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The response "Picking up the deeds to my house", etc., accompanies the prompt, "What is your favorite memory of this building?"

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Pink Baby, woodcut on cream-colored Folio paper, 50 x 38 inches, completed by artist Jenie Gao in 2010.

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Pink Baby: Pamphlet, inkjet on dark blue Fabriano Ingres paper and Mohawk Superfine paper, 5 x 3.5 inches closed, 5 x 7 inches open, completed by artist Jenie Gao in 2010.

Westmorland Park, 4th of July Pony Rides, ca. 1968.jpg
A photograph of two youth riding on ponies in an outdoor pen, taken at the Westmorland neighborhood Fourth of July celebration, in Madison, Wisconsin, ca. 1962.

Schultz Kids getting ready for 4th of July parade, ca. 1965.jpg
Schultz children wear their costumes ahead of the Fourth of July parade in the Westmorland neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin, ca. 1965. A bicycle is decorated with red, white, and blue bunting in the background.

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List of orchestral and choir music to be performed at the 1935 Workmen’s Circle annual concert. The classical orchestra musicians were drawn from the Madison Symphony and the UW-Madison School of Music.
At the bottom of the page is a list of songs…

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A photograph of the Quinn family during a family wedding in 2013.

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A photograph shows the Quinn family, ca. 1995.

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Headshot of Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman.

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A "selfie" photograph of Rachel Werner.

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Rachel Werner with her daughter Phoebe in spring of 2020, during the Safer at Home social distancing measures.

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Rachel Werner with her daughter Phoebe, taken in spring of 2020 during the Safer at Home social distancing measures.

A hyperlink to the record for a geography master's thesis about collective memory and the historic preservation process at Garver Feed Mill. The thesis is written by Rebecca Summer and archived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Rentschler West Midget Midvale #2 baseball team, August 1958.jpg
A photograph of a youth baseball team. Eleven youth stand in two rows, wearing baseball uniforms and mitts. Kent Liska is in the 2nd row, 3rd from the left.

Ronny & Jerry Saeman, Westmor. Park Rock Gard. Bench, Sept.1999.jpg
A photograph depicts Jerry and Ronny Saeman seated on a park bench in the rock garden of the Westmorland neighborhood park.

Seaman Children, Paul, Marian, Ann, cir. 1959.jpg
A photograph of three children from the Saeman family, Paul, Marian and Ann, taken ca. 1959. The children stand on rocks and hold a large toy hoop.

Saeman nHome Under Construction, 1950.jpg
A photograph of the Saeman family residence under construction in 1950.

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Sam Moss, whose grandparents Ida and Samuel Moskowsky operated the Milwaukee Bakery, displays the bell that once hung above the entry door to the family-owned shop.
Photo courtesy Daniel Einstein.

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Sam Schwartz (center with shovel) participates in groundbreaking ceremony for a new medical center building at 20 S. Park Street. Although the Schwartz Pharmacy was demolished as part of the Triangle Redevelopment Project, he was able to re-locate…

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Sam Schwartz (right) and Alex Swartz (left) sort through mail sent to the pharmacy by soldiers serving during WWII. The letters and postcards were then shared with the community who would stop by the store to learn first-hand news from the…

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Sam Schwartz inside his pharmacy at 902 Mound St. in 1952. In addition to dispensing drugs the store sold a wide variety of goods, including clocks and cosmetics, as can be seen on the display shelves.

Schultz Kids, 9back row) Kathleen & John, (front row) Virginia & Mary, ca. 1962.jpg
A portrait of the four Schultz children, taken ca. 1962. Back row: Kathleen and John; front row: Virginia and Mary.

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A photograph of the exterior of the Schultz family residence at 453 Clifden Drive, in the Westmorland neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin. The house and yard are covered in snow.

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A close-up photograph of Shirley and Stan Inhorn, residents of the Westmorland neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin.

Alan and Betty Skowlund Family in Living Rm 12-25-77.JPG
A photograph of Alan and Betty Skowlund and family, taken on Christmas Day in 1977, at their home in the Westmorland neighborhood.

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A photograph taken of Alan and Betty Skowlund and their family in their living room in the Westmorland neighborhood of Madison, Wisconsin.

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A drawing of a smiling flower in a pot accompanies the drawing prompt, "Draw an office plant."

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Drawing of a staple remover accompanies the drawing prompt, "Draw your favorite office supply."

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Students from the Workmen’s Circle school assembled on the stage of the Labor Lyceum. At the center of the group is the school’s principal and only teacher, Philip Seigel. Students would be taught to: “read, write and speak the Yiddish language,…

Kent Liska-summer ballgame @ Midvale School, 1950s.jpg
A photograph shows a baseball game being played at a school baseball diamond. Kent Liska is the batter at bat in the photo.

