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Sture and Geneva Johnson Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Geneva Johnson sits in the sunroom of her contemporary home at 313 New Castle Way in Maple Bluff. Her home will be featured on a July 14 Tour of Homes spon...
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O. Clarke & Leslie Gillett Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Leslie Gillett is sitting in her traditional antique-filled living room at 3443 Edgehill Parkway in Shorewood Hills. The home will be featured in the Attic...
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Dorothy Flicek

Date: 02 22 1955
Description: Kitchen designer Dorothy Flicek is standing behind a kitchen room divider she designed for her home, located at 3829 Ridgeway Avenue.
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Interior of Modern Home

Date: 10 04 1955
Description: Basement bar in a modern home.
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Interior of Modern Home

Date: 10 04 1955
Description: Living room with a television in a modern home.
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Living Room

Date: 08 04 1945
Description: Living room in McNeel home.
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Erwin and Claire Tiffany Home

Date: 10 10 1945
Description: Erwin and Claire Tiffany home, 1001 Seminole Highway, Nakoma. It was built in 1925, and was owned by Christina and Ellis Dana in 1945.
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Peterson Christmas Tree

Date: 12 24 1945
Description: Unidentified woman seated in a chair next to a decorated Christmas tree with presents underneath. On a table next to the woman are photographs of a soldier...
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Interior of GBH-Way Prefab House

Date: 01 12 1946
Description: Kitchen and living room of a GBH-Way prefabricated house The building was furnished and installed by Klinke's Hatchery as part of an effort to relieve the...
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Summer Gardens

Date: 08 22 1946
Description: Mrs. Anthony R. (Dorothy) Curreri, 3636 Lake Mendota Drive, with her daughters Cynthia and Bonnie, and son Billy, walking on the flagstone steps of one of ...
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Damaged Home of Professor Donald D. Lescohier

Date: 10 09 1946
Description: Exterior of the house of Profesor Donald D. Lescohier, 1311 Morrison Street, damaged by a gas explosion in the kitchen, which was at first thought to have ...
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Pigs Loose in Nakoma

Date: 02 25 1947
Description: Four men wrestling with escaped pigs in the backyard of a home in the Nakoma neighborhood. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block o...
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Portrait of Newcomers

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Mrs. Wilbur C. (Hattie) Carlson and her three daughters, Judy, (10), Jean (16), and Sally (12). Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Carlson moved to Madison from Elgin, Il...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Home

Date: 03 15 1947
Description: Exterior of Governor Oscar Rennebohm's Maple Bluff home, 201 Farwell Drive.
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Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Wisconsin Governor's residence with snow on the ground, 130 East Gilman Street. The house was built for General Julius White in 1856. Succeeding owners wer...
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Vinje Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1947
Description: The living room of the Arthur Vinje home at 2800 Mason Street, with the family Christmas tree and other holiday decorations.
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Early Settler's Home on University Avenue

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: House at 622 University Avenue is the only survivor of the homes which housed some of Madison's early settlers. The house has had a number of owners, inclu...
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Milk Delivery Man

Date: 01 17 1948
Description: Milk delivery man in work clothes being greeted at the door of a residence by a woman and young girl as he delivers milk and dairy products. Shown in the ...
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Edward B.A. Sokoloski Home

Date: 02 10 1949
Description: Exterior view from driveway of the Edward. B.A. Sokoloski residence in the snow at 874 Woodrow Street.
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Exterior of Dr. Isadore Schultz House

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Exterior view from driveway of the ranch-style house of Dr. Isadore Schultz. The house is built on the site, and with the stones of, a brewery that was des...

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