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Phyllis Frawley Residence

Date: 1900
Description: 614 Langdon Street. This Queen Anne-style residence was built in 1889 for Phyllis Frawley. From 1889-1902, she rented the house to the Beta Theta Pi chapte...
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Fraternity House

Date: 1905
Description: Fraternity house at Lawrence College.
Photograph

Elk's Clubhouse

Date: 1905
Description: Men play with dogs in front of the Elk's clubhouse.
Photograph

Masonic Temple

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the Masonic Temple with bicycles in front of the entrance. It was built in 1895 of brick and brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style...
Postcard

Elks Club House

Date: 1906
Description: View from street toward the building on the corner. There is a horse-drawn carriage at the curb. Caption reads: "Elks Club House, Green Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Masonic Temple

Date: 1905
Description: Masonic Temple.
Photograph

602 Frances Street

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype image of 602 Frances Street, located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Frances and Langdon Streets. The house served as the Chi Psi ...
Photograph

Racine Elks in Oversize Hats

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Racine Chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks wearing suits, hats with oversized brims with large flower deco...
Photograph

Badger Beauty Contest

Date: 1905
Description: Badger Beauty contest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Helen Fitzgerald is shown in back against the wall 6th from the left. She was a member of Tri...
Photograph

Fourth of July Celebration

Date: 07 04 1907
Description: Elevated view of a Fourth of July street scene taken in front of Eagle's Hall. The Hall was built by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a group founded in 1898...
Photograph

Masonic Temple

Date: 1900
Description: Angled view across street toward a railing along a sidewalk, and the front facade and left side of a Masonic temple building. The ground floor contains a s...
Print

Modern Woodmen of America Letterhead

Date: 1905
Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee office of the Local Executive Committee for Head Camp Entertainment for a convention on June 20th to 24th, 1905, of the Modern ...
Photograph

Dr. Daniel McLaren Miller

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up oval portrait of Dr. Daniel McLaren Miller.
Map or Atlas

Map of West Part of City of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Shows public buildings, hotels, fraternity houses, and private houses. Index of fraternities and sororities, residences, public buildings, hotels, places o...
Print

Wisconsin Society Sons of the American Revolution Annual Dinner Menu

Date: 05 29 1908
Description: Front cover, first page, and menu page of the annual dinner of the Wisconsin Society, Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), with an American flag whose po...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Mendota Court

Date: 08 1902
Description: A detail of a Madison Sanborn map showing Mendota Court.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Langdon Street

Date: 1908
Description: A detail of a Madison Sanborn map that includes the University of Wisconsin Boat House, UW Gymnasium & Armory (The Red Gym), fraternity houses, and the YMC...
Photograph

Franz Peters, Labor Day Parade Marshall

Date: 1900
Description: Franz Peters, Milwaukee Labor Day Parade Marshall, mounted on a horse on a neighborhood street. He is holding Freemason insignia in his right hand. Located...
Postcard

Hotel Kegonsa, Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Kegonsa. Main Street, Stoughton, Wis." View down a street lined with businesses. Automobiles are on the street and pedestrians ...

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