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Washburn and Woodman Bank

Date: 1932
Description: View from across street of the Washburn and Woodman Bank building, erected by C.C. Washburn and Cyrus Woodman. The bank was established in 1846 and operate...
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Malt House

Date: 1930
Description: View across lawn towards the Malt House at 1603 Sherman Avenue. To the right of the Malt House is the Cafferty Distributing Company, wholesalers for Schlit...
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Bank of La Farge

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior view of the Bank of La Farge from street.
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Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 08 12 1931
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...
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Meat Market with Steer Painted on Wall

Date: 08 28 1966
Description: Kuebler Grocery Company, a meat market with a steer painted on its outside brick wall, on Main Street.
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Raiffeisen House

Date: 01 16 1939
Description: Raiffeisen House, CUNA Mutual Society office, 142 East Gilman Street. It was originally the Benjamin Franklin Hopkins house built in 1863.
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Police Officers Receive Group Insurance Policies

Date: 05 16 1935
Description: Group portrait of police officers receiving insurance policies in front of the Madison Police Station, 14-16 South Webster Street, with motorcycles parked ...
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Hansen Auto Body Co. Building

Date: 10 29 1933
Description: Advertisement using 4248B-1. Hansen Auto Body Co. Bldg, 113 - 123 S Blair Street. Signs painted on the building: "Auto trimming glass replacement" Torgeson...
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Engine Room, Arcade Manufacturing Co.

Date: 09 26 1933
Description: A.H. Hubbell Company workers build a "Complete Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Lining" brick wall around a boiler in the engine room at Arcade Manufacturing C...
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Bowman Dairy and Farm

Date: 09 14 1932
Description: View across road towards the Bowman dairy and farm on Fish Hatchery Road.
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Pinckney Street Side of S.S. Kresge Variety Store

Date: 02 21 1932
Description: Pinckney Street side of S.S. Kresge variety, 25 E. Main Street. Also shows sign for tourist information booth for Association of Commerce, and sign for Bug...
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Johnson Oils Billboard

Date: 05 19 1930
Description: Johnson Oil Refining Company billboard. "20 years of quality ... time tells!" Featuring Father Time holding an hourglass in the center of the logo for "Joh...
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Conklin and Sons Oil Station

Date: 08 27 1929
Description: Conklin and Sons oil station at 655 W. Washington Avenue. A billboard on the side of building says "Sinclair HC Gasoline Stops Knocks." Next door on the le...
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Capitol Oil Company

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: View towards the Capitol Oil Company building, located at 919 East Main Street.
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Chris Ethun and Eunice Smith

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: Outdoor portrait of Chris Ethun and Eunice Smith as Security State Bank team captains for an employee contest to bring in $100,000 in new deposits. They ar...
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Contest Captains

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: Security Bank, male contest captains.
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Branch Bank of Wisconsin

Date: 01 13 1928
Description: Branch Bank of Wisconsin, 502 State Street, from W. Gilman Street. Also shows State Street Leader dry goods store at 504 State Street.
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International Bread Truck

Date: 1932
Description: International delivery truck for the Weber Baking Company featuring an illustration of a railroad train and the words "Weber's Pullman Bread." A man is sit...
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Farmall F-20 Tractor in front of International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1938
Description: Farmall F-20 tractor with attached mower and sun shade on a ramp outside a McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealership. Original caption reads: "The Farmer...
Book or Pamphlet

International Motor Trucks with Special Bodies for Bus and Transfer Service

Date: 1916
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1916 line of International motor trucks with special bodies for bus and transfer service. Features an image ...

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