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Frank Lloyd Wright Monitoring Building Site

Date: 1937
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, monitoring the construction and testing of load-bearing pylons for the Johnson Wax Building.
Manuscript

Racine — Air City

Date: 06 12 1931
Description: The letterhead stationery of a Racine economic development committee reads: "Air City, Where the Air-Minded Live," The design shows airplanes and even a...
Photograph

Governor at Baseball Game

Date: 09 15 1930
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (with flower in his lapel), who was campaigning for re-election, took time out for a baseball game at Horlick Athletic Fiel...
Photograph

Racine Courthouse

Date: 1935
Description: Racine County Courthouse.
Postcard

S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. Office Building

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior elevated view of the S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. office building. Caption reads: "An authentic original in the world's modern architecture. The new...
Photograph

S.C. Johnson Building

Date: 1936
Description: The S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Company building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1936.
Photograph

First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1935
Description: View of the First Presbyterian Church from the northeast.
Photograph

First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the First Presbyterian Church from the southeast. A water tower is in the background.
Photograph

Dickey's Shop

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of A.P. Dickey's shop, west of 4th bridge.
Photograph

WPA Art Project

Date: 1935
Description: Santos Zingale (1908-1999), then an unemployed artist, working on the cartoon phase of a WPA mural he was painting in Racine. The preliminary sketch from w...
Photograph

Striking Case Workers

Date: 03 13 1934
Description: Case company employees locked out of the Engineering Building.
Photograph

Governor Julius P. Heil and Princess Ingrid of Denmark

Date: 04 24 1939
Description: Princess Ingrid of Denmark with Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil. The princess is wearing a floral patterned short sleeved dress, a pearl necklace, earrings,...
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Wright and Vand Der Rohe

Date: 1938
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies Van Der Rohe, and others at the Johnson Wax building construction site.

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