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Building of Model House

Date: 07 23 1931
Description: Capital Times model home under construction at 2318 Monroe Street.
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R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Insulation Truck

Date: 12 23 1936
Description: R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Capitol Rock Wool insulation truck parked in front of 309 North Pinckney Street.
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Installing Rock Wool Insulation

Date: 11 21 1936
Description: Three men on scaffolding are installing Capitol Rock Wool insulation, from a R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Inc. truck into a house at 616 N. Carroll Street.
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House Under Construction

Date: 11 03 1936
Description: House at 2135 Linden Avenue, under construction by Fitzpatrick Lumber Co.
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Sherman Park House Under Construction

Date: 04 03 1930
Description: Steve Schmidt house under construction in Sherman Park subdivision. The house is located at 1406 Farragut Street.
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Herbert Jacobs Residence I

Date: 1937
Description: Side elevation of Herbert Jabobs Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction. Several of the neighboring houses can be seen behind the...
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Low Cost Housing for World War II Veterans

Date: 09 23 1948
Description: A low-cost house being built on Midvale Boulevard in Sunset Village on Madison's West Side by builder Marshall Erdman. Erdman's project of four houses is f...
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Low Cost Housing for World War II Veterans

Date: 09 23 1948
Description: A low-cost house built in Marlborough Heights on Madison's East Side by contractor C.J. "Cap" Goucher. The house is similar to 20 houses being constructed ...
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Edmund Sternberg House

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Edmund Sternberg house at 4214 Drexel Avenue in Lake Edge Park. Mr. Sternberg quit his job to build the house himself. Mrs. (Violet Pinneke) Sternberg, who...
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A.A. Elkind & Company Model Home #3

Date: 08 10 1950
Description: Photograph of model home #3 constructed at 201 Harding Street by A.A. Elkind & Company, builders and developers, 1940 Winnebago Street. The image appeared ...
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A.A. Elkind & Company Model Home

Date: 08 10 1950
Description: View of a model home constructed at 205 Harding Street by A.A. Elkind & Company, builders and developers. The image appeared in an advertisement for the co...
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Residence of Tom and Ruth McGovern

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: Exterior view of the home of builder Tom McGovern, his wife Ruth and their five daughters. The one-story residence at 25 Hiawatha Circle features pale yell...
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House by Harold Bewick

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Advertisement for an open house at a newly-built house at 4137 Council Crest, Nakoma. The house was built by Harold E. Bewick, building contractor, and adv...
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Madison Mobile Homes Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Madison Mobile Homes, with a three-quarter view of a mobile home parked in a clearing near a wooded area on a shoreline, with the slogan "Liv...

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