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Chanticleer Building

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: Chanticleer Orchestra managers, each with a dog at his side, sitting on the front steps of a building with an awning overhead that reads "Chanticleer."
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L.C. Smith Typewriter Truck

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: View towards one man standing beside a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 super speed L.C. Smith typewriters to Jones Typewriter — Business Furnitu...
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Philgas Co. Employees

Date: 08 11 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of ten male employees of Philgas Co.
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View of Men Posing at Entrance to 508 State Street

Date: 1883
Description: View from street of John Hess and Froderick Schmitz and a horse on the sidewalk in front of the entrance to 508 State Street, the Hess and Schmitz Livery B...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Office

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Description: Exterior view of the offices of the "Wisconsin State Journal" at 117 East Washington Avenue. Posing in front of the building are David Atwood, John Hawks, ...
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Eddie Peabody with New Car

Date: 10 1947
Description: Eddie Peabody with his new Lincoln Continental, receiving the title from Lucien S. Hanks, general manager of Kayser Motors, Inc., 1501 Monroe Street. Eddie...
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Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 06 1956
Description: Two children and Roundy Coughlin posing outdoors in front of the Wisconsin State Journal office. Roundy is holding a can with the label "Donations f...
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Roundy's Fun Fund Contributors

Date: 09 28 1957
Description: Caption reads: "These girls put on a circus in the recreation room at the Fitzpatrick home at 1504 Sumac Drive. They brought the money up to my office whic...
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Middleton Piggly Wiggly Store

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Two men are posing in front of a new Piggly Wiggly grocery store. The new store was located in Middleton at the intersection of Gateway Street and Universi...
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Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 04 06 1918
Description: Detail of a group of civilian men in the Loyalty Day parade.
Postcard

Man in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Photographic postcard of a man sitting in a buggy drawn by a horse wearing a fly-net. Behind him is an automobile with two men leaning against the side. Al...
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Construction of the Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: View of group of men, and a young boy, gathered for a group portrait in front of the 210 E. Washington Avenue dealership. The Schoelkopf name has been adde...
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New East Side Medical and Dental Clinic

Date: 04 03 1964
Description: Dr. Carl A. Fosmark, left, and Dr. Chester A. Gjertson pose in front of the new ultra-modern health center at 2453 Atwood Avenue. It will house two physici...
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Loyalty Parade

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of a parade marching down State Street. Large American flags hang from wires strung across the street. Madison Kipp employees, wearing suits ...
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"30 On the Square" Office Building

Date: 05 26 1965
Description: Stanly Sirotin is posing in front of the corner of the "30 On the Square" sky scraper. The low, steep angle of the photographer's camera, looking up, revea...
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Conrad F. Kreuz and Curtis Shoes

Date: 1888
Description: View of three men standing together on the board sidewalk outside Kreuz and Curtis Shoes, 21 S. Pinckney Street. The men are wearing suits, ties and hats, ...
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com...
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Two Men with Automobile at Photoart House Building

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Description: Outdoor view of a man, probably Stanley Hanks, smiling broadly and sitting in the backseat of a dilapidated car. He has one leg up on the back of the front...
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Man Standing on Sidewalk

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Description: View of a man standing on the sidewalk near State and Gorham streets holding a cigarette in his hand. Behind him is an intersection with traffic and cars p...
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Man and Woman Posing on Sidewalk

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Description: A man and a woman standing and posing together on a sidewalk near State and Gorham Streets. (Oscar Mayer's Coolerator store was located at 401-05 State Str...

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