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South Central Florist Association Aids Cancer Crusade

Date: 04 06 1959
Description: Florists of the South Central Florists' Association will create floral arrangements in the windows of the Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig store. These arrangements...
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Ben Franklin Store Opens on Monona Drive

Date: 05 21 1959
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...
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J.C. Penney Store at Westgate

Date: 02 22 1960
Description: The management staff of the new J.C. Penney Company department store gather around specially designed "cool" spotlights for jewelry counters. Left to right...
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Montgomery Ward Open House Square Dance

Date: 09 13 1960
Description: John and Mary Bierlein participate in the square dance at the Westgate Shopping Center as part of a Montgomery Ward open house.
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Montgomery Ward Open House Square Dance

Date: 09 13 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Tony Krantz of Verona participate in a square dance at the Westgate Shopping Center as part of a Montgomery Ward open house.
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Montgomery Ward Open House Square Dance

Date: 09 13 1960
Description: Gale Yanke, the caller for a square dance held at the Westgate Shopping Center as part of a Montgomery Ward open house.
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Montgomery Ward Open House Square Dance

Date: 09 13 1960
Description: Adam and Pauline Statz participate in the square dance at the Westgate Shopping Center as part of a Montgomery Ward open house.
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Shoppers Hunt for Post-Christmas Sale Bargains

Date: 12 26 1963
Description: Madison shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains.
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Shoppers Hunt for Post-Christmas Sale Bargains

Date: 12 26 1963
Description: Shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains and returning or exchanging unwanted gifts.
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Manchester's Purchases Parking Lot Site

Date: 03 25 1964
Description: Morgan Manchester, shown standing atop his present store with his recently purchased site of the former Christ Presbyterian Church visible across the stree...
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Gimbels-Schusters Department Store Pop-Concert-Fashion Show

Date: 08 19 1965
Description: The Beatle-haired drummer from the DuPont dance group band, playing at a pop-concert-fashion show hosted by the Gimbels-Schusters department store, outside...
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Gimbels-Schusters Department Store Pop-Concert-Fashion Show

Date: 08 19 1965
Description: Audience members at a pop-concert-fashion show held by the Gimbels-Schusters department store outside the store in the Hilldale Shopping Center. Performanc...
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Larry Borenstein Selling Women's Shoes

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Shoe salesman, Larry Borenstein, answering a woman's questions at the Borenstein Dry Goods Store located at 1980-81 Atwood Avenue. She is sitting on a couc...
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Shoe Stockroom at Borenstein Dry Goods Store

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Shoe salesman, Larry Borenstein, standing in a narrow aisle of the shoe stockroom at Borenstein's Dry Goods Store located at 1980-81 Atwood Avenue.
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Larry Borenstein Selling Women's Shoes

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Shoe salesman, Larry Borenstein, assisting a customer at Borenstein's Dry Goods Store located at 1980-81 Atwood Avenue. A young man, perhaps a sales assist...
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Portrait of Larry Borenstein

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Quarter-length portrait of shoe salesman, Larry Borenstein, who worked in the family department store, Borenstein's Dry Goods Store, located in the Atwood ...
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Yost-Kessinich Department Store, from North Fairchild Street

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Fairchild Street towards Yost-Kessinich Department Store on the corner of State Street. Show windows display mannequins in women's clothi...
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson snuggled in bed ready to dream of Christmas toys before visiting the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store, Toyland.
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson playing on a drum set at the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store, Toyland. On the drum face is an image of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco.
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson playing cowboys with plastic tommy guns at Toyland, the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store.

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