse of the south wing, 1883

Ruins after the collapse of the unfinished south wing, 1883
Note: Photos by J.M. Fowler, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1889?
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, between 1887 and 1889?
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1889 August 2
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1890
Note: Photo by Nielson, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol from Monona Avenue, circa 1890

Wisconsin State Capitol from Monona Avenue, 1890s?
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, between 1890 and 1896?

Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue, 1890s?

Wisconsin State Capitol, between 1890 and 1895?

Office of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions, in the third State Capitol, circa 1893

Lithograph of Wisconsin State Capitol by Henry Gugler Company, 1895

Wisconsin Woman's Memorial of the Columbian Exposition, 1893, on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol, between 1895 and 1900?

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1900

Fountain on the grounds of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1900

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1902?

Capital Park, 1902

Grand Army Headquarters and Memorial Hall, looking north, 1903

Fountain on the grounds with the Capitol behind it, circa 1902

Lithograph of State Capitol by F.C. Kropp, between 1900 and 1904?

Wisconsin State Capitol, between 1900 and 1904?

Wisconsin State Capitol from Wisconsin Avenue, 1904 July 17

Fountains in Capitol Park, circa 1906

State Treasury Office. Second from left is Arthur Pugh, chief accountant and office manager, 1907?

Iron fence from Capitol grounds, now at Sparta, Wisconsin, undated
Note: This iron fence, which once surrounded the second Capitol at Madison, is now (as of 1952) around the Children's Center at Sparta, Wisconsin.

Iron fence, 1952?

Iron fence, circa 1952?
Note

Photographed by Wilbur Glover.

Fire of February 27, 1904, which severely damaged much of the Capitol building

West wing of the Capitol showing the ravages of the fire, 1904

Interior of the Capitol showing the ravages of the fire, 1904

Views, 1904

East wing of the Capitol showing the results of the fire, 1904

View of the Capitol fire from the center of East Main Street block, about 4 a.m., 1904 February 27
Note: This striking photograph was made by Joseph Livermore of Madison when he was 15 years old, using a vest pocket Kodak. He then sold small prints at 5 cents each, reputedly to finance the purchase of a bicycle (the boy wished to charge 10 cents, but his father was of the opinion that this price was exhorbitant). A print purchased by an out-of-town commercial photographer was used to produce copies from which Livermore received no profit.

Capitol, 1904
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Fire damage, corridor, second floor south wing, looking north, 1904

Crowds looking at Capitol, 1904
Note: Photo probably by A.J. Friedl.

Ruins in corridor, second floor north wing, looking south, 1904

Capitol, 1904
Note: Photo probably by A.J. Friedl.

View in corridor, first floor, looking west, 1904

Burning of the old state Capitol, 1904

The west wing during the fire, 1904 February 27

The east wing during the fire, 1904 February 27

The south wing during the fire, 1904 February 27

View of the east wing looking north, 1904

Ruins in Assembly Chamber, 1904

Ruins on the top floor of the south wing, 1904

Ruins in the Senate Chamber, 1904

Ruins in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the east wing, 1904

Ruins, 1904

Ruins on the second floor of the north wing, looking south, 1904

Subseries: 4th (1913-present)
Alternate Format: Some images also available online.

Note: Third State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin and present capitol. Construction began in 1906 and went in phases. The last section of the old Capitol was removed in 1913, the massive dome crowning the new building was completed in 1915, and the new Capitol was finished in all details in 1917.

Architect's design, undated

Architect's design, 1906?

Architect's design, undated

Outline comparison of the contour and heights of the domes of the Wisconsin State Capitols and the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Removal of the flagpole, preparatory to demolition of the third Capitol building during construction of the fourth Capitol, 1907?

Demolition of the dome during construction of the fourth Capitol, 1907?

Demolition of the third Capitol during construction, 1907?

Wisconsin State Capitol under construction, 1910

Section of steel structure for the rotunda under construction, circa 1910

Construction crew working on the foundations of the dome, 1910

Showing concrete abutments of the dome under construction, 1910-1911?

Dome under construction, 1910

East wing of the new State Capitol and pediment

Dome in course of construction, 1911
Note: Photo by Edward C. Nielson, Madison.

New Capitol under construction while north wing of old Capitol remains standing at right, 1911-1912

New Capitol under construction, as it appeared during a fire in the Baillie-Hedquist clothing store on the southeast side of the Capitol square, 1911-1912?

