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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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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
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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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Man Standing next to Trailer

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Description: A man wearing a tie stands next to an industrial trailer used for clearing of land. The side of the trailer reads "BROS" and there are other vehicles in th...
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Sapling with Empty Houses

Date: 07 05 1938
Description: A recently planted sapling in the backyard of an empty house, with other houses and roads visible in the background.
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Reinforcing Stream Bank

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Description: Rocks placed to control the flow of Dale Creek. A house is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as a study of the water drainage in ear...
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Residential Street with Children on Tricycles

Date: 1936
Description: View from lawn of curved residential street lined with recently constructed housing and lampposts. A car sits in a driveway of a house on the left, and fur...
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Residential Housing from Hill

Date: 1936
Description: Recently constructed residential housing as viewed from a hill. A fence is in the foreground. Porches, backyards, and small garages lead down to the Villag...
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Men Walking on Residential Street

Date: 1936
Description: View up residential street with newly constructed houses, young trees and lampposts. Men in suits and hats walk along the sidewalk. A speed limit sign is o...
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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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New Residential Construction

Date: 1960
Description: New residential construction on the outer southwest edge of Madison.
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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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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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Lincoln Hotel

Date: 1924
Description: Automobiles are parked along Lincoln Road in front of the Spanish Colonial Revival style Lincoln Hotel. Two men are sitting in chairs which have the hotel'...

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