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Mapleside

Date: 1951
Description: Mapleside, 3500 University Avenue.
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Restored Spring Tavern

Date: 1940
Description: View of the Spring Tavern after its restoration by James Dickson.
Postcard

Auditorium of the First Unitarian Meeting House

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Description: Text on back reads: "Interior of the meeting house of First Unitarian Society, Madison, Wisconsin. Buildings and furnishings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright...
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Bradley House

Date: 1971
Description: The Bradley House, later the Sigma Phi Fraternity house, at 106 North Prospect Avenue.
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Hanks Residence Garden

Date: 07 03 1934
Description: The garden stairs of the Lucien M. and Mary E. Vilas Hanks residence, 525 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: Children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), donated by the citizens of the Madison area. A stone bridge is in the ba...
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Mapleside

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Description: Mapleside, a historic house on Middleton Road.
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Madison Art Foundation Summer School Scholarships

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Two recipients of the Madison Art Foundation summer school scholarship, Carol Moeller (center) and Thomas Hammill are sitting on a wall with their instruct...
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State Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of a State Street sidewalk and its surrounding environment. Along the left are trees and a lawn, and along the sidewalk is a stone wall. Trees are alo...
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Gilmore-Weiss House

Date: 1960
Description: A view from the east of the Gilmore-Weiss House, 120 Ely Place, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Charles and Harrie Atwood

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite full-length studio portrait of Charles David and Harrie Farwell Atwood, the sons of David Atwood of Madison, Wisconsin. They are posed on a...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Madison Knights of Columbus 50th Anniversary Procession

Date: 11 11 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a procession being led out of St. Raphael's Cathedral by Bishop William P. O'Connor in honor of the Madison Knights of Columbus 5...
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Arboretum Council Circle

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: The stone council circle in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It was built by noted landscape architect and bereaved father, Jens Jensen, as a...
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William F. Vilas House

Date: 1946
Description: William F. Vilas house and its surrounding yard, 12 East Gilman Street. The house was later occupied by the American Association of University Women.
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Montgomery House

Date: 1926
Description: Dudley Montgomery House, 2215 Van Hise Avenue.
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Lake View Sanatorium and Environs

Date: 1935
Description: This manuscript blueprint map shows buildings, water works, a stone wall, and paths.
Postcard

Upper Campus, UW Madison

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Description: Photographic postcard of the upper campus viewed from the State Street entrance of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisco...
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Calvary Lutheran University Church Doorway

Date: 05 30 1929
Description: Calvary Lutheran University Church interior doorway, 713 State Street.
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Boyd House

Date: 11 20 1927
Description: Mrs. John Boyd residence at 2020 Vilas Avenue.

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