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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Janke

Date: 11 14 1957
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Janke taking care of last minute details in their prescription department before closing their drugstore's doors at 1658 W. Hopkins permanentl...
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Couples in Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Two couples in a horse-drawn wagon outside of a commercial frame structure, probably a store.
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Couple in Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1874
Description: A couple sits in a horse-drawn wagon. In the background are a girl and another couple on the porch of a commercial frame structure, probably a store.
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Rennebohm Diners

Date: 1979
Description: A couple waits for a waitress to take their order at Rennebohm Drug Store No. 19 restaurant, 204 Cottage Grove Road, the present site of the Madison Public...
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Man & Woman Boarding Northwest Airliner

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Man and woman with two suitcases boarding a Northwest airplane. "Hundred to One" It's for You" Manchesters Fall merchandise sale. Advertisement says "Now t...
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McCarthy Censure Hearings

Date: 11 08 1954
Description: For a publicity photograph on the day the Senate censure proceedings began, Joseph R. McCarthy and Mrs. McCarthy posed for this photograph of him reading w...
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Couple Shopping at Grocery Store Dairy Case

Date: 10 03 1947
Description: Elevated view of man and woman with a grocery cart shopping at the dairy case in a grocery store. Sign over case reads: "There's a Heap of Good Livin' Down...
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Couple Shopping in University Co-Op

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: Two people with a shopping cart shopping at the University of Wisconsin Co-Op.
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Sentinel Building

Date: 1843
Description: Exterior of two-story wood building at the corner of Wisconsin and Water Streets. The first floor consists of businesses run by Dewey, Highby & Wardner, a...
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Gagliano Florist Shop

Date: 1938
Description: A sidewalk view down 318 North Jefferson Street with Sebatian Gagliano's Florist Shop in the foreground. Several people stroll on the sidewalk.
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Brandels on the Beach

Date: 1930
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Brandel relax on a beach, wearing bathing suits. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the background is a balcony or boardwalk, with s...
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Mr. Meinholtz in his Store

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Description: Mr. Meinholtz and a woman, probably his wife or daughter, posing at the counter inside the Meinholtz Store. She is holding a piece of fabric, and he is hol...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Otto Kautz are looking at floor plans and model homes. About one-hundred exhibitors have arranged displays in four tents to show the newest and ...
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45th Anniversary of Wolff, Kubly, Hirsig Company

Date: 02 22 1951
Description: Old and new friends and employees of Wolff, Kubly, and Hirsig attend the 45th anniversary celebration of the firm. Seated at the head table are: Stanley "D...
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Pawnshop, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: The front of a pawnshop in the East Village showing windows full of merchandise such as guitars and watches above large signs which proclaim, "Loans." A c...
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Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis in "Hellcats of the Navy"

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis, stars of Columbia Pictures' "Hellcats of the Navy."
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Couple Selling Pork

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Crumley cutting slabs of meat from a hog placed on a wooden table outdoors among trees. Another woman is in the background near some stea...
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Capps and National Food Stores

Date: 11 05 1953
Description: Helen and Cleo Capps won a 17-inch television set for their ideas about why it is pleasant to shop at National Food Stores. The photograph was taken as an ...
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Dave & Pauline Coleman

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Description: Magicians Dave (left) and Pauline Coleman performing their famous "Hindu Torture Board" trick using an anvil on a board full of nails positioned on the abd...
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Street Scene

Date: 1907
Description: A couple stands outside their dwelling adjacent to Tanana Commercial Company, established in 1880. Stacks of lumber and a large saw are visible in the for...

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