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Neckerman House

Date: 1939
Description: The Neckerman house, located at 208-212 (210-214?) Monona Avenue, (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard), built by General David Atwood and his partner Ro...
Painting

Benjamin Franklin Hopkins House

Date: 1939
Description: The Benjamin Franklin Hopkins house, 142 East Gilman Street, built by Hopkins about 1850. The house was later owned by Dr. William Jacobs. The square bay ...
Painting

Marston House

Date: 1939
Description: The Marston house, located at 524 North Henry Street, was built in 1851 in the Greek revival style for Jeremiah T. Marston, who operated a store on State S...
Painting

Simeon Mills House

Date: 1939
Description: The Simeon Mills house, located at 222 Monona Avenue.
Painting

John A. Johnson House

Date: 1939
Description: The John A. Johnson house, located at 316 Wisconsin Avenue, was probably built by John Gripper who lived there in 1868. The house was purchased by Johnson ...
Painting

Lansing Hoyt House

Date: 1939
Description: The Lansing Hoyt house at 221 Monona Avenue was built in 1873 by Hoyt.
Painting

David Atwood House

Date: 1939
Description: The David Atwood house, located at 204 Monona Avenue on the corner of Doty Street.
Photograph

Executive Residence

Date: 1939
Description: The Executive Residence, 130 East Gilman Street, constructed in 1856. Used as the Executive Residence from 1883-1950.
Photograph

Douglas County Museum

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Douglas County Museum, also known as the A.A. Roth Memorial. The museum was housed here from 1939 to 1963.
Photograph

Old Spring Hotel on Nakoma Road

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the "Old Spring Hotel" located at 3706 Nakoma Road, built in 1854. Also called "Gorham's Hotel" and "Old Spring Tavern."
Photograph

Levi B. and Ester Smilie Vilas Residence

Date: 1939
Description: An exterior view of the Levi B. and Ester Smilie Vilas residence, located at 521 North Henry Street, at the intersection of Henry and Langdon Streets. Buil...
Photograph

William F. Vilas House

Date: 1939
Description: View across yard towards the William F. Vilas house, 12 East Gilman Street.
Photograph

International TD-14 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men grade a new road surface with an International TD-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and Adams Power Grader. There is a house in the background and peopl...
Photograph

Two-Story House

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior of two-story house with brick work on front corner. There is an enclosed patio extending from the house towards the front drive. A street lamp is ...
Photograph

Two-Story House

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior of a freshly built two-story house located at 293 East Orchard Court. The house has a covered patio. There is no driveway in place yet, and a fres...
Photograph

Three Children Painting At A Table

Date: 1939
Description: Three boys painting with watercolors at a folding table. They appear to be on a porch.
Photograph

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Matthews Family

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Rosalie, Ollie Mae, and Adrena Matthews posing by their garden, near the front step...
Photograph

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Cordio Children

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Edith, John, and Caroline Cordio posing in the garden at the front of their house a...
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Best Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with individual pictures of winners of the Best Gardens competition: George Caravello in ...
Photograph

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Catherine LaBruzzo

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with the winner of the Best Garden competition in the Junior Girls category, Catherine L...

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