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Christian Frautschi Furniture Store

Date: 1895
Description: Members of the Frautschi family pose at the Christian Frautschi Furniture Store. From left to right are Alice, Irving, Christian and Arthur Frautschi.
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Fred Schenk Grocery Store

Date: 1907
Description: Interior of the Fred Schenk grocery store on the corner of Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street. Included in the photograph are Art Ramsey, Matilda Schenk, a...
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Richard and Malcom McVicar

Date: 12 25 1930
Description: Richard and Malcom McVicar sitting on the floor playing with toys. In front of the boys are small signs that read: "Malcom" and "Richard." There is a Chris...
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Family by Onon Bjorn Dahle Store

Date: 1872
Description: A family standing on the porch of the Onon Bjorn Dahle Store. The store has a second floor balcony across the front, and steps and a fence on the right sid...
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Shoppers in Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Two grocery store employees placing Dean's Milk in grocery cart for a woman and her two children.
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Grocery Store Shoppers

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: A father and two children at the Kroger grocery store check out counter purchase Dean's milk, Red Dot potato chips, Kroger pancake mix, macaroni, and bread...
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Railway Express Agency Truck

Date: 12 1947
Description: Railway Express Agency truck in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway station. Seated or standing on the truck are five people (Frost family?). The...
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Eagle Regiment Car

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Description: Dr. James A Jackson, Sr., who was a hospital steward for the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War, riding in an open car during a GAR parade in Madi...
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Austin Thorson and Family

Date: 01 03 1949
Description: Austin Thorson, winner of a $100 prize in a Lipton Tea Co. jingle contest, also won $1,200 worth of groceries from the Kroger Co. by writing the address of...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner Alan Strauss holding his trophy and standing with his family on East Washington Avenue. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the...
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Shorewood Hills Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Nancy, Glenn, and Tommy Lewis are shown costumed as sandwich board newspaper sections at the Shorewood Hills Fourth of July celebration. They won the most ...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sales

Date: 02 08 1954
Description: Mrs. William C. Roberts (left) of 29 Frederick Circle, co-chairman of the annual Girl Scout cookie sale in Madison, posing with her four daughters, Blanche...
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Spelling Bee Winners

Date: 04 10 1954
Description: Badger Spelling Bee champion Robert Suszycki of Mauston posing with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Suszycki, and his teacher Howard Mackin.
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La Follette Papers Opened

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: Four relatives of Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette look over the collection of his personal papers which were presented and opened at the Wisco...
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New UW Students Reception

Date: 09 16 1956
Description: Wanda Wordell, of Brillion (center) starts her career as a freshman co-ed as she registers at a reception for incoming freshmen held in the Memorial Union....
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Mrs. Jessie E. Manchester and Morgan Manchester

Date: 11 03 1960
Description: Jessie E. Manchester, widow of merchant Harry S. Manchester, and her son, Morgan Manchester, president of Manchester's, at the grand opening of the firm's ...

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