Caption

View over Lake Monoma. Main Street, from Pinckney Street, View of Lake Monona and Main Street in Madison, photograph, page, photographer: Jones, Madison (Wisconsin), c. 1864 - in or before 1874, paper, albumen print, height 225 mm x width 145 mm, Photos opposite page 344., street, lake, A vertically oriented image shows two sepia-toned photographic scenes mounted on a light background. The upper scene depicts a waterfront view with a large multi-story house in the foreground featuring mansard roofs, dormer windows, decorative roof cresting, and surrounding trees, with a calm body of water and a flat distant shoreline visible beyond. The lower scene shows a sloped main street lined with multi-story commercial buildings with ornate facades and storefronts, awnings over ground-level shops, pedestrians on the sidewalk, and a dirt or unpaved roadway in the foreground.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A79_443

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45.2Mb (6.1Mb) / 9.6in x 18.3in / 2875 x 5497 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Lake Monoma Main Street Pinckney Street Lake Monona Madison photograph page photographer Jones Wisconsin c 1864 - 1874 paper albumen print height 225 mm x width 145 mm Photos opposite page 344 street lake vertically oriented image two sepia-toned photographic scenes mounted light background upper scene depicts waterfront view large multi-story house foreground featuring mansard roofs dormer windows decorative roof cresting surrounding trees calm body water flat distant shoreline visible beyond lower scene sloped main street lined multi-story commercial buildings ornate facades storefronts awnings ground-level shops pedestrians sidewalk dirt unpaved roadway foreground