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8:26 am Tuesday May 24, A Close Up View of Door To “The International Division” Office, Rm 261, Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 53706.

A Typical view of the Varnished Natural Wood Doorways, Along Long Halls Walked To Get To Sarah’s Office.
….In the /\ Above /\ Office Door, Notice the Sunshine “Glowing” Frosted Glass Window In Door, AND the “Glowing” Frosted Glass Windows ABOVE & BOTH SIDES (Except that the camera did not include the right window ).
…The light from this Frosted Glass, which on purpose illuminates the hallway, comes from outdoor sunshine illumination. In all older buildings, before electricity, all rooms had ample windows for sunshine illumination from outdoors.

In Photo /\ Above /\ “The International Division” Office Door, Please Notice The Frosted Glass Windows ABOVE & BOTH SIDES of the Door! This Sends Signal That This Is NOT => A Typical Small Professor’s Office, Like Sarah’s Office.
….This office is in the Southeast, corner of Bascom Hall, and would be well illuminated by exterior windows on both the East Wall and South Wall. Plus being a “Corner Office”, makes it architecturally easy to make a larger than normal office complex.

Look Closely At The TOP OF /\ Above /\ Photo, To See An Interesting Feature Of “Old” Buildings:
.. A Glass Window” ABOVE The Door Frame, is called a “Transom Window, examples of which are above and several forthcoming photos. In each case, you can see The Door Glass & the Transom Window are “glowing”, from Sun Illumination.
Wikipedia Fully Explains WHY Transom Windows Were Important => ….In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it. A transom window is also the customary U.S. word used for a transom light, the window over this crosspiece.
…. Transom windows which could be opened to provide cross-ventilation while maintaining security and privacy (due to their small size and height above floor level) were a common feature of apartments, homes, office buildings, schools, and other buildings before central air conditioning and heating became common beginning in the early-to-mid 20th century. [Also Transom Windows, in addition to Frosted Glass in the Door, helps provide more Illumination into Hallways, in the era prior to Electric Lights.]

The SECOND Next Photo Is Sarah Jennings’ Office 1921-1923.
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… Posted 12 Sept 2020.