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John Muir's Desk Clock

Date: 1973
Description: John Muir's desk clock. The clock lighted his lamp and fire and opened the right book for him to study. At the end of half an hour it changed the book. The...
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E.G. Waste's Dining Room

Date: 11 17 1937
Description: Dining room in E.G. Waste's house, 1321 Jenifer Street.
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Harry Thompson and Frank Buehler

Date: 04 15 1937
Description: Harry C. Thompson, Madison recreation director and chairman of the Dane County WPA shut-in program, and Frank Buehler, 717 North Lawn Avenue, who has paral...
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Christ Presbyterian Interior

Date: 09 20 1934
Description: Christ Presbyterian Church chancel area, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. The new oak choir screen is designed to harmonize with the Byzantine period treatment of the...
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St. Francis House Interior

Date: 07 22 1931
Description: St. Francis House interior, showing folding wood partition, closed.
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St. Francis House Interior

Date: 07 16 1931
Description: Interior of St. Francis house showing folding wooden door panels.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 01 02 1929
Description: Interior view of empty courtroom showing Judge's platform, paneling, and ceiling with hanging light fixtures.
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Phi Gamma Delta Dining Room

Date: 10 02 1928
Description: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity dining room from the Great Room, 16 Langdon Street.
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Phi Gamma Delta Dining Room

Date: 10 02 1928
Description: Direct view of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity dining room from Great Hall, 16 Langdon Street.
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Phi Gamma Delta Great Hall

Date: 10 04 1928
Description: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, great hall from northwest corner, at 16 Langdon Street.
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Phi Gamma Delta Great Hall

Date: 10 04 1928
Description: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, great hall from southwest corner, 16 Langdon Street.
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Phi Gamma Delta Entrance Lounge

Date: 10 02 1928
Description: Entrance lounge of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity House, 16 Langdon Street.
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Phi Gamma Delta Entrance Lounge

Date: 10 02 1928
Description: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity entrance lounge from door, 16 Langdon Street.
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Calvary Lutheran Church Altar

Date: 10 13 1927
Description: Calvary Lutheran Church altar, 713 State Street.
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Detail of Woodwork

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Description: Detail in the Capitol Assembly parlor with circassian walnut panelling, in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Stoughton Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Close-up of Stoughton Opera House's restored box office and ticket window.
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Jim Koehler Making an Organ

Date: 12 20 1950
Description: Thirteen-year-old Jim Koehler of 2408 Chamberlain Avenue works on making himself a pipe organ in his home workshop.
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Madison Vocational School Homecraft Program

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: An unidentified man sits at a jig saw making a bird house while receiving instruction in woodworking as a participant in the Madison Vocational School home...
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Constructive Workshops for Older Adults

Date: 11 27 1951
Description: Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly retired men and women. Margaret La...
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Boys' Woodwork Group at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Group of boys at a woodworking session in the basement shop at Neighborhood House, with boys posing with various tools and planks of wood. In the far backg...

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