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University Heights

Date: 1898
Description: University Heights from the Chemistry Building on University Avenue. View includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison football field, on the former site o...
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Entrance to Westmorland

Date: 02 26 1930
Description: Entrance to Westmorland subdivision on Mineral Point Road.
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North Gardens Subdivision Entrance

Date: 08 26 1928
Description: Front view of the entrance to the North Gardens subdivision, on the corner of North Street and Hoard Street, owned by the Paul E. Stark Company. The stone ...
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North Gardens Subdivision Entrance

Date: 07 26 1928
Description: Entrance to the North Gardens subdivision on the corner of North Street and Hoard Street, owned by Paul E. Stark Company.
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Aerial View over Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view looking south from a point over the Maple Bluff country club golf course (foreground). A new housing development in the mid-ground and Maple Bl...
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Nakoma Madison Realty Company

Date: 1927
Description: Postcard for Nakoma Realty Company. Caption reads: "Nakoma, You'll Enjoy The Wide Outdoors! 150 Acres Set Aside For Play! A Madison Realty Co. Property."
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Houses in University Heights

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: Houses on the south side of the 2100 block of University Avenue. The address on the entrance at the far right is 2125.
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New Parking Lot

Date: 07 15 1957
Description: Cars park in a new parking lot at the former site of Washington School at 217 North Broom Street.
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Veith's Park Subdivision

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Description: Aerial view of Vieth's Park subdivision on the north shore of Lake Mendota.
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Home Demolition on West Washington Avenue

Date: 12 01 1964
Description: A bulldozer demolishing five homes in the four hundred block of West Washington Avenue to make room for a six-story office building to be the Wisconsin hea...
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Stanley Hanks Bungalows

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Description: View across field or vacant lot of grass towards the Stanley Hanks bungalows located at 211-219 Lake Lawn Place off Langdon Street. Hanks probably built th...
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Cottage Grove Rd. at Acewood Blvd.

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of rural landscape with suburban construction in foreground. Cottage Grove Road is at left with the newly constructed Acewood Boulevard crossin...
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Apartment Building

Date: 09 30 1953
Description: Six-unit apartment building at 2902 Harvey Street at Ridge Street, built in 1953.
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Madison Housing Development at McKenna Boulevard and Gilbert Roadert

Date: 05 22 1954
Description: Madison housing development at the corner of McKenna Boulevard and Gilbert Road in the Orchard Ridge neighborhood. Shows homes, sprawling backyards and tel...
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Hilldale Shopping Center Construction

Date: 04 03 1962
Description: View looking south from the Shorewood bluff of the Hilldale Shopping Center under construction. Apartments and houses in the Hill Farms neighborhood are in...
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Excavation Site for State Office Building Wing

Date: 04 08 1957
Description: Elevated view from the top of central section of the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street, showing earth moving equipment at the excavation site f...

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