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| Date: | 11 1924 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Woman on crutches entering the front office of the uranium tunnel to receive a uranium treatment. Several men sitting in front of the storefront on benches... |
| Date: | 07 1967 |
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| Description: | Several young boys selling fruit drinks, penny candy, and snow cones to parched pedestrians. A city bus is in the background. |
| Date: | 02 1933 |
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| Description: | Winter scene showing snow removal vehicles working to clear the snow on Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee after a winter blizzard. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Three uniformed employees of the Sinclair Oil Company Service Station, located at 501 East Broadway, standing in front of the station's gas pumps. Two life... |
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| Description: | Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871. |
| Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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| Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the exterior of the Fuller Opera House, which is a detail from a bird's-eye view map of Madison. |
| Date: | 12 29 1938 |
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| Description: | Kessenich's, 201-03 State Street display window showing four mannequins in Perry Brown dresses. |
| Date: | 08 17 1937 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 Super Speed L.C. Smith typewriters. A young boy and three men are standing in the s... |
| Date: | 05 12 1937 |
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| Description: | Front door of Lewis D-X Service Station at night, 118 King Street. Sign on door reads: "We meet the finest people in the world at this station --- our cust... |
| Date: | 04 17 1934 |
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| Description: | View across street towards two new tanks being delivered by the Heil Co. of Milwaukee on a Heil Company truck. The truck is parked in front of the Fauerbac... |
| Date: | 11 21 1933 |
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| Description: | Display window E.R. Welch Plumbing Co., 1507 Monroe Street. |
| Date: | 09 12 1931 |
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| Description: | A&W Root Beer stand at 900 S. Park Street. |
| Date: | 11 15 1926 |
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| Description: | Window display of the Schmidt Hardware Company showing Mirro Aluminum toy sets: dishes and silverware. |
| Date: | 11 15 1926 |
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| Description: | Window display of Schmidt Hardware Comany showing Mirro Aluminum toy sets: dishes, silverware. |
| Date: | 07 10 1926 |
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| Description: | A&P Tea Co. display window, American Stores Company, "Uneeda Biscuit." National Biscuit Company (Nabisco), 4th of July. |
| Date: | 12 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of Madison Motor Car Company, 325 W. Gorham Street. |
| Date: | 03 31 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men carrying flags marching down State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol in a Loyalty Day Parade. |
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