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Woolworth's interior

Date: 10 27 1955
Description: Interior of the new, self-service Woolworth's variety store, 2-8 West Mifflin Street, showing lower sales area and balcony at the back of the store with me...
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Graduates in Caps and Gowns

Date: 06 01 1957
Description: Graduates in caps and gowns attend the graduation ceremony.
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F.W. Woolworth's Interior

Date: 10 27 1955
Description: Interior of the new, self-service Woolworth's variety store at 2-8 West Mifflin Street. The view is toward the front from the balcony, showing main floor s...
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Library Reading Room

Date: 1955
Description: A view of the Library Reading Room in 1955, after the modernization of the 1950s was complete. Most prominent is the division of the room into functional ...
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Wade House

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Exterior of the Winterble House

Date: 09 26 1955
Description: Bonnie Kienitz and Freda K. Winterble in front of the Petheridge/Isom/Keystone house, built in 1853. The residence, located at 901 University Bay Drive, i...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1955
Description: Historical Society Library Reading Room and the Visitors Gallery after their modernization during the mid-1950s. Prominent among the visible changes are a...
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap."
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap."
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Loggia Doors at Taliesin

Date: 1957
Description: View from living room out towards the loggia doors leading out to a balcony at Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright. A hill and trees are in the...
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Main Street

Date: 1950
Description: View down Main Street with a horse-drawn carriage and large brick buildings.
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Hong Kong Harbor Scene

Date: 09 1951
Description: The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i...
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University of Wisconsin Graduation In Field House

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: Right hand view showing dignitaries, graduates, and crowd gathered for the U.W. graduation ceremony in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. It ...
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Americanization Pageant

Date: 08 30 1953
Description: A crowd gathers on the Capitol lawn to watch the Americanization Pageant, "A Thoroughfare for Freedom," as it is portrayed on the balcony of the East wing....
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Liske House Interior Perspective

Date: 1956
Description: Interior perspective of the living room of the Robert W. Liske house designed and drawn by architect John Randal McDonald. The home was named "Sunny Crest"...
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Wallace House Interior Perspective

Date: 1954
Description: Interior perspective drawing of the living room of the Jerome Wallace house designed and drawn by architect John Randal McDonald.
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Johns House Living Room Perspective

Date: 1952
Description: Interior perspective drawing of the living room of the Robert Johns residence designed and drawn by architect John Randal McDonald. McDonald gave the proj...
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Johns Residence Interior Perspectives

Date: 1952
Description: Interior perspectives of the Robert Johns residence designed and drawn by architect John Randal McDonald. McDonald gave the project two names, "Spindrift"...
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MacAndrews Residence Drawing

Date: 1956
Description: Pencil on vellum drawing showing an interior perspective of the living room/balcony space and an exterior perspective of the residence designed and drawn b...
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Murphy Residence Elevation and Floor Plan Drawing

Date: 1958
Description: Pencil on velum drawing of the Charles Murphy residence showing the floor plan and East and West elevations designed and drawn by architect John Randal McD...

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