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Rose Sussman

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: Rose Sussman, a former ballet dancer and teacher, shopping for a dress in a Madison store. The former Rose Goloff was born in the southern Ukraine section ...
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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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C and P Plaza

Date: 11 19 1959
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.
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A family standing in an aisle looking at Christmas decorations. There is a large Santa Claus balloon is in the foreground.
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A boy looking at a science set in a store toy department.
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A woman is holding a doll while standing in front of a display of dolls and stuffed animals.
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
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.
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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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Festival de France on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 09 29 1964
Description: Mary Rowe, age 15, buying a corsage at Festival de France on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Shopping at a Record Store

Date: 01 09 1954
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...
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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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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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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Jo Clark, age 3, is sitting on a table in a department store as clerk Frances Sternberger (left) is tying the chin strap of a new Easter hat. Jo's mother, ...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Arthur Dier smiles approval as his fiancee, Evelyn Schaefer, asks his opinion of a bright flowery Easter hat at a Madison store. Ms. Schaefer, in the foreg...
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: School days mean new shoes for Barbara Notstad, who is being fitted at Van's Shoe Store in Cambridge by William Van Valkenberg. Her mother is sitting besid...
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Christmas Shoppers on the Capitol Square

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Christmas shoppers crowd the Capitol Square on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Women shoppers are seen at the corner of State Street, Carroll Street and W....
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Three women standing outdoors on a sidewalk viewing a dress on a mannequin in the foreground inside a show window on Capitol Square. They are (L-R): Linda ...
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Crowd on State Street

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: Large crowd of shoppers appears on Madison's State Street due to the influx of 5,800 teachers attending the Southern Wisconsin Education Association teache...
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New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: New Sun Prairie third grade teacher Diane Schmitt shops for groceries on her way home from school. The cashier is Carl Conrad and the man in the background...

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