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State Street at the Capitol Square

Date: 1960
Description: The 100 block of State Street showing capitol steps, pedestrians crossing in front of cars, and the storefronts for Dykeman's Tempting Food and Olson's clo...
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Brand New Oven

Date: 1950
Description: Woman displays a brand new oven/stove.
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Young Girl on Telephone

Date: 1950
Description: A teenager sitting on a bed talking on the telephone.
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Mini Bar

Date: 1950
Description: Mini bar with refrigerator and glassware.
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Infant with Grandmother

Date: 1950
Description: A young child examines a children's book with her grandmother.
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Woman in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Woman pouring a cup of coffee.
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Woman with Oven

Date: 1950
Description: A woman displays an oven.
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Young Child on Picket Line

Date: 1950
Description: A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages a...
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Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: A woman poses her kitchen with all of the modern conveniences.
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Woman on Motor Scooter

Date: 1958
Description: A motor scooter in an advertisement with female model sitting on a Cushman Road King motor scooter.
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Pharmacist

Date: 1950
Description: A pharmacist working in the lab area of a pharmacy.
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Nurse with Child Patient

Date: 1950
Description: Nurse with a young girl patient and a container of blood.
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Weather Radar

Date: 1950
Description: Meteorologists using radar equipment outdoors.
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Children's Picnic at the Beach

Date: 1950
Description: Woman with children grilling hot dogs and wieners at the beach.
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Window Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and young girl review the latest fashion merchandise in a retail window display.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 
Description: Developers, local dignitaries, and other businessmen participate in a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Park Tower Apartments.
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Newspaper Print Shop

Date: 1950
Description: Sports editor and sports reporter from the "Wisconsin State Journal" confer with a printer over trays of lead type.
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Working the Linotype

Date: 1950
Description: A woman types text into a linotype machine.
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Printed Circuit Board

Date: 1950
Description: Jean Hoffman looks over a printed circuit board in the foreground, with a map of Madison, Wisconsin on the wall behind her.
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Public Works Department

Date: 12 1954
Description: Department of Public Works workers look over signs to be posted on city streets.

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