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Chanticleer Building

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: Chanticleer Orchestra managers, each with a dog at his side, sitting on the front steps of a building with an awning overhead that reads "Chanticleer."
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Bartenders Pouring Drinks

Date: 03 10 1937
Description: Two bartenders pour drinks for customers at the Circular Bar in the Park Hotel.
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Chevrolet #10,000,021

Date: 11 23 1934
Description: Wisconsin Chevrolet officials celebrating a milestone in company history, the 23rd anniversary of the company. On that anniversary date this car was built ...
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Morey Airplane Co. Personnel

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Group portrait of Morey Airplane Co. personnel, with five people. Standing left to right: Winston Smith, mechanic, Frank McCormick, pilot and shop super, A...
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Presentation of the Moose Prize Car

Date: 08 04 1930
Description: Mr. Larson presenting the Moose Whippet prize car to the winner at Whippet Knight Sales Company, 437 W. Gilman Street.
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Josiah A. Noonan

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Josiah A. Noonan. He was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. Noonan came to Wisconsin in November of 1836. H...
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Manager and Jello

Date: 1979
Description: An unidentified manager of Rennebohm Drug Stores, Inc., holding a dish of jello in a kitchen area.
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Louis H. Wagner

Date: 06 04 1944
Description: Louis H. Wagner with man discussing establishment of a youth center in Madison. Wagner is co-owner of the Campus Soda Grill, 714 State Street.
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Editor Marshall F. Browne

Date: 08 04 1944
Description: Marshall F. Browne at his typewriter. He was editor and publisher of the "East Side News" and several other publications.
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Bernhard Mautz

Date: 09 27 1944
Description: Bernhard "Bernie" Mautz, president, general manager, and founder of the Mautz Paint and Varnish Company, at his desk. Mr. Mautz was chairman of Madison's 1...
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Phil Dickert and Joe Klein

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Phil Dickert (left) and Joe Klein (right) pictured with cans of Mautz paint at the Klein-Dickert Co. store at 752 University Avenue.
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Henry Reynolds

Date: 03 21 1947
Description: Henry Reynolds, candidate for Madison City Council, shown seated at his desk at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Company.
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Joseph R. Valentine

Date: 10 04 1948
Description: Portrait of Joseph R. Valentine, operator of Club Chanticleer in Middleton that was robbed.
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The Ringling Family

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Description: Studio group portrait of the Ringling family, including Al Ringling. The brothers in the photo are: John (sitting left ), Al, Alfred "Alf T.," August "Gus...
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T.G. Mandt

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Description: Quarter-length formal studio portrait of T.G. Mandt.
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South Side Men's Club X-Ray Drive

Date: 07 22 1949
Description: South Side Men's Club X-Ray Drive members urge all south-side residents over 15 years of age to have chest X-rays taken during the club's anti-tuberculosis...
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Madison Businessmen's Association Past Presidents

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: Four past presidents of the Madison Businessmen's Association were honored at the group's annual summer outing and dinner at the Nakoma Country Club. Left ...
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Businessman Joe Dottl

Date: 10 06 1949
Description: Joe Dottl, founder of the Ideal Body Company at 502 South Park Street, sitting at a desk. He is a native of Germany and became a blacksmith when he came to...
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Madison Golf Course Manager

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: "Cully" Schlict, manager at the Blackhawk Country Club, re-winding the shaft of a driver in the clubhouse.
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, right, conducting an on-the-street interview with W.H. Kelly, a sporting goods dealer and Navy veteran, about his opinions on the ...

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