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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: | 06 01 1935 |
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| Description: | Waters Motor Co., located at 802 East Washington Avenue. There are two men shaking hands in front of old and new Pontiacs. |
| Date: | 06 01 1935 |
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| Description: | Waters Motors Co., 802 East Washington Avenue. Two men are shaking hands in front of old and new Pontiacs parked along the curb. |
| Date: | 11 20 1933 |
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| Description: | Thanksgiving dining room display window at Burdick & Murray, 15-19 East Main Street. Featuring a mannequin wearing a dress and an apron, linens, china, cry... |
| Date: | 04 08 1931 |
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| Description: | Crowd in front of Praga Furniture store, 203-207 King Street, at 1st Anniversary celebration. The Fess Hotel sign is along a doorway on the right. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench. |
| Date: | 01 27 1947 |
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| Description: | H.S. Manchester Inc., department store Valentine Day Berkshire hosiery, nylon stockings, window display. |
| Date: | 05 18 1956 |
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| Description: | Brides window at the Cinderella Frocks store, located at 8 South Carroll Street. In the window are four mannequins dressed in bridal attire in an altar sce... |
| Date: | 02 07 1948 |
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| Description: | S.S. Kresge Store, 25-27 East Main Street, display window featuring Valentine's Day gift selections, with sign: "Now! Every Tot Can Have a Ballerina (skirt... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Five men stand on a city street surrounded by onlookers, perhaps a parade or some other public event. Two of the men in the street are carrying photography... |
| Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Crowds at the corner of East Mifflin Street and North Pinckney Street on V-J Day, August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of J... |
| Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Automobiles and police officer on West Mifflin Street. Celebration of V-J Day August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of Japan... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of Santa Claus and his reindeer riding on the top wing of a bi-plane. More sacks of toys and wrapped gifts are on the lower wing. Buildings an... |
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| Description: | View across board sidewalk towards a hearse being pulled by a team of two horses wearing fly-nets. |
| Date: | 12 25 1907 |
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| Description: | A crowd poses with Santa Claus in front of Hall's Book Store during a Christmas celebration. Business signs read, (partially obscured): "National Bank." Ca... |
| Date: | 04 21 1970 |
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| Description: | View looking down at a crowd of people holding the first Earth Day March as they arrive at the Wisconsin State Capitol at the top of State Street. The marc... |
| Date: | 07 1886 |
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| Description: | Intersection of 4th and Steele Streets facing east. The building in the lower right is the Knipfer building, now Algoma Mercantile. Bunting adorns the Boed... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade. Elevated view of the crowd as the U.S. Army 32nd Division passes along Main Street. The Tenney Building is in the background. |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Reviewing stand for the Wisconsin centennial parade being built on Monona Avenue. Visible in the background are the Woolworth store in the Pioneer Building... |
| Date: | 04 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A large group of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are marching, each with an American flag. In the ... |
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