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Firemen's Parade

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of motorized fire trucks, horse-drawn fire trucks, automobiles and water wagons gathered on East Washington Avenue. All the vehicles are acco...
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House at 3822 John Street

Date: 05 09 2012
Description: A two-bedroom house at 3822 John Street, originally built by Eugene O. Dahl.
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Gilman Street Executive Mansion Grounds and Capitol Fountain

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Description: Elevated view towards the right side of the grounds and Capitol Fountain of the Executive Mansion, which was located at 130 East Gilman Street. There is a ...
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End of an Era

Date: 12 2013
Description: Across the street from Knickerbocker Plaza a wire fence separates a deserted automobile garage from the street. A sign posted on the fence by McGann Constr...
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Sid with Toonerville in Winter

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Description: Sid standing in his snowy backyard looking at his wooden trolley, Toonerville, which has been covered with plastic for the winter. Some of Sid's sculptures...
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Sid Boyum on his Toonerville Trolley

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Description: View across the backyard of 237 Waubesa St. looking at Sid Boyum standing on the back of his wooden trolley, "Toonerville". Sid has a corncob pipe in his m...
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Pagoda Installation in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Sid and some friends carrying the roof for his pagoda, ready to be installed. On the right with hand on hip is Sid's friend Russell Pratt Metcalf.
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Torii Gate and Other Sculptures

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Description: Black-and-white image of the torii gate several cast-concrete sculptures - two white lanterns (one being the "Fu Dog Lantern") and the "Hippopotamus" in Si...
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Sid Sitting on of "Toonerville"

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Description: View of Sid sitting in his backyard on the back of his trolley car, "Toonerville," holding a stick in his hand and pretending to fish. Sid is wearing a lar...
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Japanese Structure and Sculptures

Date: 02 1970
Description: View of Sid's backyard, with a Japanese structure and sculptures in the snow. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
Historical Object

Album Page with Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: An album page featuring a die cut, chromolithograph Valentine's Day card in the shape of an arrow. The greeting "To My Sweetheart" is printed on the card, ...
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Pavilion Roof in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Red and yellow pavilion roof sitting on the ground in Sid's backyard. Two children are playing with the water pump near the back porch.
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Garage

Date: 08 1917
Description: Vines grow on the walls of a small wood frame building with double doors on the gable end. A sloped concrete slab leads to the doors. A handwritten caption...
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The Bloom Residence

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Description: Edward Bloom House, Keck and Keck Project #625. Project date 1959. George Fred and William Keck were born in Watertown, Wisconsin, and operated an architec...
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The Buser Residence

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Description: The Donald Buser House was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #573 in 1957. This photograph shows the back of the Buser house in R...
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The Buser Residence

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Description: The Donald Buser House was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #573 in 1957. This photograph shows the front of the Buser house in ...
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Signal Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A tall bur oak at the corner of Ransom and West Thorne Streets dwarfs adjacent houses and their garages. The tree is bare and there is snow on the ground. ...
Postcard

Butternut House

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Description: Color postcard view towards the Butternut House. A tour guide and touring group are standing on the front steps of the porch. Text on reverse reads: "Th...
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The Milwaukee Boat House

Date: 1930
Description: The Edmund B. Gustorf house, built in the 1920's in the shape of a boat, sitting on a low rise at the corner of East Hampshire Street (foreground left) and...
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Griffith State Nursery

Date: 04 1938
Description: Elevated view of the state nursery showing fields, an above ground irrigation system, and blocks of plantings. There are men working in a field on the righ...

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