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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the central business area on Franklin Street. On the right corner is the "Fish Shanty" Restaurant and on the left is the Rexall Drugstore. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View of businesses on High Street, including the Rexall Drugstore on the left corner. One can also see a glimpse of the City Hall, directly across the stre... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the intersection of Second Street and Grand Avenue (later renamed Wisconsin Avenue). Pictured on this corner is Dadd's Drug Store, 137 Grand Avenue... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of cars parked outside of several downtown businesses. Pictured from the left are a bank, Liese Drugstore, the Wright Bakery, two unidentified awnings... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a streetcar going down North Main Street. Raiche Drugstore sits on the right corner. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the west side of Main Street. Stores pictured (right to left): Kypke's Dry Goods store, Heimstreet's Drugstore, and a saloon. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages downtown, at the corner of Main and Fifth Street. J.A. Erhart & Sons' Drugstore are on the right side of the... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of downtown businesses, on the courthouse square. On the right corner is a drugstore and shoe store. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men working on telephone lines from scaffolding attached to the pole in front of the telephone exchange building. |
| Date: | 03 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store. |
| Date: | 11 18 1966 |
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| Description: | Two men carry signs to protest exploitation of tenants who are members of Local 404 by their landlord who is manager of College Barber Shop. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Protesters demonstrating for women's rights parade up and down Fifth Avenue. They had previously been arrested at the White House. |
| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
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| Description: | Two farmers standing in the bed of a wooden Columbus wagon loaded with groceries and other goods. The original caption reads: "One of the reasons why Alaba... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b... |
| Date: | 06 03 1899 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathered on the main street to witness the delivery of McCormick binders, mowers and other machines to customers. McCormick Harvesting Machine Compan... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company office building from the corner of Market and Jackson streets. The building's address was 212 Market Street. Offices f... |
| Date: | 04 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters from neighboring communities help put out at a nighttime fire in the downtown business district. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
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