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Fridblom's Health Food Store

Date: 02 21 1944
Description: Exterior view from street towards the Oscar Fridblom's Health Food Store at a new location, 120 East Washington Avenue. A Heintz ketchup billboard is sitti...
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AAA Tour Cars

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Men doing a periodic rotation of the synthetic and recapped tires on one of the two cars parked in front of the Park Hotel, and participating in the Americ...
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Victory Arms Apartment Building

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Victory Arms apartment building, 2420 - 2428 East Washington Avenue, built by Vogel Brothers. A sign partly behind the automobile parked at the curb reads,...
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Filmite Oil Corporation Building and Employee

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Madison branch of the Filmite Oil Corporation building (a Trachte metal building), located at 828 East Main Street. Also pictured is W.K. Wilson, warehous...
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Damaged Car at Gillespie-Blumer Motors

Date: 10 14 1944
Description: Automobile with damage to left front hood and fender at Gillespie-Blumer Motors Inc., 814 East Washington Avenue.
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East High School Automotive Mechanics Class

Date: 11 05 1944
Description: Automotive Mechanics class at East High School. Ralph Preez and Bob Mattison are checking a set of headlights.
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Edgewood Fence Removal

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Edgewood fence along Wingra Drive entrance, which had been opened to the public after closing by the Dominican Sisters of Edgewood Academy. Shown is the ro...
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1200 Block of Williamson Street

Date: 04 17 1945
Description: The view east down the 1200 block of Williamson Street taken for Continental Casualty. Buildings include the Flesch Grocery, 1209 Williamson Street; Fire ...
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Sherwin Williams Paint Store Window Display of Pottery

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Show window at Sherwin Williams Paint Store, 327 State Street, featuring pottery.
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Henry Johnson House

Date: 06 14 1945
Description: Henry Johnson house, 304 West Washington Avenue, built in 1856 by Neely Gray.
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 07 24 1945
Description: Group portrait of students seated on the front lawn next to the street. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science, Chicago, Illinois, sponsored a Summe...
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Pyramid Motor Company

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: The "Parts and Accessories" counter at the Pyramid Motor Company, 434 W. Gilman Street. The design of the counter is of the Art Deco style.
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Dane County Oil Company Explosion

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Exterior view of Dane County Oil Company, 1854 South Park Street, following an explosion of an anti-freeze can which killed one person and injured five.
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Meehan Motor Mart

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Exterior view of Meehan Motor Mart, 209 East Washington Avenue, and the Jimmy Dodge Restaurant, 203 East Washington Avenue, and the H.F. Sharratt and Compa...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 14 1945
Description: Pfc. Arthur Lovinger, passenger in the front seat; Staff Sgt. Robert Hanke, passenger in the back seat; and Staff Sgt. Louis Kaminsky, driving a car. They ...

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