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Far View School

Date: 1956
Description: View of the front of Far View School.
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Kierig-Babbitt Building in Bloomer

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of the Kierig-Babbitt building, built in 1880.
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Bloomington High School

Date: 1956
Description: High school. Caption reads: "High School, Bloomington Wis."
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Bloomington Public School

Date: 1956
Description: School known as the "old stone school," the first public school building in Bloomington. The clock tower replaced the former bell tower.
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Namekagon Portage Historical Marker

Date: 1956
Description: Historical marker of the Namekagon Portage on the Lac Court Oreilles Native American Reservation.
Photograph

First Lutheran Church

Date: 1956
Description: The First Lutheran Church on the corner of Randall and Milwaukee Streets.
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Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 1956
Description: An interior view of the Grace Episcopal Church, showing the free-standing altar made of Kasota stone. The church was founded in 1838.
Print

Signal Oak, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1956
Description: View of the Signal Oak taken from the original, which was the first in a series of Heritage Prints. The idea for the series was conceived by the First Nati...
Photograph

Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict.
Photograph

Milwaukee Normal School

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior of building, which was first occupied in June 1885. It stood at the corner of 18th and Wells Streets.
Photograph

Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in Backyard

Date: 1956
Description: Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in backyard of her home on Farwell Avenue.
Photograph

Connie Moore and LuRay Arms

Date: 1956
Description: Friends Connie Moore (left) and LuRay (Frenchie) Arms pose comically with a motorcycle at 1851 South Park Street. Two children can be seen behind them sitt...
Photograph

Lewis Arms with a Guitar

Date: 1956
Description: Lewis Arms sits on the trunk of a 1949 convertible (DeSoto?) automobile, strumming a guitar.
Map or Atlas

Tax Exempt Land in the City of Madison

Date: 1956
Description: Map reads: "TAX EXEMPT LAND in the CITY OF MADISON". There is a legend of "Government Land" represented in stripes, "Religious and Fraternal Organization" ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Fond du Lac

Date: 1956
Description: Includes street index. Shows local streets, parks, highways, railroads, Fond du Lac River, and part of lake Winnebago. Also includes text on points of inte...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

Date: 1956
Description: This map shows local streets, roads, railroads, highways, parks, cemeteries, hospitals, the University of Wisconsin, Middleton, Maple Bluff, Shorewood Hill...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Building Entrance Marker

Date: 1956
Description: The official site marker in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society Building.

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