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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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South Wisconsin Avenue and West Main Street

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Description: South Wisconsin Avenue and West Main Street. Lake Monona is in the background and the Lucius Fairchild and David Atwood houses are at the upper left. The r...
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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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Condominiums Under Construction

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of construction and development taking place in a housing community known as Tamarack Trails Subdivision.
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Condominiums Under Construction

Date: 1980
Description: Front view of a house under construction in the Tamarack Trails Subdivision.
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Backyard

Date: 04 1981
Description: Backyard of private residence located on Talmadge Street.
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Backyards

Date: 04 1981
Description: Backyards, Ryan Street from Fair Oaks Avenue.
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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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Front Yard Landscaping of House

Date: 1928
Description: Front yard landscaping of the residential home of A.R. Matthews, master farmer.
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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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