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Painting

South Hall

Date: 1939
Description: South Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison, designed by John F. Rague, and built in 1855 as the second University building. It was used initially for gene...
Photograph

Gilmore-Weiss House

Date: 1939
Description: The Gilmore-Weiss home, 120 Ely Place (formerly Prospect Avenue), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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

Olin Terrace

Date: 1939
Description: Olin Terrace on Lake Monona.
Photograph

Henry Vilas Zoo Primate House

Date: 1939
Description: The Primate House at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), built in 1929 and extensively remodeled in 1995.
Photograph

House at 1513 Hooker Avenue

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the house at 1513 Hooker Avenue. The home was built by Willard Droster.
Photograph

Tree Surgeon Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-300 truck owned by P. Hansling & Son Hartford Forestry Company Tree Surgeons is parked in the drive of a home with a large chimney. A ma...
Photograph

Delivery of Bread Right To Your Door

Date: 1939
Description: A woman standing on her doorstep buys bread from a deliveryman. His truck is parked in the driveway. Text on the truck reads "Capitol Bakers, 'Right' to yo...
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Trip to University Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with boys and girls resting, exploring the flowers, and posing before a hike, during a fi...
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Some Bare Spots

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with examples of yards in need of gardens at the Vitale and Annie Gambino homes, and a spot...
Photograph

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: June and George Barry

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with June and George Barry posing by their wood-sided house (725 W. Washington?) amidst ...
Photograph

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Pertzborn Girls

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Alice, Rachel, and Barbara Pertzborn posing by their garden in the front corner of ...
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 ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Garden Club Children

Date: 1939
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Junior Garden Club members on an outing to Babcock Memorial Gardens at the University of Wisconsin; ...
Postcard

High Cliff overlooking East Shore of Lake Winnebago

Date: 1939
Description: Caption reads: "High Cliff overlooking East Shore of Lake Winnebago, Wis." Elevated view of Lake Winnebago from High Cliff State Park. A stone outcropping ...

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