Painting
Brandenburg House
| The Oscar D. Brandenburg house, 22 Langdon Street. Later the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house. Razed and replaced in 1972 by the Langdon Apartments. Oscar Brandenburg was born in Ohio in 1858 and moved to Baraboo, Wisconsin, at the age of 6. He moved to Madison in 1879 when he became a student at the University of Wisconsin, where he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, captain of the baseball team, and editor of The University Press. After graduation he became city editor of The State Journal, then managing editor until 1890, when he bought an interest in the Democrat Printing Company. He was editor and vice president of that company until his retirement, when he became president; he held that position until his death in 1930. In 1886 he married Arabelle Sarles; they had one son, Frederick S., and a daughter, Catherine (Mrs. N. D. Bassett). |
| Image ID: | 29805 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1938 |
| Creator Name: | Ford, Winifred |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Winifred Ford watercolors |
| Genre: | Painting |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 1669.39 (5) |
| Original Dimensions: | 24 x 19 inches |
| Architectural details |
| Columns |
| Trees |
| Architecture, Domestic |
| Lawns |
| Cities and towns |
| Neighborhoods |
| Sidewalks |
| Porches |
| Lakes |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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