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Customers at Security State Bank

Date: 09 03 1932
Description: Line of customers out the door at re-opened Security State Bank at Schenk's Corners, 1965 Atwood Avenue.
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Public Works Department

Date: 12 1954
Description: Department of Public Works workers look over signs to be posted on city streets.
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Children Playing in Flooded Street

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Children in swimming suits playing in a miniature lake created by heavy rains in the area of Fox and Prospect Avenues.
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Officer Frank Ingraham with School Children

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Officer Frank B. Ingraham, at his beat on the corners of State, Henry, and Johnson Streets, with young school children from Holy Redeemer School. Ingraham ...
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1939
Description: South Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square. The view includes several retail shops and a women's clothing store.
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Earth Day March

Date: 04 21 1970
Description: People walking near a bus before the first Earth Day march. One man is holding up an ecology flag. In the background people are standing on the sidewalk un...
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Badger Bus Coach

Date: 04 28 1949
Description: A Badger Bus Company bus picking up passengers on Fairchild Street due to the Union Bus Station being closed because of a Northland Greyhound Bus strike.
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Flooding at Nakoma Bus Stop

Date: 03 13 1950
Description: A woman is standing at a bus stop at the end of Monroe Street, the entrance to Nakoma, where puddles from melting snow cause water from passing traffic to ...
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Madison Street Sign Shop

Date: 02 15 1951
Description: Milton Kneebone, a member of the city street-marking crew, spray-paints street name signs.
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Eastmorland Bike Parade

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Bicycles are decorated as part of the Eastmorland bike parade. The bikes belong to and were decorated by, from left to right: Jimmy Walsh, Mindy Peck, Lynn...
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The Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: A view from Bedford Street of the smouldering ruins of the Hotel Washington. A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a parked firetruck. Water being us...
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Ledwith Carriage Manufactory

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Description: View across street towards three men standing in the open doorway of the Carriage Manufactory. James Ledwith operated this business at 211 E. Main Street f...
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Razing of Manchester's Department Store

Date: 06 1985
Description: View up Wisconsin Avenue at West Dayton Street towards the razing of Manchester's Department Store. There are construction workers working near two cranes ...
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Confusing City Street Names

Date: 12 31 1964
Description: Harold Thompson, City Traffic Engineering Foreman, with a display of some street signs with look-alike and sound-alike names, a problem for fire and police...
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Crazy Mary's Leatherie

Date: 1982
Description: View across Williamson Street towards a woman standing in the open doorway of a shop with a sign that reads: "Crazy Mary's Leatherie." The building is on a...
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Suzy nee Elvira Dambry

Date: 1982
Description: A profile view of the head of a woman, Suzy nee Elvira Dambry, sitting on a porch and looking across the street at a large brick building on the corner of ...
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Piper Brothers Bakers and Grocers

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Description: View across intersection towards the Piper Brothers Bakers and Grocers shop on the corner of Pinckney and Mifflin Streets. Other stores on that block, from...
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Musicians on Corner of State Street

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Description: A group of musicians gathered on the corner of State and W. Johnson Streets.
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Cafe on the Square

Date: 10 09 2014
Description: Interior view of three young men sitting at a bar facing the window of a cafe, shaded by an outdoor awning. The building across the street has a glass faca...
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Eiffel Tower Replica

Date: 09 17 1964
Description: Pedestrians pass a replica of the Eiffel Tower being constructed by workers at the corner of East Washington and Pinckney Streets on the Capitol Square. Th...

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