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Mrs. Ralph (Betty) Mason and Her Two Children

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Ralph (Betty) Mason and her two children Tommy, far left, and Lynn, at center, who are visiting in the home of Mrs. Mason's parents,...
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Burch House

Date: 09 19 1949
Description: Fireplace with a large mirror above the mantel, in the Byron and Mary Burch house, 205 South Owen Drive.
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Arthur H. Peterson House

Date: 09 29 1949
Description: The living room of the Arthur H. Peterson house, 4175 Cherokee Drive. There is a fireplace on the right side and an upholstered chair and a table stand in ...
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Grace Episcopal Church Old Rectory Shop

Date: 11 09 1949
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Rainey arranging a children's corner in the Old Rectory Shop at Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue. The shop is the...
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YWCA Hanging of the Greens

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Five members of various YWCA organizations inspecting decorations to be used in the traditional "Hanging of the Greens" at the YWCA. Seated from left to ri...
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Ruth B. Glassow House Interior

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Interior view of the living room in the house of Professor Ruth B. Glassow at 1635 Norman Way. The house had been a barn on the estate of John R. Commons, ...
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New Madison Curling Club Clubhouse

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Four members of the Madison Curling Club inspecting their new clubhouse at Burr Jones Field on East Washington Avenue. Pictured are Dr. Ralph E. Campbell, ...
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Killian House Living Room

Date: 01 25 1950
Description: Living room of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. (Sylvia) Killian, 3814 Hillcrest Drive. Mrs. Killian and her daughter Elaine are shown seated in fr...
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George Kaeser Residence

Date: 02 06 1950
Description: Virginia Kaeser perches on an easy chair, key to the living room's color scheme. Notice how the dining area's ceiling extends to form an indirect lighting ...
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Schantz Home

Date: 02 17 1950
Description: Living room of Harold and Monona Schantz's new home, located at 310 Kensington Drive. Features novel treatment of a fireplace area and custom interior des...
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Farm Family Day

Date: 02 25 1950
Description: Group portrait of fathers and sons with Governor Oscar Rennebohm in the governor's reception room of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Farm families from eleven...
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Living Room at Governor's Residence

Date: 03 09 1950
Description: Living room in the Wisconsin Governor's residence at 101 Cambridge Road. The windowed terrace room with its tile floor and Oriental rug serves as the livin...
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Dining Room in Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 03 09 1950
Description: The dining room at the Wisconsin Governor's Residence with its scenic wallpaper is one of the loveliest rooms in the house. The rich antique blue of the ru...
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Clarence Scholl Home in Spring Green

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: The living room of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scholl on East Montroe Street. Mrs. Scholl is seated in a lipstick red chair next to the Lannon stone fireplace...
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Drawing Room in Governor's Residence

Date: 03 09 1950
Description: The Stately drawing room is full of shades of green and lilac, repeated in the flowered draperies. Conversation pieces on the mantel and elsewhere about t...
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Porter Butts House

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: Interior view of the Porter Butts house at 2900 Hunter Hill in Shorewood Hills, one of the first "modern" houses in the Madison area, built in 1937. The sa...
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Findorff Boat Accident

Date: 08 12 1950
Description: Eight University of Wisconsin summer students warming themselves in the Henry Schuette residence at 719 Farwell Drive, following a boat accident in which 2...
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Neighborhood House

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: View of the newly-equipped preschool room at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue.
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Carol Sisk Patterson and Daughter

Date: 09 29 1950
Description: Mrs. Oliver M. (Carol Sisk) Patterson, of Fox Lake, Illinois sitting near a fireplace with her daughter, Alison, during a visit with her parents Mr. and Mr...
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Sorority Pledges

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Madison pledges of the Alpha Phi sorority pose for a group portrait while seated in front of a fireplace. In the front row are Susan Batiste, Joan Fagan, a...

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