Photograph
Moon Fun Shop and Montgomery Ward Store
| View across State Street towards the Moon Fun Shop and a long building that was a Montgomery Ward Store. Various pieces of wall art are on display in the two show windows of the Moon Fun Shop. The Montogmery Ward Store appears to be empty, with noting on display in the show windows or any signage. Images of the buildings across the street are reflected in the window. To the left of the Moon Fun Shop is the Capitol Theater. |
| Image ID: | 137641 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1973 |
| Creator Name: | Garner, Bruce |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Bruce Garner photographs of State Street area, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1973 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | M2017-072.14.3.2-4 |
| Original Dimensions: | 35 mm |
| 213-215 State Street. At the time this image was taken, the old Montgomery Ward store was owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. 2/2018 The Moon Fun Shop is now part of the Overture Center. The Montgomery Ward Store has also been demolished and is part of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts. Image is a composite of three frames. |
| Brickwork |
| Facades |
| Windows |
| Decorative arts |
| Central business districts |
| Sidewalks |
| Outdoor photography |
| Show windows |
| Stores, Retail |
| Automobiles |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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