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Valentine Flower Window Display

Date: 02 12 1941
Description: Valentine floral display window at University Floral Company, 747 University Avenue. Owned by Dea McVicar and his son Angus McVicar.
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Education Week Window Display

Date: 11 08 1938
Description: Rentschler Floral Company, 228-230 State, window display for American Education Week.
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Charmley Drug Store Window

Date: 10 21 1935
Description: Charmley Drug Store, 902 East Johnson Street, window display of pictures of ten "Common Medicinal Plants found in Dane County."
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McKay Nursery

Date: 09 28 1931
Description: Storefront of McKay Nursery, 911 University Avenue. The sign above the entrance reads: "McKay Nursery Co. Wisconsin's Greatest Nursery."
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Rentschler Floral Company F.T.D. Display Window

Date: 12 05 1952
Description: Rentschler Floral Company Floral Telegraph Delivery window display, "Flower's-by-Wire, Around the World."
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Rentschler Floral FTD Window Display

Date: 12 08 1952
Description: Rentschler Floral Company, 230 State Street, Floral Telegraph Delivery window display with plants and floral arrangements, banner with world map and "Flowe...
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Elevated New York Street Scene

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a street scene in downtown, featuring a small park with a fountain, and many pedestrians among tall buildings.
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Main Street

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road of right side of Main Street. Banners strung across the street read "Chautauga." There is a pickup truck parked in the automotive repai...
Postcard

Court House

Date: 
Description: Exterior of the three-story court house and grounds. Lake Superior is in the background.
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down street with children playing in the background. Along the street is a row of businesses and storefronts. Advertisements for Chesterfield cigarett...
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Voting Rights Protesters

Date: 1964
Description: View down sidewalk of two male protestors wearing signs around their necks walking down a sidewalk in a Freedom Summer civil rights demonstration. The sign...
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Reedsburg Woolen Mills and Dam

Date: 1921
Description: View from shoreline over the Baraboo River towards a dam, with a mill on the opposite shoreline. A bridge and a business district are in the background.
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View of the central business district, with unidentified businesses, some with false fronts. Automobiles and a truck are parked along the sidewalk. A man a...
Postcard

Park Commercial St.

Date: 
Description: Colorized view of a park located in the central business district. Caption reads: "Park Commercial St., Brandon, Wis."
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Railroad Station

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view looking down over the railroad station district.
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Women Walking Poodles

Date: 1965
Description: Two women, one walking a pair of toy poodle dogs, on a sidewalk in front of the Churchill Hotel.
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Dr. Penton's Office, Telephone Company, and Van Schaick Studio

Date: 
Description: View from street towards the facades of Dr. Penton's Office, the telephone company and Van Schaick's photography studio. Two men are standing on the sidewa...
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Lydia Winterbotham Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Pinckney Street towards the Lydia Winterbotham Building, a Richardsonian Romanesque building. The ground floor is The Perfume shops, with...
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Electric Shaver Service, Schwartz Jewelers and H. Halperin Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. On the far left is the back of a large billboard next to the side of the brick building which has two busin...
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Spring Flowers

Date: 03 26 1959
Description: View from inside looking through show window towards two young girls holding umbrellas who are standing outdoors on the sidewalk on the Capitol Square. The...

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