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| Date: | 07 18 1954 |
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| Description: | An old truck operated by the Richard Mulcahy Post 47 of Portage spraying water on the crowd at the American Legion parade around Capitol Square. The view i... |
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| Description: | A woman in a dress and scarf poses beneath a Ford and Fordson sign. Farm buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down Sherman Avenue, across from Sherman Park. A billboard facing the street advertises a "Big Lot Sale!" |
| Date: | 12 19 1958 |
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| Description: | Employees at the Madison division of the Borden Company arrange for a billboard to deliver Christmas greetings to their general manager, Henry A. Soldwedel... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front of the Hotel Ogden located at 149 East Wilson Street. Three men wearing suits are relaxing on the porch, with two men sitting on... |
| Date: | 06 1931 |
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| Description: | View from street of a woman standing at the corner of the Lakeside Grocery, located at 109 East Lakeside Street. On her left, a sign is propped on a crate ... |
| Date: | 07 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison Hotel, located at 108 North Pinckney, is the oldest building on the Capitol Square and one of Madison's oldest landmarks. It was built in 1838. It ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Panoramic elevated view to the east from the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Panoramic elevated view to the southeast from the Capitol Square. The Tenney Building appears behind the original first National Bank that was demolished t... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Telephone Company horse-drawn service and installation wagon in front of the Telephone Building. Two men sit in the wagon. A man stands in the do... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. A tent, a tall wagon and a truck that runs the generator are set up in a field or park with houses and tre... |
| Date: | 02 17 1961 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the South Siders hockey team who will be playing for the championship of the Wisconsin State Bantam League Tournament. The member... |
| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | A view from Bedford Street of the smouldering ruins of the Hotel Washington. A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a parked firetruck. Water being us... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View from across street towards the first block of East Mifflin Street. The businesses are, from left to right: The Strand Theater, Kinney Shoes, Hughes Wo... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View up State Street towards the Wisconsin State Capitol taken from the West Johnson Street intersection. Businesses include the Orpheum Theatre, Arenz, an... |
| Date: | 12 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Drawing attention to a large billboard sign is Edwin Traisman, left, president of McDonald's of Madison, and Vernon Cox of Vivid Outdoor Advertising Compan... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across East Main Street towards the Suhr building. On the left is an entrance and show windows for the Huegel-Hyland shoe store during its Going Out o... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View from intersection of East Main and King Streets towards the corner entrance of the Suhr building, which is for the Virgo Lounge. There is a large elec... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Henry Street towards the Matthew Gay Building, which has a turret above the corner entrance, at the intersection of State Street. On the ... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gilman Street towards the Chocolate House on the corner of State Street. The side door on the left leads up to apartments on the second fl... |
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