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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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Greenhouse

Date: 01 08 1947
Description: Man with plants in a University of Wisconsin-Madison greenhouse.
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 06 17 1947
Description: Exterior of Washburn Observatory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Group Portrait of Young Men

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Group portrait of 27 young men taken for University of Wisconsin Professor John A. James.
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Ground Breaking At Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish

Date: 07 18 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t...
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West Side Business Men's Association

Date: 08 17 1948
Description: Members of the West Side Business Men's Association shown as they met for the first time at the future site of their new clubhouse and community center on ...
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West Side Business Men's Association

Date: 08 17 1948
Description: Group portrait of members of the West Side Business Men's Association at the site of their future clubhouse on Odana Road.
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Mrs. Theodore Statz at Basement Apartment

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz outside a window of her family's basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted because their apartment does...
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: The dining room in the Westye F. Bakke home at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing one of the house's several large plate glass windows. The y...
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: The kitchen in the Westye F. Bakke home at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing the breakfast nook of the spacious kitchen which features a lar...
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Sunset Point

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Mrs. Scott McGlasson, nee Shirley-Mae Riker, sitting on a stone wall at Sunset Point. She lives in Pomona, California, and is visiting her family in Madiso...
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Interior view of the living room at 811 Farwell Drive, including plants and vines in foreground. Homeowners Jean and Stewart Douglas are sitting and looki...
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. Six children at the junior section of the show ...
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Edgewood High School May Crowning

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: The senior class, the girls in front and the boys and the school choir and band behind, stand near an outdoor staircase at the annual May crowning ceremony...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Mrs. C.S. Gonstead sits next to the fireplace in her home (aka "El Clare" estate) at 602 South 2nd Street in Mt. Horeb. Madison architect Herbert Fritz des...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: View through the living room's south wall window of the flagstone terrace, swimming pool, and bathhouse of the S.C. Gonstead residence in Mt. Horeb. Madiso...
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Interior Window Shutters

Date: 04 28 1956
Description: Adjustable wooden shutters cover a bay window at the home of Louis C. McGann on Lake Mendota Drive.
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Parade of Homes in Meadowood

Date: 06 12 1956
Description: A shake roof at the new home featured at 5513 Raymond Road. The house was built by Marshall Erdman for the 1956 Parade of homes.
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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University of Wisconsin Graduation Ceremony

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin's graduation ceremonies as seen from the balcony overlooking the side of the stage. Special guests are seated on the st...

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