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| Date: | 09 15 1944 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of customers standing in line on the sidewalk waiting to purchase shotgun shells at Berg Sporting Goods Store, 2123 Atwood Avenue. O... |
| Date: | 01 10 1945 |
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| Description: | Maralyn Morency is sitting before the "make up bar," a feature of the newest Perfume Shop at 527 State Street. Miss Morency is applying one of six shades o... |
| Date: | 12 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Jancie Cordes, DeForest, with unidentified woman looking at a display of stuffed animals (at Wolff, Kubly, and Hirsig). |
| Date: | 12 1968 |
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| Description: | Sidewalk sale in front of Deutschkron family's store, Martin's, 427 State Street. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Several people peer into a storefront window on Capitol Square. This window shopping is perhaps in preparation for the Christmas holiday. |
| Date: | 12 27 1951 |
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| Description: | A woman shops for meat at the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills. |
| Date: | 12 27 1951 |
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| Description: | A woman shops for fruits and vegetables at the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills. |
| Date: | 12 27 1951 |
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| Description: | A woman carries groceries out of the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills. The Magic ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Front and side of the two-story drug store on the corner of the street. The store advertises Kodaks, ice cream, soda, cigars, Coca-Cola, Victor records, an... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View down the dirt road of Main Street. On the left, two men are walking on the sidewalk near a store with a hand-painted "closing out sale" sign. On the r... |
| Date: | 03 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Berta Newel serves a customer, Hazel Van Wagene, at her new job as a clerk in the yard goods department of Yost's-Kessenich's store. Mrs. Newell received e... |
| Date: | 06 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Sue Carolyn Renk examines a piece of crystal glassware as her mother, Mrs. Wilbur Renk looks on. She is preparing for her wedding and her graduation. |
| Date: | 05 21 1959 |
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| Description: | Robert Retzlaff (left), manager of the newly opened Ben Franklin variety store at 4204 Monona Drive, posing in the foreground on his store's first day of b... |
| Date: | 11 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Carl Payne (in the middle of the group at right) greets visitors at the C and P Plaza, his new store, on its opening day. |
| Date: | 11 18 1954 |
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| Description: | West High School seniors, Geraldine Doran, right, and Gretchen Ihde look at sofas with Tom Rennels, a salesman at the Black Furniture Store, as part of an ... |
| Date: | 12 08 1961 |
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| Description: | A family standing in an aisle looking at Christmas decorations. There is a large Santa Claus balloon is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 12 08 1961 |
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| Description: | A man and child looking at a toy display in a store. On the wall next to them is a large display of puppets and stuffed toys. |
| Date: | 12 26 1963 |
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| Description: | Shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains and returning or exchanging unwanted gifts. |
| Date: | 01 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Record shop employee Charles Lunde (right) explaining the merits of Charlie Ventura's septet to customer Richard Mallum, who is admiring the cover of the v... |
| Date: | 01 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Customer John Salzer (left) looking over an album with George Dasson. Other 33rpm vinyl records are displayed on the wall, and framed photographs of musica... |
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