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Rennebohm's No. 5 at Schenk's Corners

Date: 1955
Description: The Rennebohm Drug Store #5, located at 2000 Atwood Avenue, Schenk's Corners from 1952-1961. It was previously located at 1951 Winnebago Street. This store...
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Ragatz Shoe Store

Date: 04 22 1953
Description: Exterior view of Ragatz Shoe Store, at 2033 Atwood Avenue.
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Hughes Trailer Mart

Date: 06 05 1953
Description: Hughes Trailer Mart, 3065 East Washington Avenue.
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Woolworth's in the Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Exterior of the F.W. Woolworth Company in the Madison East Shopping Center, 2925 East Washington Avenue.
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American Legion Parade on Capitol Square

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Elevated view looking down at a marching band participating in the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion annual convention parade around the Capitol ...
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American Legion Parade on Capitol Square

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Portage American Legion Post 47 old-time truck participating in the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion annual convention parade around the Capitol...
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Sears Store Parking Lot

Date: 10 12 1954
Description: View of the large parking lot with several parked cars and a neon sign reading: "Sears Customer Parking."
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Whitford Hearing Service

Date: 01 06 1955
Description: Commercial building at 108 and 110 North Fairchild Street. Entrances for Rider-Realty Company and Whitford Hearing Service. There is a coin-operated parkin...
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Budweiser Clydsdale Horses Appear in Madison

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: A girl petting the nose of one of the Budweiser Clydesdale horses off the Capitol Square. The horses were in Madison and viewed on University Avenue, State...
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March of Dimes "Race of Dimes" on the Capitol Square

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin football players Dan Lanphear and Bill Hobbs prepare to push two polio victims in wheelchairs around the Capitol Square as part of ...
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, boats of every description are parked on the 10 block of West Main...
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Sidewalk Newsstand

Date: 10 25 1958
Description: An attendant at a newsstand in downtown Madison. A sign reads: "Latest News." A sign on a building along the sidewalk on the right reads: "Hob Nob Bar".
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Christmas Day on the Capitol Square

Date: 12 25 1958
Description: No people in sight along the Main Street side of Madison's Capitol square on a balmy Christmas afternoon.
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Winter Snowstorm in Madison

Date: 01 22 1958
Description: Pedestrians buck a stiff headwind walking along the Capitol square during a winter snowstorm that brought a 5-inch snowfall and stiff winds in Madison.
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Man Shoveling Snow

Date: 02 10 1959
Description: Man shoveling snow on the sidewalk of North Carroll Street. Grace Episcopal Church is visible in the background.
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Madison Newspapers: Home of the Wisconsin State Journal & The Capital Times Office Building at 115 S. Carroll Street

Date: 01 27 1959
Description: View across W. Doty Street towards the Madison Newspaper, Inc. building at 115 S. Carroll Street. Home of the Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times...
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Renewed Robert Hall Salesroom Opened

Date: 03 06 1959
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen is shown cutting the ribbon to officially open the reconstructed Robert Hall salesroom, 3205 E. Washington Avenue after the interior w...
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Storm Puts City on Emergency Footing

Date: 03 07 1959
Description: A group of winter-weary pedestrians are shown picking their way over a massive hump of snow which was plowed up against the curb after a two-day storm brou...
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Maharajah Visits Madison

Date: 05 01 1959
Description: His Highness, the Maharajah of Mysore India, left, being greeted on arrival by Prof. A. Campbell Garnett, center, of the U.W. philosophy department. The pe...
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Park Hotel & Prescription Pharmacy on the Madison Capitol Square

Date: 06 1960
Description: Elevated view of the Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street, taken from the rooftop of an adjacent building looking north from South Carroll Street. West Main...

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