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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
Photograph

"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, standing by the "Smiling Mushroom" and a new concrete foundation that he poured for the "Blue Dragon Urn." Both sculptur...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, preparing the new concrete foundation for the "Blue Dragon Urn," which was relocated from Sid Boyum's backyard to the pu...
Photograph

"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Successful relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Hos...
Photograph

New Library Location

Date: 1963
Description: Aerial view of downtown Madison focused on Mifflin and Fairchild Streets with the site of the new Madison Public Library marked. Mifflin Street runs diagon...
Photograph

Sketch of Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 1937
Description: A planning sketch of the sewage disposal plant.
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Sketch of "Floating Cover Installation"

Date: 1937
Description: A sketch of an aspect of the waterworks. Text reads "Typical PFT "Downes" Floating Cover Installation."
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Camp Randall Bleachers

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison bleachers at Camp Randall Field undergoing weight test for proper load. They should support 6900 pounds per girder with max...
Map or Atlas

Monona Basin Project

Date: 1967
Description: Schematic Master Plan for the City of Madison, Wisconsin. William Wesley Peters, Architect • The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
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Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction.
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Sketch of Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 06 1937
Description: A planning sketch of the sewage treatment site. The sketch is signed "A Deimel" and dated "June 1936." The text at the bottom of the sketch reads "Sewage T...
Map or Atlas

Suggested Plan for Industrial Village in the Town of Granville, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This map of Granville shows local streets, local businesses, and industrial areas. Some streets are labeled: "Lovers Lane Road," "Granville Road," and "Bro...
Map or Atlas

Suggested Plan for Industrial Townsite in the Town of Granville, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1932
Description: This map of Granville shows streets, businesses, residential areas, schools, golf courses, and industrial areas. The map shows Granville in March of 1932. ...
Photograph

Ground-Breaking Ceremony

Date: 08 23 1948
Description: City manager Leonard G. Howell, breaking the ground with a shovel, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Naval Reserve training center in Kendall Fie...
Historical Essay

Capital, Attempted Removal

Brief description of the various attempts to move the Wisconsin Capitol building to other locations.

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