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| Date: | 12 05 1930 |
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| Description: | Night view looking down State Street from the intersection at North Carroll Street. Lighting up the scene are the blurred lights of automobiles moving alon... |
| Date: | 09 21 1934 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Garrick Theater at 115 Monona Avenue. The view also contains the Kehoe Cigars store, Savidusky's at 113 Monona Avenue, Jimmy Dodge Bil... |
| Date: | 01 24 1936 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theatre marquee lit up at night that says: "On the stage Shep Fields and his orchestra & revue, on the screen B. Rathbone - A. MacMahon in 'Kind La... |
| Date: | 07 14 1933 |
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| Description: | Kessenich display window featuring CAMP physiological / surgical supports made by S.N. Camp & Co. Corset Department. Reflected in the window (reversed) are... |
| Date: | 07 16 1934 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Orpheum Theater marquee, which reads: "Shirley Temple - James Dunn - Claire Trevor in Baby Takes a Bow, Laurel & Hardy - Mills... |
| Date: | 06 27 1931 |
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| Description: | Harold Kohen, President of Harrold's Inc., jewelers, handing one of three watches he is contributing to Kiddy Camp auction, to Stephen Olsen, a brother of ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street at North Carroll Street. View reaches to Bascom Hill of... |
| Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a mass of cars turning from North Pinckney Street onto East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day o... |
| Date: | 11 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Crowd at the corner of State, West Mifflin and North Carroll Streets watching the Santa Parade, sponsored by the Madison Business Association and the Junio... |
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| Description: | Elevated view down State Street. The Orpheum Theatre sign is visible, and in the distance is Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The... |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The Beavers Insurance Building at the corner of Monona Avenue (currently Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) and Doty Street. It was built in 1921-1922 and ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from street of the facade of the Schoelkopf Automobile dealership at 210 E. Washington Avenue. "Lincoln" has been added to the Ford dealership with a ... |
| Date: | 11 24 1962 |
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| Description: | 10,000 Badger football fans marching down State Street to celebrate Wisconsin's victory over Minnesota. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Edwin Sumner and Son Drugstore at 15 S. Pinckney Street. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street, and... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across street towards 116-118 N. Fairchild Street towards a row of 1920s automobiles angle parked outside Esser's City Market. To the right of the mar... |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Piper Brothers Bakers and Grocers shop on the corner of Pinckney and Mifflin Streets. Other stores on that block, from... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across East Main Street towards the Suhr building. On the left is an entrance and show windows for the Huegel-Hyland shoe store during its Going Out o... |
| Date: | 12 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Street sign at Troia's Steak House located at 661 State Street. The sign reads: "Troia's Steak House, Cocktails." |
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