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| Date: | 12 31 1972 |
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| Description: | Directional marker inlaid in the sidewalk on the Capitol Square at 1 West Main Street. |
| Date: | 11 16 1975 |
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| Description: | Decorative terra cotta detail on the facade of the Castle & Doyle building, 125 State Street. The building was built in 1856 as fire station No. 2 and rem... |
| Date: | 11 14 1976 |
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| Description: | A colorful mosaic mural on the westernmost wall of the University Square shopping mall between West Johnson Street and University Avenue. (demolished June ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Flag pole with limestone carving of women and men by Alonzo Hauser, who was appointed by the Farm Security Administration, at its base. The sculpture was b... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Women selling ceramics behind a booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. The elevated announcers booth is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A decorative page featuring Dane County public buildings, including a court house, a jail, the poor farm building, and two views of an asylum. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A decorative page with photographs of school buildings in the township of Verona and Vienna. Some of the photographs have groups of students with their tea... |
| Date: | 12 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Maybelle Otterson demonstrates a Christmas custom as she hangs a front door decoration on her home at 209 North Blackhawk Avenue in Shorewood. |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Large funeral for multiple people in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Numerous decoratively painted coffins with cloth coverings are on display in a large open-air, roo... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map of Watertown pictorially shows historic buildings, locations, and events with dates. The map is printed in brown ink with the border printed in gr... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the Patriotic Shrine on the grounds of the Dickeyville Grotto. The shrine, which was created by Father Matthias Wernerus in 1929-30, honors Columbu... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the grounds of the Dickeyville Grotto. The sculpture, which was created by Father Matthias Wernerus in 1929-30, and honors Co... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph postcard of the park at the Grotto, with houses in the background. Caption reads: "Park at Grotto, Dickeyville, Wis." |
| Date: | 04 27 1965 |
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| Description: | Old Rectory Sales of Grace Episcopal Chruch is in charge of the sale of furnishings of the historic Louis M. Hobbins house built by E.M. Fuller on the shor... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A woman is performing a headstand on her front lawn as an elderly woman is standing and watching from the sidewalk. A sign on the lawn reads: 'Start Under,... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Was is crouching inside two triangular walls open on one side. In front of her are two painted signs lying on the grass and read: 'Step Here' and... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | View looking up at the facade of a house. A sign at the bottom reads: "Atlantis" fashioned in wire. Above the sign is a painting that includes two male fac... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of the recently opened Glander Art Studio at 822 Washington Street. The Glander Building was constructed in 1914 by John A. Glander, a local photogra... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Glander Building, built by photographer John A. Glander, on the northeast corner of S. 9th and Washington Streets. The Gland... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across State Street towards the Moon Fun Shop and a long building that was a Montgomery Ward Store. Various pieces of wall art are on display in the t... |
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