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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1924
Description: Pen sketch of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., by Willy Pogany in 1924. The original bears La Follette's signature.
Drawing

Capitol View with Hotel Loraine

Date: 1920
Description: Color illustration of a view from the Wisconsin State Capitol (which was the fourth State Capitol and the third in Madison) showing the Hotel Loraine and W...
Drawing

Floor Plan of Nakoma Country Club

Date: 1924
Description: Unexecuted design by Frank Lloyd Wright of Nakoma Country Club, for which the architect received a fee of $5,000.
Drawing

Winther Motor Company Factory

Date: 1921
Description: Bird's-eye view of the Winther Motor and Truck Company factory and grounds.
Drawing

War Memorial

Date: 1920
Description: View of a proposed war memorial.
Drawing

Central and East High School Pie Charts

Date: 1927
Description: Pie charts from 1927-28 showing the present location of graduates of Central and East High Schools.
Drawing

Heeb Company Warehouse

Date: 1927
Description: An architect's rendering of the Heeb Automotive Equipment Company building, 401 West Gorham Street; Law, Law, and Potter, architects. The building was boug...
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Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: View of the approach to the Wisconsin River bridge.
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Survey and Development Plan of Parker Home

Date: 07 15 1927
Description: Survey and development plan of the home grounds area of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Parker, drawn in red, black, and brown ink.
Drawing

The Teenie Weenies

Date: 1923
Description: "Introducing Capatola Victrola Pinchneck Jackson." In this original drawing, the Teenie Weenies re-roof a house with playing cards and a new Teenie Weenie ...
Drawing

Original Plan of State Office Building

Date: 1929
Description: A drawing of a State Office Building as originally proposed.
Drawing

Rendering of State Office Building

Date: 1929
Description: State architect, Arthur Peabody's rendition of the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street.
Drawing

Evangelical Deaconess Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: Architect's drawing of the front elevation. Labels of certain parts are written in the image, as well as dimensions. Building has five levels.
Drawing

Young Women's Christian Association

Date: 1925
Description: Architectural drawing of the proposed YWCA building with automobiles and pedestrians in front. Sign in from reads "Build for the Womanhood of Milwaukee".
Drawing

East Water Street

Date: 1923
Description: East Water Street at Mason, looking at the Morris E. Fox & Co. building.
Drawing

Evinrude Plant

Date: 1929
Description: Drawing of an aerial view of the Evinrude Motor Company plant.
Drawing

Frederick Jackson Turner Drawing

Date: 1924
Description: A hand-drawn cartoon in crayon entitled "Westward The Course Of Empire". It features Frederick Jackson Turner on a rocking horse with a sunset in the backg...
Drawing

Sauganash Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of an older illustration of the Sauganash Tavern, located on Lake Street in Chicago near Market. It was "built in 1831 by Mark Beaubien, who claimed...
Drawing

The John Williams Residence

Date: 1922
Description: A sketch or lithograph copy of the residence of Reverend John Williams (1664 - 1729), portrays colonial architecture, including the broken-scroll pediment.
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Southern Home for Feeble Minded and Epileptics

Date: 1920
Description: Perspective drawing of a courtyard at Southern Colony for the Developmentally Disabled. An index to other drawings in the collection appears at left.

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