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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International heavy-duty coal truck owned by Pocahontas Coal Company decorated. Placard on truck reads: "International motor truck. All steel shapes, plate... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | McCormick grain binder decorated with stars and stripes on the street in front of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. The location is possib... |
| Date: | 08 15 1930 |
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| Description: | A crowd of children, some in costume, gather at the Orpheum Theatre entrance behind a caricature labeled "Jack Holt" during a promotion for the film, "Swin... |
| Date: | 02 21 1930 |
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| Description: | Chanticleer orchestra group portrait in front of a fireplace. |
| Date: | 02 21 1930 |
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| Description: | Chanticleer orchestra and manager posing in front of the fireplace. |
| Date: | 02 21 1930 |
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| Description: | Chanticleer orchestra with their instruments in the pit. |
| Date: | 09 21 1928 |
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| Description: | Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | People gathered around picket fence in front of a decorated St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 08 24 1927 |
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| Description: | Little girl in a frilly dress posing with an umbrella while standing on a flower-covered parade float. The float is built around an International truck and... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the J.W. Mason hardware store, next to a barbershop. A horse and buggy are driving past the store. |
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| Description: | New Orleans street scene. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks, and a streetcar can be seen in the distance. "Moskau Cabinet Works, door and window scr... |
| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Betty Lou Borenson and Cynthia Alexander preparing University of Wisconsin-Madison Homecoming decorations in the Memorial Union student workshop. |
| Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Junior Red Cross members making Christmas tree decorations for military service units and hospitals overseas. Arline Whitefoot, on the right, assists a you... |
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| Description: | View across unpaved street towards horses and buggies in a parade, with a crowd of people walking on the sidewalk in front of patriotically decorated store... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International motor truck, possibly decorated for a parade. A woman rides on a McCormick-Deering tractor placed on the truck's bed. The sign on the truck r... |
| Date: | 07 03 1896 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of waiters and customers in the Schlitz Palm Garden. The idea of the garden was borrowed from Germany where beer gardens were common. It open... |
| Date: | 12 16 1949 |
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| Description: | In preparation for Christmas, Girl Scout Troop 42 of Nakoma School made 30 stuffed animals for children at the Washington Orthopedic school, and 100 Christ... |
| Date: | 12 11 1950 |
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| Description: | A scene from the "Emperor's Waltz" party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity house. In the library decorated as a formal garden are, seated, left to right: ... |
| Date: | 11 14 1951 |
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| Description: | Charles Thomas of East High School, and Pat Lawrence of West High School put the finishing touches on decorations for the all-city football team banquet at... |
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