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Pheasant Branch Hotel or Stamm House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Pheasant Branch Hotel or Stamm House. Men are sitting on the porch near the front door. A sign above the door reads, in part: "J. Yo.....
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Tiffany Residence

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: Erwin and Claire Tiffany residence at 1001 Seminole Highway in Nakoma. Hollyhocks are growing in the front of the house, and a tricycle attached to two wag...
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Ruined Barn

Date: 1911
Description: A ruined barn and farm destroyed by a tornado that hit Oregon, Wisconsin.
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John B. Stickney House

Date: 09 1974
Description: The John B. Stickney home, 203 Broadhead Street. The home is a Gothic Revival home built in 1856. The tower, porch and an addition on the far side date fro...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 05 30 1973
Description: Memorial Union in the rain. Lake Mendota is visible on the left. In the foreground is the terrace area with trees and brightly colored chairs and tables. P...
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Main Lounge at the Wisconsin Center

Date: 1958
Description: Interior view of the green and gold room, which was the main lounge at the Wisconsin Center for adult education at 702 Langdon Street.
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Nguyen Family Birthday Party

Date: 1984
Description: The Nguyen family and a friend pose together at home as they celebrate Thuy Nguyen's 10th birthday. From left to right in front are: Mary, Thuy (in a blue ...
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Secretary of State Vel Phillips

Date: 1978
Description: Vel Phillips sitting behind the large Wisconsin Secretary of State desk. An unidentified man is standing next to her.
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First Meeting of Women Library Workers

Date: 01 19 1977
Description: Group portrait of attendees of the organizing meeting of the Wisconsin Women Library Workers. The meeting appears to be in someone's home. From left to rig...
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State Senator Kathryn Morrison and Governor Patrick Lucey

Date: 1977
Description: Kathryn Morrison (far left) observes as Governor Patrick Lucey signs, possibly, a piece of legislation. State Representative Mary Lou Munts (seated next to...
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Mayor Soglin as Honorary Host

Date: 06 27 1990
Description: Mayor Soglin standing at the microphone as Honorary Host of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's Concerts on the Square.
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

Date: 08 1970
Description: "Six-Sided Red Lantern," "Three-Tiered Fountain" and a flat goose cut from gray stone (laid in a bed of white gravel) in Sid's backyard. A corner of the pa...
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Japanese Tea Pavilion

Date: 02 1970
Description: Japanese Tea Pavilion with an Oriental Ground Lantern and "Closed Abstraction in White" in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Japanese Structure and Sculptures

Date: 02 1970
Description: View of Sid's backyard, with a Japanese structure and sculptures in the snow. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Ponds and Bamboo

Date: 06 1971
Description: Sid's backyard with a small concrete pond and bamboo, Cedar trees and a fence. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Cambodian Lion Armature

Date: 07 1969
Description: Armature made of flat, interlocking plywood pieces sitting on the lawn in Sid's backyard, in the general shape of the Cambodian Lion sculpture. Parts of th...
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"Guardian Lion" in Blue

Date: 09 1969
Description: Southeast Asian-styled "Guardian Lion" concrete-cast sculpture on a large rectangular base painted blue in Sid's backyard. In the background is the white "...
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"Blue Dragon Urn"

Date: 10 1971
Description: Large concrete-cast sculpture identified as "Blue Dragon Urn" in Sid's backyard. It is painted blue with an Asian styled dragon in red wrapped around it. A...
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Woman with Pink Flamingos on Bascom Hill

Date: 1979
Description: View uphill towards a woman sitting among a flock of pink flamingo lawn ornaments covering Bascom Hill. She is pretending to feed bread to two pink flaming...
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Slender-Headed Being

Date: 10 1971
Description: Six-foot high, concrete-cast slender abstract sculpture of an imaginative being with a human face. Jutting out of the head is a narrowing pillar. The eyes ...

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