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Good American Homes Program

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: City Manager Leonard G. Howell turns the first shovelful of dirt for the first of eleven houses to be built by Madison builders under the Good American Hom...
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Public Housing Hearing at Madison Common Council

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Elevated view of members of the Madison Common (City) Council and speakers at a hearing of the Madison Housing Authority's (MHA) proposed public housing pr...
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Public Housing Hearing at Madison Common Council

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Elevated view of the crowd of over 500 persons attending the public hearing of the Madison Housing Authority (MHA), a committee of the Madison Common (City...
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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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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Madison's first home show in thirteen years was officially opened by Acting Manager George Forster when he cut the ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit ar...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Otto Kautz are looking at floor plans and model homes. About one-hundred exhibitors have arranged displays in four tents to show the newest and ...
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Madison Home Show Television Demonstration

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Television was a feature enjoyed by children and adults at the Madison Home Show. The fascination of new improvements for the home, many of them on displa...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Three men standing at the microphone during a WIBA Radio broadcast from the Madison Home Show.
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Pettersen's Inc. Exhibit

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: View of the Pettersen's Incorporated (a floor covering business) exhibit at the Madison Home Show. Pettersen's is located at 209 West Mifflin Street.
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Bewick Building Company House

Date: 03 22 1951
Description: Exterior view of the John and Gertrude house at 4314 Keating Terrace, built by the Bewick Building Company. The company headquarters were located at 101 Va...
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Sunset Village Home

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Mrs. Fred (Eleanor) Griffith sitting on the screened porch of her home at 4204 Hillcrest Drive.
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Ernst Friedlander Home

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Exterior view of the Ernst Friedlander house at 62 Merlham Drive. It is a Mid-Century modern one-story flat roofed house.
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UW Chancellor's House

Date: 04 15 1952
Description: The remodeled kitchen at the UW Chancellor's house, 130 N. Prospect Avenue. The house, built in 1912 for John & Helen Olin and given to the university in 1...
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UW Chancellor's House

Date: 04 15 1952
Description: Living room and fireplace at UW Chancellor's House, 130 N. Prospect Avenue. Pictures throughout the house are from the university's art collection. The big...
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UW Chancellor's House

Date: 04 15 1952
Description: A second floor bedroom at the UW Chancellor's house, 130 N. Prospect Avenue, has windows that look out toward Lake Mendota. The house, built in 1912 for Jo...
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Parade of Homes

Date: 09 13 1952
Description: View of the first of the thousands of people who toured the 18 new homes erected by 15 builders at Nakoma Road and the West Beltline. The Parade of Homes w...
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Madison Residence With New Awnings

Date: 05 28 1953
Description: Exterior view of a Madison residence with new awnings, probably installed by Foster Insulation and Supply Company.
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Sun Room Window Treatment

Date: 05 28 1953
Description: Exterior view of a sunroom on a residence showing a louvered window treatment probably installed by Foster Insulation and Supply Company.
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House Exterior

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: Small story-and-a-half house with brick exterior.

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