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Meat Market Display

Date: 1939
Description: Woman worker wearing a butcher's apron, poses holding a ham, in a meat market with Easter ham display.
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Corben Christening

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br...
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Kroger Supermarket Opening

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: Ribbon-cutting ceremony at Madison's newest and largest Kroger supermarket at 525 South Midvale Boulevard. Mayor Ivan Nestigen, center, cuts the ribbon. On...
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Kroger Store Opens on Monona Drive

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Pictured at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Kroger Company's new store at 4100 Monona Drive are, left to right: L.P. Martin, Kroger Co. vice-president; ...
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Sequoya Branch Library Ground-Breaking

Date: 11 23 1959
Description: Individuals breaking ground for the new Sequoya branch of the Madison Public Library at the Midvale Plaza shopping center. The building is being constructe...
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S.S. Kresge Store in Westgate Shopping Center

Date: 03 09 1960
Description: The S.S. Kresge Store was the first store open for business in the new Westgate Shopping Center. Attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony are, left to right: ...
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Opening of A & P Supermarket

Date: 09 11 1962
Description: Miss Wisconsin, Joan Mary Engh, is cutting a symbolic ribbon signifying the official opening of the new A&P supermarket in the Hilldale Shopping Center. As...
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Ribbon Cutting at Penny's

Date: 02 19 1959
Description: Lieutenant Governor Philleo Nash, center, cutting the ribbon to open the new million dollar J.C. Penney Co. department store located on the Capitol Square ...
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Manchester's Third Store Opening

Date: 11 03 1960
Description: Jessie E. Manchester, widow of merchant Harry S. Manchester, prepares to snip the ribbon officially opening the third store at the Westgate Shopping Center...

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