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Manchester's Department Store Photo Studio

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work.
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Decorator

Date: 03 21 1934
Description: Beatrice Conley, staff director of the Mautz Home Decoration Service, sitting at a desk in her office at 939 East Washington Avenue.
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Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars Vendor

Date: 06 28 1933
Description: Portrait of disabled World War I veteran Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars vendor, who was arrested for selling on the street.
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Radio Transmitter and Walter T. Butler

Date: 10 29 1930
Description: Walter T. Butler stands beside a radio transmitter in his store, Butler Radio Service, 606 University Avenue.
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Kidder's Radio Repair Department

Date: 10 23 1930
Description: Repairmen at Kidder's Radio repair department posing next to their workbench.
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ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 10 1930
Description: Two girls standing at the Schoep's Ice Cream and Food Company Inc. booth at the ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) fall festival.
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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Young's Cafe

Date: 08 05 1947
Description: Slightly elevated view of the interior of Young's Cafe, located at 316 East Wilson Street. Joseph and Anna Young are standing in the Cafe surrounded by bou...
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Erdis Hansen

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Erdis Hansen, one of Madison's leading businesswomen, shown in one of the two Perfume Shops she owns in the city. She is a member of the National Business ...
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Imogene Boggs

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Miss Imogene Boggs, membership chairman of the Business and Professional Women's Club, standing next to her truck. She was the owner of the Suburban Gas an...
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Anna Silbernagel Kurz

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Anna Silbernagel Kurz, reminisces about her father, Jacob Silbernagel, an early downtown Madison businessman for a story in the Wiscons...
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Paper Boy Delivering Newspapers

Date: 1918
Description: A boy wearing a coat and hat standing on a sidewalk while delivering newspapers to nearby homes. Attached to his newspaper bag is a sign reading: "Cook Cou...
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Lifke Candle Business

Date: 2004
Description: The Lifkes have started a sideline business making candles. The business, called "Field of Light Soy Candle Co.," features candles made from soy wax.
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Preparing Watercress for Sale

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Mae Chidester and her son Philip demonstrate their technique of preparing watercress for shipping to Madison retail outlets. The watercress grows on the la...
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John R. Wrage

Date: 09 01 1954
Description: Portrait of John R. Wrage, general campaign manager of the 1954 United Givers Campaign, as well as personnel director and assistant vice-president at Gisho...
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Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Advertising portrait of Ole Olson. He is wearing a uniform and bow tie with emblem patches on his jacket and cap. He is holding a gas hose nozzle and is st...
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Harold Van Gordon, Paint Department Manager

Date: 09 28 1957
Description: Harold Van Gordon, manager of the paint department, poses by the paint brush display in the paint department at C & P Shopping Center at 3830 Atwood Avenue...
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Madison Business Protective Association Sets Up Alarm System

Date: 02 1961
Description: Bruce Critser, manager of Madison Business Protective Association, sits in front of the new fire and holdup and burglar alarm system board which goes into ...
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Ladies' Perfume Maker

Date: 12 12 1961
Description: Adelaide Chaqueneau, who took over her father's business of making perfumes for women that would only be sold to men in men's stores or men's departments o...
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Dexter Curtis Trunks and Valises

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Description: View from street of two men standing just inside the open doorway of the storefront. Trunks are displayed on pallets set up on the wooden sidewalk. Dexter ...

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