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400 Block of State Street
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Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 400 block of State Street. Businesses include: Chocolate House, College Boot Shop, Wee-Wash-It, Schwartz Jewelers, Electric Shaver Service and Pen Shop, Tony and Len's Barber Shop, Beecher's Stereo Components and Tape Recorders, Wisconsin Typewriter Co., Army Surplus Store, Harper Method Beauty School, Badger Sporting Goods, Patti Music, Remington-Rand Electric Shavers, Capitol Hearing Aid Center, and Badger Liquor. There is a vacant lot between Wee-Wash-It and Schwartz Jewelers that would become Lisa Link Peace Park. Heavily graffitied barricades surround the lot. Et Cetera Gifts can be seen around the corner on Gilman Street. Pedestrians and automobiles are also visible along the street.
June 1967
Custer, Frank
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