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Fall Festival Entertainers

Date: 09 08 1930
Description: Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival.
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Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated

Date: 10 22 1945
Description: Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated, window display featuring a "Tula" negligee, "After the ballet is over - a ballerina Tula negligee." In the background ...
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Manchester's, Inc., Window #1, Hats

Date: 09 05 1945
Description: Window #1 at H.S. Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, showing seven hats, accessories, a floral arrangement, and a portrait of a woman wearing a hat...
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Dyers Shoe Store Political Window

Date: 10 07 1936
Description: Dyers Shoe Store, at 109 State Street, with a display window featuring men's shoes, and the words: "Comfortable shoes satisfy all parties," and "Give your ...
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Man Selling Ties to Emerie Ann Lincoln

Date: 03 21 1935
Description: A man is selling neckties to blues singer Emerie Ann Lincoln, at Spoo & Stephan Store, 18 N. Carroll Street.
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Handicraft Sales at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Handicrafts, including wicker furniture and rugs on display at the sales display room in Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota M...
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Playing the RCA Victor Theremin

Date: 10 17 1930
Description: Charlotte Hilton playing the Victor Theremin musical instrument invented by Leon Theremin, at the Ludlow Radio Company store, 116 N. Fairchild Street.
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Manchesters Bathing Suit Window Display

Date: 06 10 1946
Description: Manchesters Inc. display window containing two mannequins wearing "Petti" bathing suits, and a life-size poster of a girl in a "Petti" bathing suit.
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Machinery and Insurance Business of Reinhardt and Pelunek

Date: 1880
Description: Several people posed among farm implements in front of the machinery and insurance business of Gustav Reinhardt and Charles Pelunek (a.k.a. "Bohemian Charl...
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Grocery Store on Main Street

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Description: O.C. O'Hearn Grocery Store, Main Street, with the front window filled with apples, and a man standing in the doorway. Another man is standing on the sidewa...
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Wellentin & Son Jewelers

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: Store window of Wellentin & Sons, Jewelers, 122 West Washington Avenue, featuring "Boulevard Watches" and their WKOW radio program.
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Women Displaying Home Crafts

Date: 10 31 1956
Description: Mrs. Lester Paul, Homecrafter Chairman for the University League, and Mrs. Irving Raznikov, Homecrafter Chairman of the Easter Seal Society, displaying hom...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view of men driving a circus calliope for a parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam throu...
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Frances Statz with Samples of Picture Frames

Date: 10 25 1946
Description: Frances Statz, daughter of Fred L. Statz, owner of the Fred. L. Statz Company, 123 West Main Street, shown displaying framed picture in front of display of...
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Milking Machine Parts

Date: 1931
Description: Two men standing amongst McCormick-Deering milking machine parts in a display decorated with signs and overhead banners. The display was most likely part o...
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McCormick-Deering 6-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 1935
Description: Three ladies and four men examine a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler at a dealership or branch house. The photograph was taken in a large well-lit room ...
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Members of Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: The warming room with its corner snack bar and music area at the Madison Figure Skating Club's new indoor skating arena at Truax Field. Jane Spencer, daug...
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Showroom at Muscatine Imp. Co.

Date: 01 14 1929
Description: Tractors, plows, harrows and other farm equipment on display in the showroom of the Muscatine Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Ban...
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Showroom of Morrison Implement Co.

Date: 1929
Description: Two men in the showroom of the Morrison Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. On display are tractors, plows, harrows, a stationary eng...
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Ho-Chunk Family Sitting near Board Sidewalk

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, woman, and child are sitting on steps in front of a storefront on a board sidewalk. Along the sidewalk in front of windows are two painting...

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