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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Gilmore Residence

Date: 1908
Description: Gilmore-Weiss home, located at 120 Ely Place. The house, also known as the "airplane house, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Jacobs I Residence

Date: 1937
Description: Front elevation of the Herbert Jacobs Residence known as Jacobs I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction. A car is parked in the carport.
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Jacobs I Residence

Date: 1937
Description: Rear elevation of Herbert Jacobs residence known as Jacobs I, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during its construction.
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Herbert Jacobs Residence I

Date: 1937
Description: Side elevation of Herbert Jacobs Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction. There are open fields surrounding the structure. Constru...
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Herbert Jacobs Residence I

Date: 1937
Description: Side elevation of Herbert Jabobs Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction. Several of the neighboring houses can be seen behind the...
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Herbert Jacobs Residence I

Date: 1937
Description: Rear elevation of Herbert Jacobs Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: The prow of the Unitarian Meeting House during construction, with the roof trusses in place. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructe...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: The First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction, as viewed from University Bay Drive, with the roof trusses of the auditorium in place. The b...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: A group of workmen posing in front of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. This is one of two "work days" the men donated to the ...
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Unitarian Meeting House Nursery School

Date: 06 28 1951
Description: Children playing outside the nursery school classroom at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Unitarian Meeting House Work Day

Date: 09 29 1950
Description: A group of skilled workmen in front of the First Unitarian Society meeting house on one of the work days they donated to the project. The building was desi...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

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Description: Workers erecting scaffolding outside the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

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Description: Roof and hearth room of the Unitarian Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Unitarian Meeting House Women Stacking Stones

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Description: Three female members of the First Unitarian Society helping to stack stones during the construction of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Meeting House. Membe...
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The structure was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his childhood friend Robert Lamp. The home's ...
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Men on the Balcony of Rocky Roost

Date: 09 18 1892
Description: Four men sit on the balcony of Rocky Roost, the vacation home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The men ar...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse

Date: 1900
Description: A Lake Mendota boathouse, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built at the foot of North Carroll Street in 1893.
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City Boathouse

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view toward Lake Mendota towards the City Boathouse, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The boathouse was at the foot of North Carroll Stre...
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Taliesin-Designed Panels at Plaut Home

Date: 06 07 1970
Description: Multi-colored panels with a circular motif, designed by the Taliesin Fellowship, at the home of Dr. Walter Plaut, a University of Wisconsin-Madison zoology...

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