Dome under construction, 1911-1912?

Carvers at work on the figures at the base of the dome. Karl Bitter, primary sculptor, 1911-1912?

View from South Hamilton Street, circa 1912

New Capitol, showing the north wing of the old Capitol still standing at the right, 1912?
Note: Photo by Florence C. Hays, who at one time was a librarian in the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library

New Capitol, showing the north wing of the old Capitol still standing at the right, 1912

Capitol from south, under construction, 1913

Workmen demolishing the north wing, 1913 October
Note: Photo by Juan Diaz.

Workmen razing the last remaining wing of the third Capitol building as the new Capitol (background) is constructed on the same site, 1913

Showing figures around the dome, 1913-1914?

Construction of the north wing, Wisconsin State Capitol, 1914 July

"Wisconsin," artist's working model for the final heroic-sized bronze created in 1914 by the sculptor Daniel Chester French to crown the Wisconsin State Capitol dome
Note: The model here represented is in the possession of the sculptor's daughter, Margaret French Cresson, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Starting to raise the gilded bronze figure "Wisconsin," which surmounts the dome, 1914 July
Note: The statue is by Daniel Chester French and weighs over three tons.

Raising the bronze figure "Wisconsin" to the top of the dome, 1914 July

Placing the bronze figure "Wisconsin" on top of the dome, 1914 July 20

Capitol dome, 1914?

French's bronze statue "Wisconsin" on top of the Capitol dome, circa 1915
Note: Photo by Photoart House Inc., Madison.

East portico showing the sculpture by Karl Bitter in the pediment, circa 1915-1920

Wisconsin State Capitol: postcard

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1917

Wisconsin State Capitol from the west, 1917-1920?

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1919?
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

South pediment, circa 1920
Note: See The Wisconsin Capitol, Official Guide and History / by C.A. Holst, page 13.

South entrance, circa 1920

Air view, 1920s?

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1920s?
Note: From the Albertype Collection

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1925-1930?

South pediment, circa 1925

Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared on the day of the funeral of Robert M. LaFollette Sr., 1925 June

Entrance, 1935-1940?

From West Washington Avenue, 1935-1940?

Night view, circa 1940
Note: Photo by N.B. Ruud.

From Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin Campus, 1930s?

View of the dome on the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1940

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1944
Note: Photo by Wisconsin Conservation Department, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1944
Note: Photo by William J. Meuer, Madison.

At night, circa 1945
Note: Photo by Wisconsin Conservation Department, Madison.

Air view looking south, circa 1948

Air view looking north, circa 1948

Southeast entrance, circa 1948

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1948

Skyline and Capitol dome from Lake Monona, circa 1948

View up East Washington Avenue toward the Capitol

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1945
Note: Photo by Wisconsin Conservation Department, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1945

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1948

Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1949
Note: Photo by Meuer Photoart House, Madison.

View toward downtown Madison from Willow Road along Lake Mendota, circa 1950
Note: Photo by Frank McAdams, Madison.

Air view from above the University of Wisconsin, looking east, 1950?
Note: Photo by George M. Frisbie of West DePere, Wisconsin.

From the State Street side, circa 1951
Note: Photo by William Wollin, Madison.

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Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1952
Note: Photo by William Wollin, Madison. Used in Wisconsin Calendar, 1954

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Detail showing sculpture at the base of the dome, 1952?
Note: Photo by Frank C. McAdams, Madison.

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1954?
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Wisconsin State Journal.

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State Capitol dome at night, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

Night views of the State Capitol from across the lake, 1955
Note: Photos by Richard Vesey, Madison.

Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol from Hamilton Street, circa 1957
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Wisconsin State Journal.

Showing the statue of Hans Christian Heg, circa 1960

Wisconsin State Capitol, undated
Note: For a similar view see Place File: Madison 119.

Sketches by Richard Houghton (staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin)

Statue of Hans Christian Heg on the grounds of the Capitol.
Note

Hans Christian Heg, Colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteers, was born in Norway in 1829. He died in the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga in 1863. The statue was donated to the State of Wisconsin by Norwegian-Americans.

Photo by Meuer Photoart House.

