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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
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Harold C. Bradley Residence

Date: 1938
Description: The Harold C. Bradley residence at 106 North Prospect Avenue.
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Native Americans in front of House

Date: 1940
Description: Two Native American women in front of a small house doing yard or house work.
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Native American Boys

Date: 1940
Description: A group of three Native American boys standing in front of a door.
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Executive Residence

Date: 1939
Description: The Executive Residence, 130 East Gilman Street, constructed in 1856. Used as the Executive Residence from 1883-1950.
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Gilmore-Weiss House

Date: 1939
Description: The Gilmore-Weiss home, 120 Ely Place (formerly Prospect Avenue), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Cornish Miner's House

Date: 1936
Description: The home of a Cornish miner.
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Blair and Main Streets

Date: 1939
Description: The snowy intersection of South Blair and East Main Streets.
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East Mifflin Street Looking West

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square. The Strand Theater is on the right. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the str...
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Intersection of Monona Avenue and Main Street

Date: 1938
Description: View from Capitol Park towards the corner of Monona Avenue and Main Street.
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Old Spring Hotel on Nakoma Road

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the "Old Spring Hotel" located at 3706 Nakoma Road, built in 1854. Also called "Gorham's Hotel" and "Old Spring Tavern."
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Olin House

Date: 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view across street towards the John M. Olin house, located at 130 N. Prospect. Constructed in 1912 and attributed to the Milwaukee archit...
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Olin Terrace

Date: 1939
Description: Olin Terrace on Lake Monona.
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Plough Inn

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of the Plough Inn, located at 3402 Monroe Street. Built in 1853 and added onto in 1858. The home was originally built for German immigrants F...
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Pierce House

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Pierce home, at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Quisling Towers

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Description: Quisling Towers apartment building, 1 East Gilman Street at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. Built in the Art Moderne style by the Quisling brothers and des...
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Russell Street

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Description: View from street towards the left of the residential neighborhood on Russell Street. The original negative was used for the Works Progress Administration (...
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Levi B. and Ester Smilie Vilas Residence

Date: 1939
Description: An exterior view of the Levi B. and Ester Smilie Vilas residence, located at 521 North Henry Street, at the intersection of Henry and Langdon Streets. Buil...
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Henry Vilas Zoo Primate House

Date: 1939
Description: The Primate House at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), built in 1929 and extensively remodeled in 1995.
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William F. Vilas House

Date: 1939
Description: View across yard towards the William F. Vilas house, 12 East Gilman Street.

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