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Woman with Pink Flamingos on Bascom Hill

Date: 1979
Description: View uphill towards a woman sitting among a flock of pink flamingo lawn ornaments covering Bascom Hill. She is pretending to feed bread to two pink flaming...
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Residence on Gorham Street

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Gorham Street towards a house. Cars are parked along the left side of the house in the Gorham Street parking lot. The building on the righ...
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Pres House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Pres House, a Presbyterian Church. Two phone booths are near the sidewalk in front of the church on the left, with a p...
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Porta Bella

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Frances Street towards the entrance into Porta Bella's courtyard. Ornate lettering on the wall in front of the courtyard reads: "paisan's...
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James Murtah House and Stephensen and Studemann Commercial Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Gilman Street, on the corner of State Street and Broom Street, towards two commercial buildings. The one on the left is the Stephensen and...
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Stark Company Realtors

Date: 1973
Description: View across Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard) towards the Stark Company Realtors. The roofline has decorative urns at the corners. An aut...
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Woman's Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Gilman Street towards the Woman's Building, the clubhouse of the Woman's Club of Madison built in 1907. People are walking and standing on...
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Lydia Winterbotham Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Pinckney Street towards the Lydia Winterbotham Building, a Richardsonian Romanesque building. The ground floor is The Perfume shops, with...
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Electric Shaver Service, Schwartz Jewelers and H. Halperin Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. On the far left is the back of a large billboard next to the side of the brick building which has two busin...
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Contemplation

Date: 07 1977
Description: Downtown scene of a man seated on concrete steps leading down to water. He is surrounded by tall buildings.
Postcard

Journal Square

Date: 1971
Description: Text on front reads: "Journal Square. Fountain by Dick Wiken, Sculptor, Shorewood, Wisconsin." Text on reverse: "Journal Square. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The ...
Postcard

Bank of Spring Green

Date: 1972
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Bank of Spring Green. Spring Green, Wisconsin. Architecture by Taliesin Associated Architects of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation,...
Postcard

Bank of Spring Green

Date: 1972
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Bank of Spring Green. Spring Green, Wisconsin. Architecture by Taliesin Associated Architects of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation,...

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