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Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Wright in a Crosley Car

Date: 1948
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, motoring in the country in a Crosley car. Another car is behind them.
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Workers Hanging Sisal in Yucatan(?)

Date: 1948
Description: Workers, mostly female, hanging bundles of sisal on wires on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The plantation was likely run by the International Harvester C...
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Processing Sisal in the Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing bundles of sisal in large piles at an International Harvester facility in the Philippines.
Painting

Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape, 1948

Date: 1948
Description: Cover for the 1948 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a sketch of a tree, a fence, and a small town by a lake. The Wisconsin Fr...
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Buell Home

Date: 1948
Description: The Buell home, built by Charles E. Buell in 1894, which was called "Buell's Folly" locally.
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Endres Chapel at Indian Lake

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of the Endres Chapel at Indian Lake.
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Coates House

Date: 1948
Description: The Coates house.
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Octagon House

Date: 1948
Description: Close-up view of the porch of the Octagon House.
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Agricultural Hall

Date: 1948
Description: View from Babcock Drive. Landscaped entrance of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture.
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Lathrop Hall

Date: 1948
Description: Emblem design in plants, in front of the hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 1948
Description: Lincoln Monument in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A stone bench curves around the statue, which sits in a paved walk ...
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1948
Description: View towards Lake Mendota from the Memorial Union terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1948
Description: View of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man in a light-colored sweater is leaning with his arm against a tree on the right, lo...
Photograph

Hurst Concrete Truck

Date: 1948
Description: An International Model KB-7 truck used to transport concrete blocks parked on a work or storage site surrounded by building materials. A man loads concrete...
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Bee Hives on Bennett Marsh

Date: 1948
Description: Bee hives near the Bennett cranberry marshes.
Photograph

Marge Coulter

Date: 1948
Description: "Marge Coulter."
Drawing

Stone and Log Causeway

Date: 1948
Description: Drawing depicting a horse-drawn carriage crossing a stone and log causeway built across a river.
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...

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