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Oxygen Delivery

Date: 11 04 1940
Description: James Robinson and E. Newton of the Professional Pharmacy prepare to load a Linde oxygen tank for home delivery.
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Colored Entrance at Malco Theater

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view of the segregated entrance for African-Americans at Malco Theater. There is a fire escape on the side of the building. Several cars are parke...
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North End of Times Square

Date: 1924
Description: Times Square in New York City facing north on a foggy winter day in January or February. On the right is Loew's State Theatre which is playing "Big Brother...
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Comet Theatre

Date: 1910
Description: "The original Comet Theatre 100 3rd Ave. New York City." Playbills in front of the nickelodeon advertise "A Mightier Hand," "Love in Mexico," "Jefferies-J...
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Downtown Muscoda

Date: 1971
Description: Slightly elevated view of a central business district. The theater marquee on the left reads: "The Concert for Bangladesh." Across the street on the right ...
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The Empire Strikes Back

Date: 06 18 1980
Description: View down street towards a large crowd gathering in a line outside the Orpheum Theatre on State Street for a free 10AM Madison premiere of The Empire St...
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Dr. W.H. Perrigo Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist

Date: 1907
Description: A horse-drawn cart, marked B.C. Horsch, is waiting near Dr. W.H. Perrigo's veterinary and dental business in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood in Milwaukee....
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Moving Pictures Building in Durand

Date: 1917
Description: View from across street towards a group of people, four men and a woman, posing in front of a storefront advertising moving pictures for ten cents. Poster...
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The Parkway Theatre

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Description: View from street of the marquee and entrance to the Parkway Theatre at 6 W. Mifflin Street.
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"Blockade" Blankets Havana

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Description: Movie theater marquee in Havana, Cuba advertising the 1938 film "Blockade" starring Henry Fonda. There is a man dressed in white standing on the sidewalk b...
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Marquee for "The Dictator" in Havana

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Description: A movie theater marquee on top of a building in Havana advertising Charlie Chaplin's film "The Dictator." The caption below the photograph reads: "HAVANA —...
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Cinema Building Wall Covered with Posters

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Description: Soldiers posing in front of the cinema building in Antwerp.
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Propaganda Films

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Simulated Communist Control-The local movie theater is seized by Communist authorities and pictures confiscated with Communist dominated fi...
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Palace Theatre

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Palace Theatre, Superior, Wis." A brick theatre with many windows and ornate decorative elements on the exterior. A child is on the s...

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