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Blackhawk Country Club "Children's Day" Dress Up

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Blackhawk Country Club dress up day for women titled "Children's Day." Women are dressed in children's costumes and are eating ice cream cones.
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O'Malley House

Date: 07 25 1929
Description: Robert C. and Ursula O'Malley residence, 3433 Crestwood Drive, Shorewood Hills, taken for McKay Nursery.
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Unitarian Meeting House Sign Sketch

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Description: Pencil sketch of an elevation and the site plan, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House sign.
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Unitarian Meeting House Foyer Fireplace Sketch

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Description: Pencil sketch of the plan and elevation drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, of the foyer fireplace for the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Unitarian Meeting House Truss Sketch

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Description: Pencil sketch for trusses drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright for the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The sketch was drawn on the back of a photograph of th...
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Unitarian Meeting House Trusses

Date: 1950
Description: Partially erected trusses for the roof of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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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 while teachers are watching. The building was designed b...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the roof trusses during construction of the Unitarian Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Unitarian Meeting House Congregation Sorting Stones

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Description: Members of the Madison First Unitarian Society congregation sorting stones to be used in the construction of the Meeting House. The building was designed b...
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Winterble Property

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Road and stone retaining wall in front of Freda Winterble property, 901 University Bay Drive, looking toward the Timlin Lumber Company, 2702 University Ave...
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Winterble Property

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Freda Winterble property, 901 University Bay Drive, looking north toward Lake Mendota. In the distance a man is holding a white rope to show where the new ...
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Byron Bloomfield House

Date: 11 19 1970
Description: Exterior view of the uniquely designed house of Byron Bloomfield at 1010 Edgehill Drive in Shorewood Hills, which is built into the side of a sharp slope. ...
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Wright-Style Dresser House

Date: 03 07 1971
Description: Exterior view of a house, named "Ode to an Oak Leaf" by its architect James Dresser, and built in 1950 in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright (Dresser was a pu...
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Interior of Pew House

Date: 09 26 1955
Description: Ruth Pew (Mrs. J.C.), Frances Hurst (Mrs. William), president of the Madison League of Women Voters, and Katharine Becker (Mrs. Robert M.), member of the b...
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Kenneth T. White Family in their Sailboat

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Jane and Kenneth White and their daughters, Sue (left), Kay, and Barbara, and the family dog, Perky, sailing in their lightning class sailboat on Lake Mend...
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Who's New Club Board Members

Date: 09 13 1955
Description: Three board members of the Who's New Club lunching at Blackhawk Country Club, Shorewood Hills. Left to right: Virginia Mansfield, Lois Cardinal, and Shirle...
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Historic Kitchen Interior

Date: 01 08 1953
Description: View of the kitchen in the home of Lenore and Forrest Middleton at 3241 Highbury Road. The kitchen was built in 1853 by Joseph Statz and includes various e...
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Blackhawk Country Club Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1955
Description: A woman and two men at the refreshment table at the Blackhawk Country Club Christmas party.
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McKenna Residence

Date: 1914
Description: The John McKenna residence, 2804 Columbia Road, Shorewood Hills, designed by Cora Tuttle. McKenna lived here for a short time and then sold house to Peter...
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Unitarian Meeting House Parsonage

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Description: Exterior view of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Unitarian Meeting House showing the parsonage on University Bay Drive beside the church.

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