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Davis House, Edenfred

Date: 05 24 1934
Description: The east terrace of the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Allison Davis home, also known as Edenfred, in the Highlands suburb west of Madison, 6048 S. Highlands Avenu...
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Beck House

Date: 06 09 1935
Description: Howard Beck house, 33 Cambridge Road, Lakeview subdivision. Close-up of front entrance and trees.
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Sherman Park House Under Construction

Date: 03 03 1930
Description: Steve Schmidt house under construction in Sherman Park subdivision. The house is located at 1406 Farragut Street.
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Entrance to Westmorland

Date: 02 26 1930
Description: Entrance to Westmorland subdivision on Mineral Point Road.
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Winterble Property

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Road and stone retaining wall in front of Freda Winterble property, 901 University Bay Drive, looking toward the Timlin Lumber Company, 2702 University Ave...
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Winterble Property

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Freda Winterble property, 901 University Bay Drive, looking north toward Lake Mendota. In the distance a man is holding a white rope to show where the new ...
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Sun Prairie Development Model

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Propelled by good roads and lower property taxes, many Wisconsin towns became "commuter suburbs" to their larger neighbors during the 1950s and 1960s. Whi...
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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A large barn and outbuilding on the Quaker Oats farm, 4202 Monona Drive.
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House in Parklawn Subdivision — Middleton

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Advertising photograph for a home in the Parklawn subdivision. E.B.A. Sokoloski was the builder, and Roy A. Gannon acted as realtor.
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House in Olbrich Park Subdivision — Madison

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Front view of a house to be used in an advertisement for home and subdivision development. The current address of this home is 3736 Sargent Street.
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Maple Bluff Christmas Display

Date: 12 16 1951
Description: Four young residents of Maple Bluff stand in front of the giant 32-foot-high Christmas display of a manger scene at the intersection of Charing Cross Road ...
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Front Yard of Suburban Home

Date: 06 1926
Description: Front yard with shrubs and evergreens around foundation of suburban house.
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Madison Flood in Subdivision

Date: 07 03 1954
Description: View of the flooded yard of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stormer at 829 Burbank Place in the Garden Homes subdivision of Madison.
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Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Exterior view of a large service station with three groups of gasoline pumps in front, located at 2629 West Broadway in Monona. The building has a sales ro...
Drawing

Plat of Sunset Hills

Date: 06 08 1960
Description: Blueprint plat of Sunset Hills sub-division.
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Middleton Piggly Wiggly Store

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Two men are posing in front of a new Piggly Wiggly grocery store. The new store was located in Middleton at the intersection of Gateway Street and Universi...
Drawing

A Proposed Master Plan for Sunset Village

Date: 1938
Description: Architectural drawing of the Sunset Village neighborhood on the West side of the city of Madison. The poster description reads: A proposed master plan for ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison City : Showing Approaches, Streets, Lots, Blocks, Subdivisions, and General Plan

Date: 1906
Description: This map shows shows streets, subdivisions, railroads, places of interest including the State Capitol, the University of Wisconsin, Camp Randall, Henry Vil...
Map or Atlas

Madison Area Churches.

Date: 1969
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and shows the location of churches, local streets, railroads, parks, Middleton, Shorewood Hills, Monona, Maple Bluff, McFa...
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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A barn on the Quaker Oats farm at 4202 Monona Drive.

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