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A photograph of Susan Rottier, taken during her oral history interview at the Garver Feed Mill on November 2, 2019.

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Headshot of Susie McCormick.

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Sylvia Dworetsky Grunes holds the program for the Workmen’s Circle School’s first annual performance in 1933. Sylvia, who was a seven-year-old student at the time of the performance, turned 97 in 2023.

Tenney-007_Hoffman Caroline.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Caroline Hoffman.

Tenney-019_Breyne Denise.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Denise Breyne.

Tenney-017_Jepsen Ed.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Ed Jepsen.

Tenney-006_Kaplan Jackie.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Jackie Kaplan.

Tenney-018_Shulkin James.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by James Shulkin.

Tenney-014_Qualle Jane.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Jane Qualle.

Tenney-004_Schur Janice.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Janice Schur.

Tenney-008_Deloya Jeannette.mp3
A two-part short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Jeannette Deloya.

Tenney-003_Crossley Karen.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Karen Crossley.

Tenney-015_Holland Gigi.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Gigi Holland.

Tenney-005_Wiedenhoeft Nicholas.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Nicholas Wiedenhoeft.

Tenney-001_Prime Patty.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Patty Prime.

Tenney-010_Abshere Shaun-Olin John.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Shaun Abshere in character as historical figure John Olin.

Tenney-013_Webster Stephen.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Stephen Webster.

Tenney-009_Fieber Sue.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Sue Fieber.

Tenney-012_Keyes Rybeck Suzanne.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Suzanne Keyes Rybeck.

Tenney-011_Schmidt Thomas.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Thomas Schmidt, Jean Huxmann, and Steve Huxmann.

Tenney-016_Schmidt et al.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Thomas Schmidt, Jean Huxmann, Steve Huxmann, and Nancy Daly.

Tenney-002_Abshere Vicki.mp3
A short story about Tenney Park and the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, told by Vicki Abshere.

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Terry Cohn sits in a coffee shop, "4 Gatos," in Barcelona, Spain, in March 2020.

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The Milwaukee Bakery at 214 S. Murray Street was operated by the Moskowsky family from 1924-1952. The extended family lived in the apartment above the bakery. Each day the bakers prepared fresh breads on the wood fired hearth for sale all across the…

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Text depicts a memory of "the old marble bathrooms" to accompany the prompt: "What is your favorite memory of this building?"

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The Schwartz Pharmacy at the corner of South Park and Mound streets, around 1960, a few years before demolition as part of the urban renewal project. An addition to Meriter Hospital now occupies this site.

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The Workmen’s Circle Labor Lyceum provided a community center for the immigrant Eastern European Jewish community in Madison. The Arbeiter Ring, as it was called in Yiddish (a language which combines Hebrew and German words), is a national…

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Written response about this image: Seeing my children write letters and postcards to family and friends has been an unexpected blessing during this time. They cut right to the chase: I hate not seeing you. I can’t wait to hug you. I miss getting…

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A family portrait of the Thuesen family taken in 1975.

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A selfie photograph of narrator Tina Marie Maes.

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Two women standing on path in front of the Garver Feed Mill, which was originally a sugar beet processing factory.

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A photograph of (from left to right) Ulrich Sielaff, David Hamel, and Shelley Hamel taken during their oral history interview at the Garver Feed Mill on November 2, 2019.

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Exterior view of the United States Sugar Company factory next to railroad tracks.

564 Gately Terrace Vacant Lot, 1949.jpg
A photograph shows the vacant lot where the Saeman family house would eventually be built, at 564 Gately Terrace in the Westmorland neighborhood of Madison, Wisconsin.

VandeBerg Family, Oshkosh Airport, 1951.jpeg
A photograph of the VandeBerg family standing on the tarmac of the Oshkosh Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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Headshot photograph of Victor Crentsil.

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Victor Rojas, from VR Construction, snaps a selfie on a cold day in Madison, while working on an attic.

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A pick-up and trailer from VR Construction, parked in front of a construction site in Madison.

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A builder from VR Construction, stands on a cherry pickers, while he works on the second story exterior of a house in Madison.

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A builder from VR Construction works on the foundation of a house in Madison.

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Two builders from VR Construction work on the joists of a house in Madison,

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A builder from VR Construction works on the internal structure of attic in Madison.

Watching the Westmorland 4th of July Parade in the front yard, 1963.JPG
A photograph of the Murphy family watching the 4th of July Parade from their front yard in the Westmorland neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Promotional web graphic for the Rock en Español radio program on WORT 89.9 FM, Madison, WI

Westmorland Neighborhood Assoc. Board, Ronny Saeman, President, 1957-1958.jpg
A photograph of the board members of the Westmorland Neighborhood Association. Ronny Saeman, president of the board, is seated at the table in the front row.
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