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 Probably taken during the early spring of 1904, cleanup of the damage caused by the fire of February 26-27, 1904 is progressing. A contemporary newspaper story reported that the state budgeted $3000 for the cleanup and that it planned to hire a crew of 75 workers. |  The damage to the East Wing of the third Capitol caused by the fire of February 27-28, 1904. The statue of Forward can be seen at the right. |
 The remains of a second floor corridor in the North Wing of the third Wisconsin Capitol after the fire of February 27-28, 1904. This photograph documents the damage near the Rotunda. Judge John Winslow recalled that the fire stopped short of the octagonal towers in the hallway, so that the portion of the newer portion of the North Wing escaped damage. The upper stairway led from the third floor to the attic over the Senate and Assembly where a sprinkler system had been installed during the Schofield administration. Through human error, the University reservoir that fed the sprinklers was drained shortly before the fire. Although they are charred in this image, this photograph provides the best extant documentation of the original door framing in the third Capitol. | The office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the East Wing of the third Capitol after the fire of February 27, 1904.  |
 Both the North Wing of the third Capitol at the right and the Fourth Capitol and dome under construction. Undamaged by the fire of 1904, the North Wing continued to be used until 1913. |  With the North and South Wings and the dome of the third Capitol as a backdrop, the construction of the East Wing of the new Capitol is underway. The left side of this picture provides the best known view of the way in which the architect had joined the third Capitol with its 1883 addition. |
 Interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with a view of three levels of the building. |  Hugo Ballin's "Spirit of Labor" mural from the Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
 Entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court inside the Wisconsin State Capitol with a badger over the door 1945 |  Interior view of the Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol with seating for legislators, featuring the Edward Blashfield mural, "The State of Wisconsin, its Past, Present, and Future" 1945. |
 1945 Wisconsin State Capitol Senate chamber showing seating for senators, and a three-panel mural "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific" by Kenyon Cox. |  Senate Parlor in the Wisconsin State Capitol, showing elaborate decorations and furniture. 1945 |
 Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and the surrounding businesses about 1930. |  Fourth & Present Capital Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of the Loraine Hotel August 24, 1945. |
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