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Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction.
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Jens Jensen and Youths

Date: 1949
Description: Landscape architect Jens Jensen and youth from the Madison Youth Council at Glenwood Children's park on their clean-up work day. The park was planned and d...
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Hanchett Block

Date: 1949
Description: View of street corner on Hanchett's block, on the northeast corner of State and Brood streets, with a newspaper stand, clothing store, and a labor temple. ...
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Simpson Church

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior view of the Simpson Church.
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Cotton House

Date: 1949
Description: View of three women standing in the foreground looking at the front of the Captain John Cotton house. Also known as "Beaupre", this Greek Revival style hou...
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Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: The Public Library in Lake Mills.
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Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: The Public Library in Lake Mills.
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Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior view of the Public Library in Lake Mills.
Postcard

Zimmerman Plumbing and Heating

Date: 1949
Description: W.O. Zimmerman Plumbing & Heating, 811 East Johnson Street. On the reverse of the original postcard is an invitation to the firm's 18th anniversary and new...
Photograph

Gothic Revival House, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Date: 1949
Description: Close-up view of the porch of a Gothic Revival house located at 150 Center Street.
Drawing

Johnson Wax Building

Date: 1949
Description: Artist rendition of the exterior view of the research and development tower of the Johnson Wax building.
Photograph

Johnson Wax Administration Building

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of the Johnson Wax Administration Building taken at dusk with the circumferential bands of glass tubing lit.
Photograph

St. Mary's Church

Date: 1949
Description: View of the ruins of St. Mary's Church.
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Norwegian Church

Date: 1949
Description: Norwegian church. Interior view of old log church, the first church built by Norwegians in America in 1843.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1949
Description: Doty Loggery, the home of James Duane Doty, built in 1845, with a view of the upper hall and art on the walls.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1949
Description: Detailed view of the board and batten construction of "the Loggery", the home of James Duane Doty.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison camppus. Students are sitting around the Lincoln Monument o...
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Eagle Heights

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of faculty housing project, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Statue of Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1949
Description: The statue of Lincoln as a young man stands on the Ripon College campus, west of Farr Hall. Alumnus Clarence A. Shaler created the sculpture, delivered in ...
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Boats in the Harbor

Date: 1949
Description: View of the harbor, crowded with boats.

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