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Coed Model at Train Station

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store coed model, wearing a fur jacket, hat and purse, posing on the steps of a passenger train, with two pieces of luggage on the ...
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Model at Train Station

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchesters Department Store model, wearing fur jacket hat and purse, posing with the conductor who is holding her luggage on the steps of a passenger trai...
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Boating at Ann Emery Hall

Date: 11 14 1931
Description: University of Wisconsin coeds sitting in a boat surrounded by sand bags in front of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent women's dormitory. I...
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Delivery Truck at Hershleder Furs

Date: 06 17 1931
Description: Hershleder's truck unloading bags of sawdust, used for cleaning furs, 529 State Street. Also shows Varsity Laundry, 527 State Street.
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Madison's First Car

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Zimmerman in their locomobile steamer in 1902. Zimmerman purchased the car in 1901 and claimed it was the first permanent automobil...
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Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...
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Governor Rennebohm Welcomes French Vice Consul

Date: 02 13 1949
Description: French representatives arrived in Madison aboard the French Gratitude Train (Merci Train) and were welcomed at the Northwestern Depot by the governor and h...
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Women Protestors in a Judge's Office

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Six irate women drivers sit in the office of superior court judge Roy H. Proctor's office to protest his dismissal of a traffic charge against a male drive...
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Glenn Wise at Train Station

Date: 08 19 1956
Description: Glenn Wise (right) shaking hands and saying goodbye to two of her friends who are standing up on the step of a railroad passenger car. They are (left) Mari...
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Delivery for Stemp Typewriter Company

Date: 1933
Description: View from across State Street of men and women standing in front of the Stemp Typewriter Company as deliveries are stacked on the sidewalk. Stanley P. Stem...
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Construction of the Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: After his success with the State Street and Pinckney Street car dealerships, Louis Schoelkopf built a new building at 210 E. Washington Avenue. The constru...
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Construction of the Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: View across street towards the construction at 210 E. Washington Avenue. There is scaffolding in front of the building, and Emma Schoelkopf is standing in ...
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People with Automobile Near Lake

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Description: View of A.G. Zimmerman sitting in his automobile near the lake shore. He has one arm resting on the steering wheel; the other on the seat back. Two women a...
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Man Posing on Ice Covered Bicycle

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Description: A man, wearing a fur coat, galoshes, a hat, and goggles is pretending to ride a bicycle that is covered by icicles. The bicycle is parked outdoors along th...
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Mink "Blue Jeans"

Date: 11 01 1954
Description: A model, and a North Central Airlines stewardess posing at the top of loading stairs leading up to an airliner for Northwest Airlines. The model is posing ...
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Schmitt and DeLonge Building, and Furs by Hershleder

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. The one on the left is the Schmitt and DeLonge Building, and on the ground floor is Chesty's (left), and Ca...
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Walter Dunn

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Description: Walter Dunn dressed as a trapper is giving a demonstration to onlookers.
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Mailing Letters from a Car

Date: 01 20 1959
Description: A driver mailing letters into a roadside mailbox from a car at the corner of Monona Avenue and Doty Street. The photograph was taken with a long-lens camer...

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