Executive Chamber, 1913

Assembly Chamber, 1913

Senate Chamber, 1913

Anteroom, circa 1915-1920

Lobby of Governor's Office, 1914

Stairway, 1914 April 11

Stairway to the west wing, circa 1915

Supreme Court room, circa 1915

Supreme Court chambers, circa 1915

Showing the east gallery of the rotunda, 1915-1920?

Office of the Governor, 1916

Mural painting in center of dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol, circa 1917

The Executive Chamber, circa 1917

Reception room of the Executive Chamber located on the first floor of the east wing, showing two murals by Hugo Ballin, circa 1917

Parlor from the Assembly Hall, circa 1917

Rotunda, showing the west gallery, circa 1920

Corridor of the Assembly Chambers, circa 1917

Wisconsin State Capitol, 1920-1925?

Assembly Chamber, 1920s?

Senate Chamber, 1920s?

Supreme Court of Wisconsin. The Justices are, left to right: John D. Wickenham, Oscar M. Fritz, Walter C. Owen, Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry, Chester A. Fowler, Edward T. Fairchild, George B. Nelson
Note

The mural painting behind the bench depicts the first formal laws of the United States, "The Signing of the Constitution," by Albert Herter.

Photo by M.E. Diemer.

Mural painting in the Assembly Chamber, by Edward H. Blashfield, depicting the "State of Wisconsin: its Past, Present, and Future."
Note: Photo by Diemer.

"Trial of Oshkosh," a mural in the Capitol painted by Albert Herter

Albert Herter's mural painting in the supreme courtroom of the Capitol titled "Signing of the Magna Carta," representing English law.

Rotunda, circa 1940
Note: Photo by McKillop Art Co.

East gallery, showing entrance to the State Supreme Court, 1946 August
Note: Photo by Henry E. Cockerill, Beloit, Wisconsin.

Rotunda and North Gallery, circa 1948

Assembly chamber in the Capitol showing mural, view from balcony, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

Rotunda and South Gallery, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Wisconsin State Journal.

Senate Chamber as seen through an oval window in the door, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

The Madison Turners performing the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol during the State Awards Day meeting of the Junior Historians, 1958

Stairway to the north gallery
Note: Photo by Jules Rogas.

"Signing of the Constitution of the United States," one of the four mural paintings by Albert Herter in the Supreme Court Room

"The Appeal of the Legionary to Caesar Augustus" and "The Signing of the Magna Carta," mural paintings in the Supreme Court Room: postcards

"Appeal of the Legionary to Caesar Augustus," painting by Albert Herter in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Room

Series: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Subseries: Campus, Staff, Classrooms
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Official documents

Views of the campus

Individual buildings

University of Wisconsin buildings on Park Street, including Chadbourne Hall, Music Hall, and Science Hall, circa 1880
Note: Photo by A.C. Isaacs, Madison.

View of the upper campus, 1880
Note: Photo by Marr-Richards.

University of Wisconsin as seen from Lake Mendota with Science Hall to the extreme left and Bascom Hill in the center, circa 1890
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Linden Drive on the University of Wisconsin campus, circa 1890s
Note: Photo by William H. Dudley

View of the University of Wisconsin. Science Hall is to the left with Langdon Street running diagonally across the photo, circa 1890
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Lower campus of the University of Wisconsin, circa 1893
Note: Photo by H.J. Perkins, Madison.

Langdon Street looking toward Old Science Hall with Armory in the right foreground, 1895-1900?
Note: Photo by University of Wisconsin Photo Lab.

Science Hall with board sidewalks on Park Street to the bottom of the "hill," 1895-1900?
Note: Photo by University of Wisconsin Photo Lab.

Campus looking toward Lake Monona, circa 1899
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.

University of Wisconsin buildings from Carroll Street, 1899
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.

Linden Drive on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin. The little girl is Kathleen Carlyle, 1900 May
Note: Photo by Blanchard Harper, Madison.

Agricultural campus, circa 1900
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.

View of Lake Mendota looking west toward campus, circa 1900

A design for future constructional development of the University of Wisconsin campus, by Warren Powers Laird, Paul Philippe Cret, and Arthur Peabody of the Architectural Commission, 1908
Note: Original drawing is in the University of Wisconsin Archives.

View from the turn at the end of Bay Row, 1908 August
Note: Photo by Charles N. Brown, Madison.

