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Kayser Safety Parade

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: Musicians in the back of a truck with a banner on the side reading "Enter Ford's $100,000 CAR SAFETY CONTEST Today!" during the Kayser safety parade on Eas...
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Kayser Safety Parade

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: Line-up of Ford cars and trucks for the Kayser safety parade in the 700 block of East Washington Avenue. Musicians are in the back of a truck and commercia...
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Pyramid Motor Company Used Car Lot

Date: 12 22 1949
Description: Four cars park in the Pyramid Motor Company used car lot at 721 University Avenue. A company billboard is on the side of the Dictaphone Sales Agency buildi...
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Pyramid Motor Company Used Car Lot

Date: 12 22 1949
Description: Cars park in the Pyramid Motor Company used car lot at 721 University Avenue. The Standard Oil Company service station sign can be seen in the background ...
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University Avenue Flooding

Date: 03 05 1950
Description: Flooding along University Avenue at Shorewood Boulevard in front of Frenchy's restaurant, 3302 University Avenue.
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University Avenue Flooding

Date: 03 05 1950
Description: Flooding along University Avenue at Shorewood Boulevard. Businesses in the photograph include Frenchy's Restaurant, 3302 University Avenue, and the Walter ...
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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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Remodeling 1374 Williamson St.

Date: 04 20 1950
Description: View across street towards two men working to remodel 1374 Williamson Street into William and Isabel Schlick's jewelry shop. Lloyd Foust was the general co...
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 20 1950
Description: Spectators are shown standing on the steps at the Capitol Square looking down State street at approaching U.W. ROTC marching units. The view includes the e...
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 20 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin ROTC marching units moving south down South Carroll street during a parade commemorating Armed Forces Day. The Episcopal cathedral ...
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Looking Down State Street

Date: 07 1962
Description: View from the Wisconsin State Capitol looking west down State Street. A man and woman walk up the stairs leading to the capitol building.
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Mullarkey's Spic & Span Cleaners

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: Exterior view of Mullarkey's Spic & Span Cleaners, 3322 University Avenue. Next door is Town & Country House Furniture at 3320.
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Decoration Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: An elevated view of a Decoration Day parade, near what appears to be Capitol Park. A small crowd gathers at the edge of the street to view a military band ...
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Keen Manufacturing Company

Date: 03 12 1952
Description: Keen Manufacturing Company, 2661 East Washington Avenue. The photgraph was taken for Richard Beichl, real estate agent, and is the site of the East Madison...
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Madison Bank and Trust and Two Stores on West Main Street

Date: 05 29 1952
Description: Madison Bank and Trust Company, 23 West Main Street; the F& W Grand Store (in the Levitan Building), 15 West Main Street; and the Walk-Over Shoe Store, 25 ...
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Pharo Heating Company

Date: 07 16 1953
Description: Pharo Heating Company building at 1302 Regent Sreet.
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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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Lewis Arms in Work Uniform

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Lewis Arms sits on a railing outside University Hospital where he worked as a storeroom clerk. He is wearing a white jacket and hat.
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Hoffman Feed Company Building Destruction

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: Children walking along the sidewalk near the Hoffman Feed Company building, 503 Regent Street, which is being torn down to widen the street at the intersec...

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