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Newell Dodge House

Date: 1958
Description: Home of Newell Dodge (1845-1934), who was Madison alderman from 5th ward, attorney and fuel dealer, 1127 West Johnson Street.
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House on North Henry Street

Date: 1951
Description: View towards the front entrance of 524 North Henry Street.
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House on North Henry Street

Date: 1951
Description: A view of the upper portion of the southeast-facing facade of a house at 524 North Henry Street.
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Executive Residence

Date: 1951
Description: Executive Residence, 130 East Gilman Street, built in 1854. Used as the Executive Residence from 1883-1950.
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Sprague House

Date: 1955
Description: Doctors Lindley and John T. Sprague house, 109 East Johnson Street.
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William F. Vilas House

Date: 1951
Description: Porch on the Vilas house, 12 East Gilman Street, which later became the College Women's Club. The house was built in 1860 by Julian (or Julius) Clark, an E...
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Atwood / Buck-Neckerman House

Date: 1950
Description: Atwood / Buck-Neckerman House, located at 210-214 Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). Built by David Atwood and his partner Royal Buck a...
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Quartering Logs for Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Employees of Hess Cooperage quarter log sections for barrel-making. The man standing in the middle of the image is Joe Hess.
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden Club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. Mrs. Fred D. Chamberlin, left, and Mrs. F.H. Da...
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One-Hundred Year Old Madison Resident

Date: 07 03 1952
Description: Alba Knight sitting on the porch of his residence at 20 South Broom Street. He is about to turn one-hundred years old. He came to Wisconsin from Maine when...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 16 1952
Description: Bruce Bright, a contender in the upcoming soap box derby, is fitted with a racing helmet by his sponsor in the race, C.A. Perkins of the Perkins Sheet Meta...
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House on North Henry Street

Date: 1951
Description: View towards the front and right side of 524 North Henry Street, looking from the intersection of Henry and Langdon Streets. This Greek Revival residence w...
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Sunset Village Home

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Mrs. Fred (Eleanor) Griffith sitting on the screened porch of her home at 4204 Hillcrest Drive.
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Man Relaxing in the Sun

Date: 06 01 1959
Description: Kenneth Svee lying on top of a picnic table with a dog beside him in the backyard of a home.
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Bernila Tahia Sterling Sees the U.S. for the First Time

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Bernita Tahia Sterling (34), a United States citizen, who is the daughter of missionaries and has lived in the South Pacific and Australia for her entire l...
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Breezeway at 26 Walter Street

Date: 10 08 1954
Description: External view of the new breezeway at the Charles and Elaine Berigan home at 26 Walter Street.
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Lewis Arms, Jr. on Porch Stairs

Date: 10 1952
Description: Lewis Arms, Jr. at 18 months old, standing on porch steps. On the back of the photograph is written "The Best Son in this Whole World".
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Elizabeth Schlotthauer sets a buffet table on her porch. The photograph was part of a spread for WSJ's Centennial Cookbook recipe contest.
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 09 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Mathew Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, placing a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal behind a screen door of a private residence.
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem's wife, with the pet dog, reading a magazine in the sun-filled porch of Olin House, the official resid...

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