University of Wisconsin 2, Madison, 1911 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures University of Wisconsin 2, Madison, 1911 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: University of Wisconsin #2, Madison, Wis.
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University of Wisconsin 2, Madison, 1911
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In 1911, the University of Wisconsin sat on a hilltop campus in Madison, the state capital, with Lake Mendota on one side and Lake Monona nearby. President Charles Van Hise was pressing the idea that the university should serve the whole state, a principle later called the Wisconsin Idea, by sending its faculty into farming, public health, and government work. Madison's economy rested on state government, the university, and the lakefront trade, and the city was also growing as a place where students from small Wisconsin towns came to study. Much of the campus was still being built in brick and stone, and the new state capitol, under construction on the isthmus between the lakes, was reshaping the downtown skyline. The view captures a campus that its students and townspeople already regarded as a source of the state's pride.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,881 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | University of Wisconsin #2, Madison, Wis. |
| Reference | WI 1911b University of Wisconsin 2, Madison |
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