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| Date: | 08 04 1931 |
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| Description: | Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad freight car with "Oscar Mayer's Meats of Good Taste" advertisement on the side. |
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| Description: | State Fair barker announcing side show attractions to a crowd of children, featuring "Midget City, the World's Tiniest Entertainers" and "Baby Thelma, 619 ... |
| Date: | 09 28 1942 |
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| Description: | Highway billboard advertising Wisconsin cheese for the Department of Agriculture and Markets. |
| Date: | 10 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Donut queen posed for advertising campaign. The female model is holding a box of donuts and is sitting on a large clock bearing the slogan: "It's Always Do... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Car parked underneath the entrance gate to the Island Resort at the Wisconsin Dells, 25 miles from the Dells on Highway 12-16 near Mauston. Entrance gate a... |
| Date: | 06 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Fanchon and Mario "Rhythm Girls" posing in front of an A&W Root Beer. They are standing in a line and holding mugs of root beer. |
| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people, including dwarfs and midgets, posing with "the worlds largest tire" in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre as part of a promotion for Goodyea... |
| Date: | 07 29 1955 |
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| Description: | Millard's Tavern, 504 East Wilson Street with Fauerbach CB beer sign and "Bobby Hodges radio & TV star, Every Friday Night." Also shows Marty's Sandwich Sh... |
| Date: | 04 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "... |
| Date: | 11 24 1933 |
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| Description: | View from center aisle of Hommel's Cooking School set up on the Parkway Theater stage, 6-10 W. Mifflin Street. Displayed is a layout of the cooking demonst... |
| Date: | 12 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the White Cross Pharmacy Soda Fountain, 920 East Johnson Street. |
| Date: | 10 28 1935 |
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| Description: | Promotional display of Salem china, Tricorne pattern, in the lobby of the Eastwood Theatre, 2090 Atwood Avenue. The sign reads: "China Night Every Tuesday ... |
| Date: | 08 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Fauerbach Brewery on the right, at 651-653 Williamson Street. Looking northeast along Williamson Street is the Madison Drug Co., 654 Williamson Street, Int... |
| Date: | 09 30 1933 |
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| Description: | A gas station in a Trachte building on the corner of Highway 51 (Monona Drive) and Highway 30 (Cottage Grove Road). "Johnson Gasoline," and "Defiance Spark... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A movable billboard aimed at passing motorists along State Highway 20 in Illinois. It reads "Relax in Wisconsin, Where Friends and Nature Meet." Although... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Educational window display promoting awareness about tuberculosis at the Frankfurter Pharmacy. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
| Date: | 11 20 1927 |
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| Description: | Oriental rug business owned by Solomon Gulessarian at 319 State Street. The Palace Barber Shop is next door on the right. |
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