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Sture and Geneva Johnson Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Geneva Johnson sits in the sunroom of her contemporary home at 313 New Castle Way in Maple Bluff. Her home will be featured on a July 14 Tour of Homes spon...
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Christmas House Decoration Winner

Date: 12 22 1956
Description: Home of Norman and Ruth Bass, 4216 Mandrake Road, winner of the Christmas outdoor home lighting contest.
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Newcomer

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Mrs. Samuel L. (Nettie Wade Fant) Chase moved to Madison from New York City. Dr. Chase was a private practice surgeon. Their home was on Woodrow Street in ...
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Edgewater Hotel Lobby

Date: 03 26 1948
Description: Edgewater Hotel lake shore lobby decorated by Lowell Frautschi of Frautschi's Inc., 219 King Street, where warm colors and bold lines create an air of eleg...
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Mrs. Theodore Statz at Basement Apartment

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz outside a window of her family's basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted because their apartment does...
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Carl A. Anderson House

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: View of the living room of the Carl A. Anderson home on East McKinley Street. A portrait of the Anderson's daughter, Mrs. Owen Klongland, hangs above the s...
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: The dining room in the Westye F. Bakke home at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing one of the house's several large plate glass windows. The y...
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: The kitchen in the Westye F. Bakke home at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing the breakfast nook of the spacious kitchen which features a lar...
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Westye Bakke House Living Room

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing the living room. There is a piano in the right corner. A tree i...
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Westye Bakke House Bedroom

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing a bedroom. Trees in the yard can be seen through the draperies ...
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Blackhawk Country Club Addition

Date: 04 13 1950
Description: Interior view of the lounge in the newly completed $66,000 addition to the Blackhawk Country Club, whose large picture windows overlook Lake Mendota. The n...
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Planning Committee for the Annual Christmas Dance of the Naval Officers' and Wives' Club

Date: 12 11 1950
Description: The planning committee for the annual Christmas dinner dance of the Naval Officers' and Wives club includes, left to right: Mrs. R.R. (Gladys) Gehrand, Mrs...
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Exterior rear view of the Stewart and Jean Douglas house at 811 Farwell Drive in Maple Bluff. The house includes some floor to ceiling windows, including ...
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Interior view of dining room in Stewart and Jean Douglas home at 811 Farwell Drive. The view includes Mid Century table, chairs and draperies, and two floo...
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Interior view of the living room at 811 Farwell Drive, including plants and vines in foreground. Homeowners Jean and Stewart Douglas are sitting and looki...
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David & Florence Bade Residence

Date: 11 29 1951
Description: Living room of the David & Florence Bade residence at 5701 Winnequah Road in Frost Woods, Monona. Mrs. Bade and one of her two sons are sitting on a pale y...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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Elizabeth Johnson Pfeifer and Son

Date: 07 13 1953
Description: Elizabeth Johnson Pfeifer, Milwaukee, and her nine month old son, John Stephan Jr.
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: View through the living room's south wall window of the flagstone terrace, swimming pool, and bathhouse of the S.C. Gonstead residence in Mt. Horeb. Madiso...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association State Tournament

Date: 07 13 1954
Description: Irene Dettloff, chairman of the junior golfers and president of the Blackhawk Women's Association, and Vera Heyer, chairman of the equipment for the 42nd a...

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