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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights are costumed as Native Americans, cowboys, and flowers are marchin...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Suzanne Seifert, 3-year-old daughter of Professor and Mrs. Lester W. Seifert, is shown in her costume made of pink crepe paper, which she wore at the Memor...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin faculty band led the parade of children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights march i...
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Roosevelt Terrace

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view from across street of Roosevelt Terrace apartments.
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Men at Construction Site

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Men stand near an excavator or steam shovel as it loads an International dump truck at a construction site. The site is surrounded with multi-storied build...
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Underpass of Elevated Railway

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Description: View of street beneath an elevated railway at a market on 60th Street, featuring pedestrians, storefronts, and cars.
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Idlewild Apartments

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Idlewild Apartments. Two cars are parked outside of the arched entrance to the Spanish adobe apartment house.
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London Terrace Marine Deck

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Description: London Terrace marine deck. View of a roofdeck sun porch resembling a ship deck at London Terrace apartments. A man and a woman lounge while a man in a cap...
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Elevated View of Clark Street

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view north along Clark Street with pedestrians, street cars, trucks and automobiles. Lincoln Park is on the right; the Belden Stratford Hotel is o...
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Postwar Berlin

Date: 1946
Description: Men pulling a cart. It was, he wrote, the way "people move their stuff." Although undated, it was taken before June, 1946 when he returned to the United ...
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Playground, Jacob Riis Houses

Date: 1968
Description: View from below of two boys on a jungle gym. Some of the brick buildings of the Jacob Riis Houses rise in the background.
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First Spiritual Temple

Date: 
Description: View across intersection toward the temple, which is a large stone building with a large arched entrance. Other structures and row houses are on the left a...
Print

Brownline Print of an American System-Built Apartment Building

Date: 1916
Description: Brownline proof print of artwork created for a perspective drawing for an apartment house. Frank Lloyd Wright outlined his vision of affordable housing. He...
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Istanbul Harbor

Date: 1951
Description: Elevated view of pedestrians at the harbor at Istanbul, Turkey.
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Japanese Clothing on Laundry Line

Date: 1960
Description: Traditional Japanese clothing hanging up to dry, with a modern television antenna in the background. A view that caught the eye of an NBC journalist and am...
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Family Loading Truck

Date: 1967
Description: Shelly and Mary Louise Grossman, and their children Keith and Julie, load items including teddy bears, suitcases, and boxes into an International Scout tru...
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International SF-46 Biscuit Delivery Truck

Date: 1926
Description: International truck used by Sunshine Biscuits, Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company. Original caption reads: "Model SF-46 2 ton, 6 cylinder, 180" wheelbase, mounted...
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Vacant Lot

Date: 1920
Description: View of a vacant lot littered with garbage and weeds in a residential area. Across the street in the background are what appears to be a row of apartment b...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: WIBA truck and two radio broadcasters on south Midvale Boulevard, the site of the Madison Soap Box Derby.
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Sitting on a Sidewalk

Date: 1936
Description: Five people sitting on a sidewalk outside of a building. A woman stands on a stoop in the doorway.

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