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Baron's Department Store

Date: 1937
Description: Baron's Department Store at 12-18 West Mifflin Street.
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Children on Curb with Uncollected Rubbish

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage on South Hamilton Street being viewed by two children during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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Kroger Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Kroger Grocery Store in the Madison East Shopping Center, 2829 East Washington Avenue. Also shown is the Spic-Span Dry Cleaners and F.W. Woolworths.
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Cardinal Super Market

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Cardinal Super Market, 120 North Fairchild Street. Automobiles are parked along the curb in front. The building on the right is Kessenich's, Inc.
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Wheelchair Patient Outside at Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 02 08 1945
Description: Patient in wheelchair being taken outdoors in the snow between two buildings at Wisconsin General Hospital.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene with cars in a parking lot at West Washington Avenue and Fairchild Street the morning after a snowstorm, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Television Tower

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Television tower near industrial buildings and automobiles parked in a lot.
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Pyramid Motor Company Used Car Lot

Date: 12 22 1949
Description: Four cars park in the Pyramid Motor Company used car lot at 721 University Avenue. A company billboard is on the side of the Dictaphone Sales Agency buildi...
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Memorial Day Parade on South Carroll Street from the roof of the Park Hotel. The parade featured two marching groups: a military band...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Elizabeth Woods, mother of an 18 year old son, during an on-the-street interview about the Korean War by journalist John E. Prindle.
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Winter Snow Storm

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: Winter scene with a man and two children navigating the snowy sidewalk on East Main Street on the Capitol Square after a winter storm that dropped eight in...
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1951 Madison Softball Season Opening Game

Date: 05 07 1951
Description: Members of the Board of Realtors softball team gather around the bleachers during their opening game of the 1951 Madison softball season at Franklin Field....
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Manchester Pigeon-Hole Parking Unit Goes into Full Operation

Date: 12 08 1951
Description: The first commercial pigeon-hole parking unit in the world was built for the Harry S. Manchester department store, behind Manchester's at the corner of Wis...
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Shorewood Shopping Center Parking Lot

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: View of the Shorewood Shopping Center parking lot, including the National Food Store, looking east. The shopping center was located in Shorewood Hills.
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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Buick Advertising Sign

Date: 07 29 1952
Description: Buick advertising sign in the first block of North Fairchild Street, uncovered by workers who removed another billboard that had covered the old sign.
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 26 1952
Description: Olson youth with his calf at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Parking Lot Block 53

Date: 08 07 1952
Description: View of a filled parking lot at Block 53, 300 block of West Mifflin Street.
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Labor Day Parade Float

Date: 09 01 1952
Description: Elevated view of the Iron Workers Local 383 float in the Labor Day parade on Capitol Square. It won first place for originality.
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East Shopping Center Grand Opening

Date: 10 01 1953
Description: The parking lot is filled with vehicles as the Madison East Shopping Center grand opening draws thousands of people to view the twelve-store shopping cente...

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