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Oriental Rug Galleries Window

Date: 10 04 1937
Description: Window display of a miniature replica of Shangri-la lamasery where many scenes were filmed for Frank Capra's movie "Lost Horizon", and oriental gift items,...
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Animated Display Window

Date: 07 24 1947
Description: Animated display window at Master Furriers, 11 West Main Street, "Madison City of Prosperity," display of miniature storefronts with Madison merchants' sto...
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School Architecture Exhibit

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: John J. Flad, architect, and John Guy Fowlkes, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin, viewing the exhibit "Modern Architecture for Modern S...
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Sun Prairie Development Model

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Propelled by good roads and lower property taxes, many Wisconsin towns became "commuter suburbs" to their larger neighbors during the 1950s and 1960s. Whi...
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YWCA Mortgage Burning

Date: 02 12 1947
Description: Shown taking part in the "burning of the mortgage" ceremony Thursday night at the Madison YWCA are (from left to right): Mrs. C.V. La Duke, who formerly wa...
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Model of Babcock Memorial Dairy Industrial Building

Date: 12 11 1948
Description: A model of the proposed University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Building which was approved by the board of regents. It is now Babcock Hall at 1605 Linden Dr...
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Engineering Building

Date: 1948
Description: Model of the new Engineering Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Designed by the State Bureau of Architecture.
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Admirers

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Wright at a Madison event honoring him. They are looking at a model of the Wright-designed model of Monona Terrace. With them ...
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Monona Terrace Model

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Description: An architect sets a tower on an artitectural model of the Monona Terrace. Other men watch in the background.
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Model of Proposed County Coliseum

Date: 02 20 1964
Description: Architect James T. Potter is shown displaying a model of the proposed Dane County Coliseum.
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Airport Superintendent Inspecting Model of New Terminal

Date: 05 19 1964
Description: Airport Supt. Robert Skuldt is shown with a model of the new airport terminal to be constructed.
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First Baptist Church Children's Day Art Exhibit

Date: 06 10 1964
Description: Marianne Davies, a third grader, looks over a work created by a group of fourth graders which is on display at the First Baptist Church Children's Day art ...
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Eiffel Tower Replica

Date: 09 17 1964
Description: Pedestrians pass a replica of the Eiffel Tower being constructed by workers at the corner of East Washington and Pinckney Streets on the Capitol Square. Th...
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Mayor Reynolds with Skywalk Model

Date: 11 24 1964
Description: Madison Mayor Henry Reynold examines a model of the Capitol Square area showing a proposed skywalk from Manchester's Department Store over Wisconsin Avenue...
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Proposed U.W. Building in Bascom Woods

Date: 01 16 1959
Description: Several people looking at a topographical model of Bascom Woods and Muir Knoll by the surrounding buildings between Elizabeth Waters Hall, the Carillon Tow...
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Dedication of the New Wisconsin Center Building

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Looking at a model of the future gallery for the newly dedicated Wisconsin Center building on the University of Wisconsin campus are Aaron Bohrod, universi...
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Brittingham Redevelopment Plan Model

Date: 11 18 1958
Description: Madison library assistant Mrs. Ronald Labott, 313 S. Marquette Street, examines a model of the Brittingham redevelopment model. The "Triangle" redevelopmen...

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