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| Date: | 02 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of J.H. Svendsen (left), owner of Svendsen's Painting and Decorating Firm at 118 State Street, and Joe Borecek, retail store manager. The store wa... |
| Date: | 10 04 1949 |
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| Description: | The Madison Business and Professional Women's club celebrates National Business Women's Week by honoring some of its members. Pictured is Ms. Sadie G. Muns... |
| Date: | 12 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Ralph Jacobs looks over some of the exotic merchandise in his gift shop on County Highway PB in the town of Verona. |
| 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: | 09 15 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Gene Bricker, store manager of Bricker's Appliance & TV at Madison East Shopping Center. |
| Date: | 10 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Stemp (right), owner of the Stemp Typewriter Company, shows a typewriter to customer Mildred Subey, associated with the Herfurth Insurance Agenc... |
| 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: | 08 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Alfreda Fauerbach, president and treasurer of O.M. Nelson and Son jewelers, after 50 years of service with the firm. |
| Date: | 11 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Mary Lou Clingman receiving her prize, a Hart Schaffner & Marx suit, from W.M. Harris, president of Olson & Veerhusen, for winning first prize in a contest... |
| Date: | 12 19 1957 |
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| Description: | Mildred Brown of 441 West Johnson Street has opened the "Mother Cabrini" shop in the first floor of her home. |
| Date: | 03 10 1958 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon W. Thomson (left) trying on a new suit, as four men representing four men's clothing stores, all located on the Capitol Square, are looking... |
| Date: | 04 22 1959 |
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| Description: | William H. Rietow, Jr. and Frank D. Hess stand in front of Electric City, a new appliance store at 4409 Monona Drive. |
| 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: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A couple, Doris and Preston Campbell, standing and posing in their store. Preston has his left arm around his wife's shoulders, and the two are holding han... |
| Date: | 05 21 1999 |
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| Description: | George Fabian at work at his business, Park Street Shoe Repair, at 609 South Park Street. He is wearing a denim apron and is lacing a shoe. |
| Date: | 05 1999 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms at the age of about 81 in Park Street Shoe Repair at 609 South Park Street. Arms is wearing a blue shirt with eyeglasses in the pocket. There is... |
| Date: | 04 13 1953 |
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| Description: | A man is crouching down and turning the dial on a television set in the Home of Television store near the Shorewood Corners Shopping Center, 3301 Universit... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 01 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Architect's representative Rod Lindwall checking over plans at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue. He is using what a... |
| Date: | 01 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Checking over blueprint plan details at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue are Cy Perkins, George Lehmann, and Robert... |
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