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| Date: | 05 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter... |
| Date: | 01 17 1959 |
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| Description: | Burned hangers and shredded clothing hang on four clothing display racks inside the remains of the Robert Hall store after a fire. Three fire fighters are ... |
| Date: | 01 17 1959 |
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| Description: | View of the front of a fire-damaged commercial building at 3205 East Washington Avenue with two fire fighters, two hoses, and a ladder nearby. The signage ... |
| 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: | 11 19 1959 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 01 31 1960 |
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| Description: | Wehrmann's Travel Shop at 508 State Street is destroyed by a fire that started late Sunday. A jumbled mass of luggage was all that was left after the fire ... |
| Date: | 01 31 1960 |
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| Description: | View of Wehrmann's Travel Shop storefront at 508 State Street with a fire truck parked outside. The shop was destroyed by fire late Sunday night. The Unive... |
| Date: | 03 09 1960 |
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| Description: | The S.S. Kresge Store was the first store open for business in the new Westgate Shopping Center. Attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony are, left to right: ... |
| Date: | 03 09 1960 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the S.S. Kresge store, the first store open for business in the new Westgate Shopping Center. |
| Date: | 10 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Demetral poses with an ancient Chinese screen at his shop, Gulesserian's, on State Street in Madison. He bought the screen, said to be over three-hun... |
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| Description: | Blue Scout II, and white Scout II with a "WOW Wagon" sign, parked indoors on showroom floor. Shelves of merchandise are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 04 28 1961 |
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| Description: | Charles J. Seipel resets clocks in his jewelry store at 1803 Monroe Street prior to the switch to daylight savings time. |
| Date: | 12 08 1961 |
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| Description: | A family standing in an aisle looking at Christmas decorations. There is a large Santa Claus balloon is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 12 08 1961 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 12 26 1963 |
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| Description: | Shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains and returning or exchanging unwanted gifts. |
| Date: | 09 14 1965 |
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| Description: | Jim McCredie, resident of Colonial Manor Nursing Home, and also manager of the small store for residents, is shown helping a customer, Josephine Spoerl. |
| Date: | 12 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Cleo Morschauser, sitting, is demonstrating techniques in creating holiday centerpieces in the Christmas workshop at Olds Garden Center. Watching are, left... |
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| Description: | View across street towards Otto's Newstand and Fun Shop located at 2045 Atwood Avenue. There are neon signs for "Otto's News Stand" and "Tobacco Novelties"... |
| Date: | 01 09 1954 |
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| 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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