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Loyalty Day Parade 1917 - Blair Street looking up E. Wilson. Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger platform canopy at right. Milwaukee Railway depot on left. Madison Saddlery building in distance. Cardinal Hotel and Elver House (Wilson Hotel) on right.
Photographer/Artist: Courtesy: Meuer Coll., U.W. Archives
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600 Block Williamson Street, c. 1938. On right, Machinery Row, Mitchell Filling Station, Crane Plumbing, Fauerbach Brewery; left, 606 Williamson - The Auto Shop, 608 - residence and vacant store built for the law office of John George Ott, 616 - Johann Jacob Reiner House, 624 - residence, 628 - Standard Oil Co. filling station (sign in front of brewery). For a history of Machinery Row, or Implement Row, refer to page 174 of David Mollenhoff's book, Madison: A History of the Formative Years, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2003. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: Harold Hone, photographer. Courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society
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looking down the 600 block of Williamson St, as the north side is being demolished for the street widening project. Machinery Row on the right, and the Fauerbach Brewery in the top center. From the Frank Custer Files. Courtesy of the Wisconsin State Historical Society
Date: about 1955
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North side of the 600 block of Williamson St, being demolished for the street widening project. Wilson Hotel is in the background on the left. Backround Right is the Chicago Northwestern Depot. (from the Frank Custer Files) Courtesy of the Wisconsin State Historical Society
Date: about 1955
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600 Block of Williamson, towards Capitol. Milwaukee Road East Madison Depot, center. The house-like Germania Hotel on E. Wilson is part of the Essen Haus. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Date: 1870s
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Fauerbach Brewery from 600 block of Williamson Street looking east. Crane Co. plumbing is in the center of the photo. Search: Fauerbach on this site. |
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Looking towards the Capitol from corner of Livingston and Jenifer Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: J. Wengler, Courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society
Date: 1851 |
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View from Farwell Mansion. Looking northwest. Mansion Hill is in the upper left corner of the photo. Lake Mendota is in the upper right. In the middle of the photo is the Hyer-Jaquish Hotel, 854 Jenifer St. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Date: 1860s?
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View from Farwell Mansion. Looking towards the Capitol building. Bascom Hall and dormitories in upper right. 500 block of Paterson St in immediate foreground. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: E.R. Curtiss. Courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society
Date: 1857-1859 |
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View from Farwell Mansion. Looking North toward lake Mendota. Mansion hill in upper left. 900 block of Spaight St. in foreground. Hyer-Jaquish Hotel (854 Jenifer) in middle. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly. In the foreground (right), is the George W. and Catherine Hyer house which stands at 924 Spaight Street. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: Curtiss
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Re-Photograph - View from the Farwell Mansion - c.1858 and c.1874. Full photos also availible. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Date: c.1858 & c.1874
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view from Farwell Mansion
Date: 1890s
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View from Farwell Mansion. Looking towards the Capitol building. Bascom Hall and dormitories in middle back. Intersection of Paterson and Spaight in immediate foreground. B.B. Clarke Beach on left. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: Andrew L. Dahl
Date: c.1874 |
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View from the Norwegian Lutheran Seminary. Looking towards Bascom Hill. 500 block of Paterson in immediate foreground, along with the 800 block of Jenifer Street. The Ott house is the large brick house at the left edge. The clock tower of City Hall and Old Main are prominent on the skyline. The Norwegian Lutheran Seminary occupied the stone octagon mansion built by Leonard Farwell in 1857. It was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly. It became the seminary in the early 1870s after serving as the Harvey Hospital for civil war veterans, followed by its use as an orphanage. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: Courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society
Date: c.1874 |
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George & Winnie Lottes on the 1100 block of Williamson Street, looking south. Note the neon sign of Badger Display Studio, Inc., the house at 1105 Williamson--one of two on Williamson Street with Gothic vergeboards, 1101 Williamson and 1053 Williamson with the billboard. Not in the view is the Meeks Auto Body shop, where Broom Street Theatre is located that had the first neon sign in the neighborhood. Note the wide street terrace prior to the Highway 30 street widening of 1953. Courtesy of Winnie Lottes Lacy
Photographer/Artist: Mrs. George (Leita) Lottes
Date: pre-1953 |
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1100 block of Williamson Street. Removing the linden trees for street widening Hy. 31. Courtesy of Winnie Lottes Lacy
Photographer/Artist: Mrs. George (Leita) Lottes
Date: c. 1953 |
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1120 and 1122 Williamson St, removing Linden trees for street widening Courtesy of Winnie Lottes Lacy
Photographer/Artist: Mrs. George (Leita) Lottes
Date: c. 1953 |
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1100 Block of East Wilson, looking northeast Courtesy of Winnie Lottes Lacy
Photographer/Artist: Mrs. George (Leita) Lottes
Date: 1950-1960 |
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Fire Station No. 3, 1217 Williamson Showing off the new equipment. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Date: c. 1917
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corner of Williamson and Blair, Robert LaFollette funeral procession from railroad depot to Capitol, taken from Machinery Row Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Date: June 25, 1925
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