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| Description: | The Chicago Housing Authority's Prairie Avenue Court public house project was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #410 in 1950. The... |
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| Description: | The Chicago Housing Authority's Prairie Avenue Court public house project was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #410 in 1950. The... |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Southwest view of 50 E. Huron Street. This house was the residence of Cyrus McCormick Jr. Snow is on the ground. Tall buildings and a water tower are in th... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | View across lawn and through trees towards a standing tower, with small windows and a cross at the top under the roof overhang. Caption reads: "Judson Towe... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton, in his U.S. Navy dress blues uniform, posing and standing on a metal railing on the platform of a tall structure, possibly a lighthouse o... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Mariner Tower, built in 1930 at 606 West Wisconsin Avenue, standing to the left of the 1927 Schroeder Hotel in this elevated view looking east over lower b... |
| Date: | 10 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is operating an industrial tractor, which has a shovel on the front for moving earth. Men are in the background standing near a pile of sandbags. Tal... |
| Date: | 10 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is operating an industrial tractor, which has a shovel on the front for moving earth. Tall buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 10 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is using an industrial tractor, which has a shovel on the front for moving earth. Tall buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of three men standing outdoors and looking at a map. Behind them is a dump truck and a loader/backhoe. In the background is a city s... |
| Date: | 03 26 1928 |
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| Description: | Harvester building on the corner of a street. |
| Date: | 05 04 1928 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of men and women in the McCormick Works' choral society. In the background on the right is a statue of Abraham Lincoln. In the backg... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Carroll Street, on the corner of West Dayton Street, towards the Grantshire Block. The Grantshire Restaurant is on the ground floor and t... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Capitol's West Washington entrance. Lake Monona is on the right, and Lake Mendota is on the left. |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned postcard towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona. There are trees and a pier in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Text on back reads: The Madison skyline from across Lake Monona with the new Monona Terrace Convention Center. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a VA Hospital from across a lawn with small trees. |
| Date: | 07 19 1928 |
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| Description: | View down street towards a man using a McCormick Deering hoist. A group of men are manually setting a lamppost or other object onto a sidewalk. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A wooden observation tower standing in a grove of trees. At the base is a stairway leading to a deck with a low railing. A tall flag pole rises above the d... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Tram tracks lead to the arched gateway of the Schwabentor in Freiburg im Briesgau, Germany. Above the arch is a painting of St. George. The spire of Freibu... |
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