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| Date: | 10 26 1969 |
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| Description: | Detail of hand with pointing index finger in the sidewalk in front of the old Madison Gas and Electric Company building (aka Darwin Clark Building), at 120... |
| Date: | 11 02 1969 |
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| Description: | Bee symbol of the construction battalion (Seabees) at the Naval Reserve Training Center located at 1046 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 11 09 1969 |
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| Description: | Ornate terra cotta work above the entrance of the Lincoln School building, 720 East Gorham Street, designed by Claude and Starck and built in 1915-16. The ... |
| Date: | 12 07 1969 |
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| Description: | A cast metal plaque of a Viking ship over the entrance to the Norway Center at 2262 Winnebago Street, which officially opened on June 15, 1963. The plaque ... |
| Date: | 01 18 1970 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, 118 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). The bui... |
| Date: | 09 20 1970 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of The Old Clock Shop owned by P. Tock at 1343 Williamson Street with clocks displayed in the window. |
| Date: | 02 21 1971 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Senate Bar at 188 North Pinckney Street which shows its unusual brickwork and elaborate Gothic windows. |
| Date: | 03 28 1971 |
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| Description: | A detail of the top of the flashing baroque marquee on the Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 05 23 1971 |
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| Description: | Bronze historical marker affixed to the back of the Capitol Hotel at 208 King Street on which are the words, "Eben Peck erected Madison's first home on thi... |
| Date: | 07 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Round, ornate turret on the Triangle Superette, later known as the Triangle Market, on the corner of State and North Henry Streets. |
| Date: | 08 22 1971 |
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| Description: | A mailbox, painted with likenesses of animals, insects, and plants, at the Duckwitz residence at 5040 Lake Mendota Drive. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Italian restaurant Paisan's, which has a miniature Renaissance garden just inside the arched entrance. |
| Date: | 05 21 1972 |
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| Description: | A stained-glass window in the mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery at 1 Speedway Road, with a design featuring upside-down torches (a symbol of death). |
| Date: | 10 01 1972 |
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| Description: | Stone carved ornamentation on the Masonic Temple exterior at 301 Wisconsin Avenue. These details symbolize the various aspects of the Mason's heritage. |
| Date: | 10 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Owen Drive stone street marker placed across from Holy Cross Cemetery at Highland and Regent Streets. |
| Date: | 12 31 1972 |
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| Description: | Directional marker inlaid in the sidewalk on the Capitol Square at 1 West Main Street. |
| Date: | 03 18 1973 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the University of Wisconsin Space Astronomy Laboratory at 35 North Park Street. |
| Date: | 04 01 1973 |
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| Description: | False front on the Security Marine Bank at 4225 East Towne Boulevard designed to maintain a proper appearance during construction of its East Towne branch... |
| Date: | 05 20 1973 |
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| Description: | Bar signs and a stone carved sign above the doorway of the Italian Workmen's Club at 914 Regent Street. |
| Date: | 05 27 1973 |
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| Description: | The ornate, domed tower of the Cinema Theater, 2090 Atwood Avenue, which was the Eastwood Theater and is now the Barrymore Theater. |
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