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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A view from the 200 block of State Street looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. This urban scene includes marquees for the Orpheum Theatre and the Ca... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Woman worker wearing a butcher's apron, poses holding a ham, in a meat market with Easter ham display. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Oskaloosa Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. A group of men and young boys pose near a Farmall A Tractor, and o... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View looking east up State Street from Johnson Street, with the Orpheum and Capitol theatres on either side of the street, and the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated interior view of the baby department at Kresge's store. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway station. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Man loading a floral arrangement into an International model D-2 panel delivery truck for Lou's Flower shop. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A line of three International delivery trucks at a receiving dock: (from left) D-2, D-40 and A-line trucks. The trucks were owned by Home Ice and Cold Stor... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A Chicago police officer holds up his hand to signal pedestrians that they should not enter the crosswalk. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street towards the Park Hotel at the corner of Carroll and Main Streets. Located on the first floor of the hotel is The Park Hotel Barber Sh... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | South Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square. The view includes several retail shops and a women's clothing store. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Waters Motor Company Used Car Sales Lot, located at 746 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from intersection towards the Waters Motor Company, located at 802 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Wells Street Bridge occupies the bottom center of the image, with City Hall in the center background. Three men are walking on the bridge. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Lincoln Borgrud, in his work clothes, standing at the pumps at Droster's Grocery and Filling Station, 1438 Sherman Avenue. A child stands near a car beneat... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin freshman boxing team dressed in boxing uniforms and gloves standing behind stacked cans of sauerkraut with a sign that reads "Pep U... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two men inspect a small piece of binder twine. In front of them are packaged rolls of International Harvester twine. The men are likely at a dealership or... |
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