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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Manchester's, Incorporated, a department store on Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | State Street from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A small raccoon sniffs the head of an unsure-looking baby sitting in a car seat outdoors on a sidewalk against the side of a building. |
| Date: | 06 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Control tower and entrance to the new Howell Street passenger terminal at General Mitchell Field shortly before its formal opening in July 1955. The Milwau... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of young Native-American men dressed in traditional clothing standing around an International R-Line truck. The young men are with a small... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Dance and singing performance during a festival at Taliesin West. The theater was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by the Fellowship. Taliesin West... |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Sketch of a tower, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, for the Monona Terrace Civic Center. The drawing is of a ten-story tower that would include office space a... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Pencil sketch, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, possibly a preliminary design for the Air Force Academy. The drawing is on the back of Desco Vitro Glaze Co. s... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Partially erected trusses for the roof of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| Date: | 09 29 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Japanese prints (Ukiyoe: The Pictures of the Floating World) on display at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Businessmen standing next to an International L-185 truck owned by the Max Branovan Shoe Company. The trailer is labeled "A. O. Smith Company Shoemobile". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Map showing buildings formerly used as Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters, along with adjoining buildings. |
| Date: | 12 21 1955 |
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| Description: | Model of proposed city auditorium (Monona Terrace) taken inside Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Studio. The view is from above showing the roof top terrace. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View of a purple beech tree planted in 1914 in front of the Masonic lodge. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the First Methodist Church and the corner of the Service Building. The church was built in 1854 by Charles Robinson, the builder of Butternut House... |
| Date: | 04 24 1950 |
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| Description: | View from stage towards people sitting at long tables for the Midstate Grocer's Association dinner at Turner Hall. On display on the stage in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Department of Agriculture's "All You Can Drink for Ten Cents" milk booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. On the roof is a cow crafted from a bale of hay. ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Frank Lloyd Wright's First Unitarian Meeting House, 900 University Bay Drive. |
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