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Capitol Theatre at Night

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Elevated view of the Capitol Theatre at night with sign and marquee, located at 209-211 State Street. On the left is the Fred W. Kruse Co., and on the righ...
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Karsten's Boy Scouts Window

Date: 02 14 1945
Description: Karsten's Men's & Children's Clothing Store, 24 North Carroll Street, display window featuring a mannequin dressed in a Boy Scout uniform and posters with ...
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Manchester's, Inc., Fabric Window #1

Date: 02 09 1944
Description: Manchester's, Inc., fabric window #1, showing "perfectly matched prints and solid colors" by Wesley Simpson.
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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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Tarzan Movie Display Window

Date: 05 27 1934
Description: Window display at The Hub, 22 W. Mifflin Street, for the movie "Tarzan and His Mate." Window also shows Johnny Weissmuller in BVD Swimsuit.
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Orpheum Theater

Date: 08 06 1933
Description: "Gold Diggers of 1933" on Orpheum Theater marquee, 216 State Street. The entrance to Weber's Restaurant is on the left side of the theater.
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Kessenich's "Cotton Cottage"

Date: 05 18 1933
Description: Kessenich's "Cotton Cottage" (built to look like a cottage with yellow woodwork, red checked gingham curtains and rag rugs on the floor) built on the secon...
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Fanchon & Marco Girls Wearing Hats

Date: 09 16 1932
Description: Close-up of eight women performers from a Fanshon & Marco dance revue wearing new fall hats and fur capes at Heller's, 205 State Street.
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Fanchon & Marco Showgirls

Date: 05 20 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco showgirls posing while wearing straw hats at Karsten's clothing store.
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Vaudeville Actors in front of Crescent Clothing

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ...
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World's Largest Tire in front of RKO Orpheum Theatre

Date: 11 02 1930
Description: View across street towards the World's largest tire on display in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. A group of people are standing on t...
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Amos 'n Andy on the Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 10 28 1930
Description: The Capitol Theatre marquee, 209 State Street, advertises Amos 'n Andy in "Check and Double Check" flanked by the Lurose' women's clothing store, 205 State...
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Advertising for Movie "Africa Speaks"

Date: 09 10 1930
Description: A truck with sign advertising the movie, "Africa Speaks" is parked in front of the Kaybee Store, next to the Capitol Theatre, 209 State Street where the mo...
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"Half Shot at Sunrise" on Marquee

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee featuring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in "Half Shot at Sunrise." Next to the theater on the left is the Lurose women's clothing...
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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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President & Mrs. Cleveland Trade Card

Date: 1886
Description: The marriage of bachelor President Grover Cleveland to Frances Folsom, his 21-year old ward, in 1886 captured the nation's romantic imagination, a sentimen...
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Berlin Woolen Mills Letterhead

Date: 1876
Description: Letterhead of the Berlin Woolen Mills bearing an engraving of the factory, which is unusual because of its French Mansard roof.
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Studio Portrait of Man with Luggage

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Description: A studio portrait of a man who is posing standing with one leg resting on luggage and holding a pencil and a bill pad in front of a painted backdrop. He is...
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The Russell Block

Date: 1900
Description: The Russell Block, 1606-1608 Tower Avenue. The 1899 City Directory makes the first mention of New York Furriers, Simmons and Malik, proprietors. New York F...
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Genoa Junction Free Public Library

Date: 10 07 1905
Description: Interior view of the Genoa Junction Free Public Library. Reverse of cardboard mounting reads: "Genoa Junction Free Public Library, Genoa Junction, Wisconsi...

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