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J.C. Penney Co. Storefront

Date: 1940
Description: The storefront of the J.C. Penney store, 127 Third Street. There are summer clothes, hats, and shoes for men and women in the display windows. There is a h...
Photograph

Unseth and Bekkedal Block

Date: 
Description: View of a street corner in a central business district. In the foreground is a boy standing next to a parked car, and another boy and a man are standing i...
Photograph

Business District

Date: 1911
Description: View down street towards the a central business district. There is a T intersection at the end of the main street. Storefronts with awnings line both sides...
Postcard

Masonic Temple

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard of an exterior view from the street of the Masonic Temple on a corner. The Peter Pfeffer haberdasher shop is on the ground floor at t...
Photograph

The Carroll Block

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Carroll Street towards the Spoo and Son storefront, with signs for Hickey-Freeman clothes, and Florsheim shoes. There are mannequins in t...
Photograph

The Vroman Block

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Carroll Street towards the Vroman block. A glass door on the far left has a sign for the Credit Bureau of Madison. A large sign above the...
Photograph

Manchester Corner Store and Student Apartments

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Frances Street towards a student apartment building at the corner of State Street. On the ground floor is the Manchester Corner Store, wi...
Photograph

S.L. Parke Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the S.L. Parke Building. The ground floor contains two businesses: Nedrebo's Formal Wear and Tuxedo Rental on the left, wi...
Photograph

Willett S. Main Building and Caputo Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, on the corner of West Mifflin Street, towards the Willett S. Main Building (left) and the Caputo Building (right). The upper floo...
Photograph

Henry Schulkamp Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Henry Schulkamp Building. The upper two floors are apartments. The ground floor is Martin's Midwest Western Wear. Clot...
Photograph

Cornblooms and C.J. McCoy Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. On the left is Cornblooms, a clothing store. The building on the right is the C.J. McCoy Building. The uppe...
Photograph

Henry Pecher Building, Michael Davy Building, and Borenstein Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards three buildings. On the far right, with the year 1898 in relief at the top, is the Henry Pecher Building. Next to it is th...
Photograph

Matthew Gay Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, at the intersection with North Henry Street, towards the Queen Anne-style Matthew Gay Building, a two-story building with a turre...
Postcard

McLellan's Store Exterior

Date: 07 1941
Description: Text on reverse reads: "July 1941. This is an exterior view of our new and enlarged store at West Allis, Wis. Note the double set of doors and corner entra...

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