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McDrum Drug Company

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Description: Customers pose at the soda fountain counter. Clerks are behind the counter.
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Gasoline Station in Early Morning Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Street scene with a Shell gasoline station, the Kitty Korner Kafe, and a phone booth in early morning fog.
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Street Corner

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: Street corner with gasoline station, 7-Up sign in front of restaurant next door, and several storefronts across the street.
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Spot Lunch Diner

Date: 1949
Description: A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ...
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Stores on Main Street

Date: 1901
Description: South side of Main Street from the intersection with Merrill Street. Various storefronts are on the left, including J.M. McCormick Dry Goods and Groceries;...
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Restaurant Operated by Helen Baldwin

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view down road towards Helen Baldwin's restaurant.
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Group of Men at Table

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Description: A group of men, including Edward Murrow, Frank Panzer (second from left), sitting around a table in a restaurant.
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Squire's Oyster House

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Description: Men walking in front of Squire's Oyster House restaurant, east on Water Street. Posters advertise the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on ...
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Restaurant Interior

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Description: Two women and a child in a highchair sitting at a table, possibly in a restaurant. Woman on the left is using a toothpick. Calendar on the wall from the Fi...
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Newman's Drive-In

Date: 07 1960
Description: Newman's Drive-In with Free Root Beer sign and waitress.
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Bennett's Table Talk

Date: 1968
Description: Large mouse being lifted by crane onto Bennett's Table Talk at 211-213 Broadway.
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Jewish Council Style Show

Date: 02 02 1948
Description: Mrs. J.J. (Helen) Sinagub is wearing the evening gown she will model at the style show of the National Council of Jewish Women. She is being admired by Mrs...
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Doublewide Sidecar Prototype

Date: 1932
Description: Ralph Hilgers, wearing sunglasses, is seated on his 74 Harley-Davidson twin cylinder, late 1920's model motorcycle. His motorcycle is shown with a prototyp...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 11 1949
Description: Arnold Pederson, age 13, with his Soap Box Derby racer and sponsor, Leo Welch, owner of the Ace of Clubs restaurant located at 3520 East Washington Avenue.
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Dave Moran, a senior at West High School, has a summer job working at a local confectionery at the soda fountain and waiting on tables.
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Four Mental Health Doctors

Date: 09 11 1950
Description: Four doctors gather in the Madison Club to arrange final details for the the third statewide Mental Health Conferance. They are left to right: Drs. Ester d...
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Italian Displaced Person in Madison

Date: 12 30 1951
Description: Pietro Palumbo, seated at a table, visits with his sponsor Matt Lombardino about his plans for a "new life" in Madison after arriving here as a displaced p...
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Street Scene with Water Tower

Date: 1929
Description: View down street. Cars are parked on either side. A repairman checks the tires of a car in front of the Augusta Auto Company, gas station and auto repair. ...
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Madison Central High School Football Banquet

Date: 12 01 1954
Description: Group portrait of participants recognized at the annual banquet for the Madison Central High School football team. In the back is University of Wisconsin f...
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Royalettes and Royalites

Date: 02 13 1955
Description: Three members of the Chicago Royalites Club at a cocktail and supper party in the Gold Room of the Playdium put on by the Madison Royalettes, an African Am...

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