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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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Ralph Timmons

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Ralph Timmons, president of Ralph Timmons Advertising Agency, 1. South Pinckney Street, seated at his desk.
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Grand Prize Auto

Date: 05 27 1934
Description: Ray Perkins, President of The Wisconsin Engraving Company, standing beside his new Oldsmobile sedan which he won at the Zor Shrine Temple's Past Potentate ...
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Mayor Schmedeman Getting Theater Pass

Date: 02 27 1931
Description: Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman getting a theater pass from Charles Loewenberg, manager of the Strand Theatre.
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Portrait of Hal Hoak and Walter Dunn

Date: 01 14 1931
Description: Informal portrait of Hal Hoak and Walter Dunn in their men's clothing store at 644 State 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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N.L. Dahl

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Description: Photograph of N.L. Dahl in front of a horse-drawn hearse. Photograph is mounted on an advertising card reading: "For Coffins, Caskets, and Trimmings at rea...
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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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Thomas E. Coleman (1893-1964)

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Description: Portrait of Thomas E. Coleman sitting at a desk. He was the "boss" of the Republican Party in Wisconsin in the 1950s and President of Madison-Kipp Corporat...
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Leonard J. Farwell

Date: 1860
Description: Leonard J. Farwell (1819-1889), Madison businessman-promoter and Wisconsin's only Whig governor (1852-1854). When this salted paper portrait was taken, Far...
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George B. Delaplaine

Date: 1860
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of George B. Delaplaine (1814-1895), of Madison, Wisconsin. Delaplaine arrived in Madison in 1838 after having worked in...
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Golfer Kenneth W. Grafton

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Kenneth W. Grafton, member of the firm Reitan-Lerdahl and Company, and secretary of the Nakoma Golf Club, swinging a golf club.
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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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J.H. Svendsen and Joe Borecek

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: Portrait of J.H. Svendsen (left), owner of Svendsen's Painting and Decorating Firm at 118 State Street, and Joe Borecek, retail store manager. The store wa...
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Charles J. Allen

Date: 12 27 1945
Description: Portrait of Charles J. Allen, president of the Madison Bowling Association. Mr. Allen was a barber by trade and a co-partner in a radio and appliance store...
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Louis Waldorf and E.C. "Ole" Severson at Burr Oaks Golf Course

Date: 04 17 1947
Description: Pictured left to right are Louis Waldorf, manager, and E.C. "Ole" Severson, owner, of the recently remodeled Burr Oaks public golf course on South Park Str...
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Ingvald Hovde, President, Hovde Realty Company

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: Portrait of Ingvald Hovde, President of Hovde Realty Company, 114 North Carroll Street.
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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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Joseph Bruno and Santos Caravello

Date: 11 01 1948
Description: Joseph Bruno and Santos Caravello. The two men testified regarding the importance of the Optimist Club in helping give them at an early age, as children li...

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