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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 03 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street, under construction, looking east, showing the back sides of buildings along State Street.
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Farmers Mutual Auto Insurance Company

Date: 07 19 1935
Description: Farmers Mutual Auto Insurance Company, 312 Wisconsin Avenue. Original building was the former Joseph Boyd mansion. Contractor for the remodeling job was Fr...
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. A woman is walking on the street nearby, and a boy or man w...
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store.
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Elevated View of Clark Street

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view north along Clark Street with pedestrians, street cars, trucks and automobiles. Lincoln Park is on the right; the Belden Stratford Hotel is o...
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Construction of the Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: After his success with the State Street and Pinckney Street car dealerships, Louis Schoelkopf built a new building at 210 E. Washington Avenue. The constru...
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Lincoln-Ford Fordson Tow Truck

Date: 1921
Description: View from street of the Lincoln-Ford Fordson tow truck, with "authorized service" printed on the tow truck arm. On the cab of the tow truck is a line drawi...
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Rebuilding

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with lumber standing in front of the frame of building under construction facing Main Street. There is a worker...
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Construction Site in City

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View along street towards pedestrians on the left. On the right, below street level, are construction workers standing below street level near trucks and a...

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