1909-1911
Note: View of the lower campus,

Historical Library and gymnasium, circa 1910

Campus, looking up the north walk on Bascom Hill, circa 1915

Langdon Street looking toward Science Hall (the Memorial Union now faces on this portion of the sidewalk area), circa 1915

Liberty Loan parade on the lower campus, in front of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1918

Taking out a linden tree on Linden Drive, 1921

Campus, looking west, circa 1930
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer, Madison.

University of Wisconsin piers on Lake Mendota, 1930-1935?

Aerial view looking west, circa 1946

Road near the Agricultural School, circa 1948

Observatory Hill, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

Lincoln Terrace at the top of Bascom Hill, 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

Students coming down Bascom Hill, circa 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

Students on Langdon Street at the foot of Bascom Hill, 1955 October
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

Students walking down Langdon Street, a street almost completely comprised of University of Wisconsin housing, 1955 October
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

At the top of Bascom Hill, 1955
Note: Photo by Richard Vesey, Madison.

Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, circa 1890
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Science Hall, circa 1890
Note: Photo by E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

Armory, later the Gymnasium, and area later developed as the "plaza," then used as a football and baseball playing field, circa 1898

The engineering building, which later became the education building, circa 1900

Boat house and gymnasium, circa 1905

Football game at Camp Randall, circa 1910

Ladies' Hall (Chadbourne Hall), looking north on Park Street, circa 1910

"History of the Monument": text about Lincoln statue

Bascom Hall and Lincoln Memorial, circa 1915

Main Hall (now Bascom Hall) during the fire. The dome of the building was destroyed, 1916 October 10
Note: Photos by Photoart House Inc. and Kamera Kraft Shop, Madison.

Group of rural ministers posing on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin's agricultural campus, with Agricultural Hall in the background, circa 1930
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer.

Group of Episcopal ministers posing on the Agricultural campus, with Agricultural Hall in the background, circa 1930
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer.

Lincoln statue in front of Bascom Hall, 1930-1935?

University boathouse, circa 1893

Staff and other officials

Mrs. Helen M. Lander (and Mr. Lander, her husband), Matron of Ladies' Hall (student women's dormitory), Madison, Wisconsin, 1896 or 1897

Unidentified occasion, circa 1915

Staff of the Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities in front of Sterling Hall, 1925 August
Note: First row: Richard T. Ely (third from left), Marian Richter (end of row). Second row (left to right): Alice Cronin, Mary L. Shine (Mrs. William H. Peterson), Theron Locke, Herbert B. Dorau, David Rozman. Third row (left to right): George Wehrwein, William Tenhaken, Herbert D. Simpson, Edward W. Morehouse.

Commencement exercises, University President Glenn Frank? speaking, 1927

Probably the 25th anniversary of the School of Journalism, 1930 June 30
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer.

Professor Kenneth Watson (left) with Professor Olaf Hougen, associated in research in the Chemical Engineering Department, inspecting part of the butadiene pilot plant at the University, where wartime research on synthetic rubber was conducted, undated

Instruction in agricultural engineering, Department of Agricultural Journalism, 1962
Note

The older man in Professor H.D. Bruhn.

Photo by Fritz Albert.

Musical dramatic performance, undated

Pharmaceutical Laboratory, circa 1890

Office and private laboratory of the professor of Pharmacy, circa 1890

P.K. Walsh, head janitor, who ruled faculty and students with an iron hand, 1889

Pat (Patrick?) Walsh, head janitor of the University of Wisconsin, standing at the foot of Bascom Hill, circa 1890
Note: Photo by Blanche Harper.

President Birge speaking at the University of Wisconsin, undated

Group, possibly University of Wisconsin dairy chemists, undated

Student rooms and dining halls

University of Wisconsin students Albert A. Radtke and Thomas Gerlach, circa 1890s

Room at Ladies' Hall (later called Chadbourne Hall), circa 1890s

Reception room in Ladies' Hall, circa 1900

Gymnasium set up for a banquet, circa 1915

A student's room in one of the men's dormitories (Tripp or Adams), after 1926
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer

Van Hise Refectory, a dining hall used for Tripp and Adams men's halls, after 1926
Note: Photo by M.E. Diemer

Rathskeller in the Memorial Union, a favorite gathering place for students, circa 1935
Note

Refreshments are served here, including beer, making it the only state-owned college or university to serve beer on campus.

Photo by M.E. Diemer

Classrooms, labs, Extension courses