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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 03 16 1939 |
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| Description: | Fort Atkinson street corner showing, left to r.ight, a drug store, photography studio, C.B. Hinterschied 5 cent-$1.00 store, The Green Hat Lunches and Hopk... |
| Date: | 12 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the roof of the Park Hotel. Main Street businesses seen include, from the left: Western Union Telegraph Company at 21 West Main Street, ... |
| Date: | 06 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Carl Federman, foreman of the Allen Wrecking Company, standing on the truck being loaded with debris from the razing of the Democrat Printing Company build... |
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| Description: | View form across street of the French Lumber Company, a two-story brick building with the Chicago Dental Parlors occupying the second floor, on a street co... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the south side 200 block of State Street. A large sign announces the coming of a new Montgomery Ward's store on the site. Stores shown inc... |
| Date: | 04 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall at 118 Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Boulevard). The building was three windows wide... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of Main Street. Commercial buildings are on both sides of the street, and cars are parked along the curb. A service garage in t... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An uphill view of a street in the main business district. The right side is lined with buildings. A drug store, a chiropractor and signs for tires and gas.... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down center of Main Street. On the left a group of men are gathered on the sidewalk near a drinking fountain which is in front of a brick building wit... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View from street of a street corner in the business district, with a large brick building housing the J.A.W. Sprecher general merchandise store, with fire ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view from the street of the Goodwin block, featuring a hotel and a pharmacy. Several bicycles are parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Go... |
| Date: | 07 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison Hotel, located at 108 North Pinckney, is the oldest building on the Capitol Square and one of Madison's oldest landmarks. It was built in 1838. It ... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Carroll Street towards the back end of the Wisconsin Building. The words "Office Entrance" are carved into the stone above the main door.... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gilman Street towards the Charles H. Hopper Building. The building has a sign for The Thesis Center on the ground floor, a center for typi... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gorham Street, on the corner of State Street, towards the back side of Kirch Building. The ground floor contains Erehwon Mountain Supply. ... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Fairchild Street towards the back side of the C.E. Buell Building. The building is three stories high and contains apartments, with a fir... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across East Washington towards Pyramid Realty. A car is parked outside of the building. To the right is a small parking lot, and to the left is an all... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Frances Street, at the intersection with University Avenue, towards the Olwell Building. The upper floors are apartment buildings, with t... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across State Street towards two buildings. On the left is the neoclassical Schumacher Building, and on the right is oart of the Queen Anne style Stand... |
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