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Robert Hall Clothing Store

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Robert Hall "America's Largest Clothing Chain," 3205 East Washington Avenue at Rathke Avenue.
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Clifford Motors Used Car Lot

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Clifford Motors Used Car Lot, 1210 East Washington Avenue. Also included in the view is the United Real Estate office building, 1212 East Washington Avenu...
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1200 Block of Williamson Street

Date: 04 17 1945
Description: The view east down the 1200 block of Williamson Street taken for Continental Casualty. Buildings include the Flesch Grocery, 1209 Williamson Street; Fire ...
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New Aluminum Canoes

Date: 06 29 1946
Description: A truckload of twenty-eight aluminum canoes in front of Madison Marine Service, 2102 Atwood Avenue. They were transported from Long Island, New York. The B...
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Kaysers Stadium Garage

Date: 04 12 1947
Description: View across street of Kaysers, Inc. Stadium Garage and Pure Oil Station, 1501 Monroe Street, at the corner of Regent Street.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students near Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street near The University Coop bookstore at Lake Street.
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Willett S. Main Building

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Willett S. Main building, built in the 1850's, on the corner of State Street and West Mifflin Street, looking west down the 100 block of State Street. The...
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Wisconsin State Journal Building Fire

Date: 11 19 1947
Description: Elevated view of three fire trucks at a fire in the Wisconsin State Journal building, 115-23 South Carroll Street. Other buildings on the street, looking ...
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Accident at Park and Regent Streets

Date: 05 24 1948
Description: A police ambulance, speeding a 3-year old, David King, seriously injured accident victim to a hospital, crashed into a Padgham Painting Co. truck, driven b...
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Fire Fighters with New Rescue Truck

Date: 01 06 1949
Description: Five fire fighters, Kendall Niebuhr, William J. Sullivan, John G. Randall, Chief Edward J. Page, and Gill S. Stone, pose with newly customized rescue truck...
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Truckload of Canoes at Madison Marine Service

Date: 06 29 1949
Description: A truckload of canoes in front of Madison Marine Service, 2102 Atwood Avenue, with eight employees standing in front. In the background is the Ben Franklin...
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Kayser Safety Parade

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: Three men are standing by a Dane County Police Ford station wagon during the Kayser Safety Parade in the 700 block of East Washington Avenue. Businesses in...
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Flooding at Nakoma Bus Stop

Date: 03 13 1950
Description: A woman is standing at a bus stop at the end of Monroe Street, the entrance to Nakoma, where puddles from melting snow cause water from passing traffic to ...
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Block System, Inc.; Sanitone Dry Cleaners

Date: 07 15 1953
Description: Dry cleaning business in storefront at 2017 Winnebago Street. A man stands by the open door of a Pontiac station wagon. House/storefront on the right is 2...
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Block System, Inc.; Sanitone Dry Cleaners

Date: 07 15 1953
Description: Dry cleaning store at 2434 University Avenue with Flesch's Color Bar paint store at 2436 University Avenue, left, and Jorgenson Photo Studio at 2436 Univer...
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Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Produce section of the Kroger Store at the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue.
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Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Interior of the Rennebohm's Drug store, Number 16, in the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue.
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Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Interior of the Spic and Span dry cleaning store in the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue.
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Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Racks of coats at the May's women's clothing store in the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue. Advertised as the state's first self-...
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Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 08 24 1953
Description: Interior of the Kinney Shoe Store at the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue.

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