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| Date: | 11 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Uptown Post #400 Drill Team in formation firing a salute on Armistice Day while passers-by pause to pay their respects. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Manchester's, Incorporated, a department store on Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of State Street looking toward Bascom Hall and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. |
| Date: | 06 18 1952 |
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| Description: | A hosiery window display with mannequins at Hills Store, 202 State Street. A sign in the window reads: "Fruit-of-the-Loom Nationally Famous Nylons, 99 cent... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A view down State Street looking towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | King Street, looking past the Majestic Theater, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building and surrounding Madison area. Lake Monona is in the background. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and surrounding area. The view is looking northwest, with King Street on the bottom right, and S. Hamilton Stree... |
| Date: | 09 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Research Products Company display window at Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Hardware Store, featuring Filter-Fry frying pan cover and E Z Kleen air filters. 17 South ... |
| Date: | 07 19 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior of stores on State Street, including Sandra Hat Shop, 101 State Street; The Perfume Shop, 103 State Street; Olson's Dress Shop, 105 State Street a... |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui... |
| Date: | 03 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Night view of the "Mifflin Arcade" with terra cotta facade. Businesses include Silver Dollar Tavern at 117 West Mifflin Street, Sibyl Hats at 119 West Miff... |
| Date: | 11 17 1956 |
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| Description: | View of the Dane County Courthouse, 207 West Main Street, erected in 1885, the second on this site, just prior to being razed and replaced by a parking ram... |
| Date: | 03 03 1957 |
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| Description: | A view of Olin Terrace. The terrace and fountain were built in 1934 by CWA and FERA workers. It was designed by Frank Riley, Madison architect, in the Ital... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of some of the businesses on North Main Street, including the Strand Theater and Olk Drugs. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Corner of Canal and Congress streets, showing a building erected by James Sprague and Lyman D. Holford in 1880. Two stores occupied the ground floor, inclu... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View from Capitol Square Park of the Belmont Hotel and nearby buildings. Includes the storefronts for Simpson's and Rennebohm Drug Store #6, at 19 North Pi... |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of cars parked alongside businesses on Third Street. Bassett's Drugstore is on the left side of the street. |
| Date: | 03 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store. |
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