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Keyes Residence

Date: 1897
Description: Interior of the Keyes residence, home of Elisha W. Keyes, political leader. According to Keyes' daughter, Mrs. John C. Gaveney, the framed pictures, etc.,...
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Madison War Housing Center Staff

Date: 09 21 1944
Description: Mrs. E.R. Meacham, Director of the Madison War Housing Center, talking with Mrs. Lloyd Miller and Lloyd Miller, Jr.
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G.I. Loan at Anchor Savings and Loan Association

Date: 03 16 1945
Description: Anchor Savings and Loan Association staff making the first G.I. loan to Arthur L. Cass, discharged veteran, and his wife so they can purchase a home at 330...
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Pierce House Interior

Date: 1888
Description: An interior view of the so-called Pierce house, at 424 North Pinckney Street, on the corner of Gilman Street.
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Mrs. Theodore Statz with Her Baby in Apartment

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz and her 6-month old daughter Cindy in the kitchen of their basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted be...
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Arthur H. Peterson House

Date: 09 29 1949
Description: The living room of the Arthur H. Peterson house, 4175 Cherokee Drive. There is a fireplace on the right side and an upholstered chair and a table stand in ...
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Arthur H. Peterson House

Date: 09 29 1949
Description: Interior view of the living room inside the Arthur H. Peterson house, 4175 Cherokee Drive. The room is furnished with an upholstered couch and chairs, end...
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Public Housing Hearing at Madison Common Council

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Elevated view of members of the Madison Common (City) Council and speakers at a hearing of the Madison Housing Authority's (MHA) proposed public housing pr...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Otto Kautz are looking at floor plans and model homes. About one-hundred exhibitors have arranged displays in four tents to show the newest and ...
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Madison Home Show Television Demonstration

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Television was a feature enjoyed by children and adults at the Madison Home Show. The fascination of new improvements for the home, many of them on displa...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Three men standing at the microphone during a WIBA Radio broadcast from the Madison Home Show.
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Pettersen's Inc. Exhibit

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: View of the Pettersen's Incorporated (a floor covering business) exhibit at the Madison Home Show. Pettersen's is located at 209 West Mifflin Street.
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Sunset Village Home

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Mrs. Fred (Eleanor) Griffith sitting on the screened porch of her home at 4204 Hillcrest Drive.
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St. James Volunteers

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Group portrait of twenty men who volunteered their time to help remodel a home at 1129 Mound Street into a new convent for the nuns of St. James' Parish.
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Planning High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 04 1957
Description: Madison high school girls serve as official hostesses at the parties planned by youth groups for teenagers attending the annual State High School Basketbal...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin YMCA, which receives funding from the United Givers, provides housing and counseling to University of Wisconsin students from the U...
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Vernon Foust, FHA Head

Date: 12 18 1964
Description: Waist-up portrait of Vernon Foust, Head of the Federal Housing Administration.

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