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South Side State Bank Building

Date: 2000
Description: The former South Side State Bank building at 330 West Lakeside Street during renovation. The bank opened in 1920 and closed between 1933 and 1937. Some of ...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Successful relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Hos...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, preparing the new concrete foundation for the "Blue Dragon Urn," which was relocated from Sid Boyum's backyard to the pu...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
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First Day of the Farmers' Market

Date: 04 18 2015
Description: View of a crowd of people on the square, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. One man is carrying a young boy on his shoulders. A tent over ...
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Spring Reunion and House Repair

Date: 04 04 2015
Description: View looking up at men and women posing along the railing of a porch for a group portrait.
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Thrift Store

Date: 03 08 2015
Description: Exterior view through a window of the inside of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. Shorts, purses, women's tops, and a pair of shoes are on display.
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Johnson Public House

Date: 04 25 2015
Description: View across street towards a bicycle and traffic barrel standing on the sidewalk in front of a coffee shop. A sign above the first floor windows reads: "Jo...
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To the Hospital Emergency Room

Date: 03 02 2015
Description: View from inside a car towards the emergency entrance to a hospital.
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Heating Plant on a Cold Day

Date: 02 22 2015
Description: View of Charter Street Heating and Cooling Plant from North Mills Street. White smoke is billowing out of the stacks against a clear, blue sky. The streets...
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Limnology Center Overlooking Lake Mendota

Date: 02 14 2015
Description: View of a corner of the Limnology Center on the shoreline of Lake Mendota. The building overhang is shading a walkway along the shore. A memorial stone and...
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Below Zero at Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 02 14 2015
Description: View of snow-covered Memorial Union Terrace, with large, dark-colored outdoor pots, and silver metal flagpoles spaced along the railing overlooking Lake Me...
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Snowbound After the Storm

Date: 02 02 2015
Description: View up snow-covered stairs leading up to a porch of the photographer's house. A wreath is hanging on a large brick chimney near the front door. Bushes are...
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Sunday Afternoon at Burnie's Rock Shop

Date: 01 18 2015
Description: Inside view of display cases of rocks and geodes along the front windows of the store. "Burnie's Rock Shop" is painted in reverse on the window. Two street...
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Beauty Salon on Lakeside Street

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View of an old, wooden bench sitting in front of a large, front window of a beauty salon. Decorative snowflakes and lights are hanging on the inside of the...
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Entrance to Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View looking up at decorative lights hanging from the beams of an entry roof. A sign on the side of the overhang reads: "Lakeside St. Coffee House." The si...
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Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View of a sign in the shape of a hand in front of a window on a white brick wall. Leaves and snow are on the ground. Inside the window, two lamps, two ches...
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Willow on Monona Bay

Date: 11 20 2014
Description: The trunk of a willow is arching over the ice ccovering Monona Bay. Rocks partially covered with snow are along the shoreline. The Wisconsin State Capitol ...
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Chemotherapy Room at the Hospital

Date: 03 02 2015
Description: Solveig, the photographer's wife, sitting in a chair by a window reading a newspaper. A coffee cup is sitting on the window sill next to her, and magazines...
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Hail Mary in the Window at Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View through window looking into a cafe at a paper mache statue of Mary stepping on the head of a snake on top of a globe of the Earth.

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