Chase Bank, Appleton, WI

Chase Bank, College Avenue, Appleton, Wisconsin, October 16, 2012

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Found: State Office Building, Milwaukee, WI

ound: The new Wisconsin State Office Building at N. Sixth & W. Wells, Milwaukee, Wisconsin copyright the L. L. Cook Co. from an Ektachrome Transparency circa 1960
Found: Wisconsin State University, Classroom Building, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, photo and published by G. R. Brown, Co. Eau Claire, Wisconsin, circa 1965
Found: Vilas Communicaions Hall, University Avenue at Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin. Home of WHA-TV and WHA-Radio, University of Wisconsin Journalism and Communications, Theatre and related departments and facilities published by Wollin Studios, Madison, Wisconsin circa 1970

Was it because it's cold in Wisconsin that the state commissioned architecture of the mid-century is for the most part windowless, cinderblock inside and monolithic. While students at UW Madison, the word on the street was that buildings were designed to make sniper attacks on protesters easier or penetration into the building more difficult in case of insurrection.

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Brown County Veterans Arena, Green Bay, WI

Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena, Green Bay, Wisconsin, November 16, 2012

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Found: St. Alban's Church, Marshfield, WI

Found: St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Marshfield, Wisconsin color photo by Don Bingham Photocards, Medford, Wisconsin, circa 1966
Found: St. Joseph's Church, Hayward, Wisconsin photo by G. R. Brown Co. Eau Claire, Wis, circa 1962

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The Phone Line/The Tan Line, Appleton, WI

The Phone Line/The Tan Line, West Wisconsin Avenue (Route 96), Appleton, Wisconsin, August 11, 2012

Sweet Corn/Fresh Produce (with The Phone Line/The Tan Line),
West Wisconsin Avenue (Route 96), Appleton, Wisconsin, August 11, 2012

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Found: Water Spectacular, Sheboygan, WI

Found: Water Spectactular on Plaza 8, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
photographed and published by G. R. Brown Co. Eau Claire, circa 1982
The Grand Opening of Plaza 8, according to the nearby Mead Public Library, was July 8-10, 1976 with 250 trees, 350 flowering bushes, and 5,000 flowers funded with a $5.9 million federal grant with $1.9 million from the city of Sheboygan. The cost of construction was $1.55 million.

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Seasonal Display, Reedsville, WI

Seasonal Display (Holiday Express), Reedsville, Wisconsin, November 18, 2012.
This was our holiday card mailed out to 350 beautiful people December 2012.
A wet heavy snow fell on Thursday, December 20 covering everything in white 
just in time for the Winter Solstice.

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