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Model House Exterior

Date: 10 10 1931
Description: Exterior front view of the model house at 2318 Monroe Street. Ralph H. Wood was the contractor from the design firm of Balch and Lippert, Madison architect...
Photograph

Crestwood Area House

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: View of a house in the Crestwood neighborhood built by Jack Threlfall in a Madison shop and assembled on site. A sign in the front yard reads: "For Sale An...
Postcard

Miriam Bennett on a Winter Day

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length portrait of Miriam Bennett outdoors in front of the Bennett house on a winter day. A light layer of snow is on the g...
Photograph

Grand Avenue

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Description: View down Grand Avenue. Automobiles park on either side of the avenue and drive down the street past traffic signs, stating, "Keep to the Right." On the ri...
Photograph

House by Harold Bewick

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Advertisement for an open house at a newly-built house at 4137 Council Crest, Nakoma. The house was built by Harold E. Bewick, building contractor, and adv...
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J.J. Hof Land Co.

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Description: Six men in suits and hats, probably employees of J.J. Hof Land Co., in front of the company office building.
Print

Sawyer County Bank (Hayward) Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Sawyer County Bank, of Hayward, Wisconsin, with the name of the bank in a banner, flanked by two images: a three-quarter view of the Real E...
Print

John J. Sherman Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of John J. Sherman, a real estate broker and tax, title, collection, and passenger agent in Wausau, Wisconsin, with images of men felling trees ...
Print

H.I. Bliss Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of H.I. Bliss, a real estate agent, civil engineer, and county surveyor in La Crosse, Wisconsin. On the left a group of three men are surveying ...
Print

Chris. Schroeder & Sons Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Christian Schroeder & Sons, a real estate, loan, and insurance agent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a residence, two m...
Photograph

Parade of Homes in Meadowood

Date: 06 12 1956
Description: A shake roof at the new home featured at 5513 Raymond Road. The house was built by Marshall Erdman for the 1956 Parade of homes.
Photograph

Parade of Homes in Meadowood

Date: 06 12 1956
Description: Steps made from railroad ties are a feature at one of the homes in the Parade of Homes.
Photograph

Valley Estates Subdivision

Date: 03 1998
Description: "Village officials help kick off Valley Estates Subdivision."
Photograph

Valley Estates Subdivision

Date: 03 1998
Description: "Progress on Valley Estates Subdivision."
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down street at intersection of commercial buildings on both sides. On the left is a drug store/soda fountain, restaurant and a cafe. On the right is a...
Photograph

Main Street Looking East

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street. On the left is a bowling alley/billiard parlor, a real estate/insurance business, and a livery/garage. On the next block is City Hal...
Photograph

Real Estate Office

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Description: A small real estate office in a rural setting advertising "Summer Homes for Sale on Red Cedar Lake." There is a house in the background on a low hill in th...
Photograph

844 Prospect Place

Date: 1930
Description: View from street of the front entrance to the Lucius M. and Marion Fay home at 844 Prospect Place. The house was designed by the local firm Claude and Star...
Photograph

Frank M. Crowley House

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Description: The Frank M. Crowley House at 205 Princeton Avenue was built in 1925. Stanley Hanks, a realtor, put it up for sale.
Map or Atlas

Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This map shows roads, railroads, street railways, abandoned logging railroads, rural mail routes, telephone lines, schools, platted land, and state forest ...

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