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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of the east gallery of the Wisconsin State Capitol. By 1911, the commission learned that the quarry that supplied the red granite for the piers on... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International heavy-duty coal truck owned by Pocahontas Coal Company decorated. Placard on truck reads: "International motor truck. All steel shapes, plate... |
| Date: | 04 17 1928 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 24 1928 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Capitol Theatre's entrance flanked with staircases. |
| Date: | 01 29 1929 |
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| Description: | Eastwood Theatre entrance lobby side panel detail. |
| Date: | 09 21 1928 |
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| Description: | Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union... |
| Date: | 04 17 1928 |
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| Description: | View down aisle towards the St. George's Church main altar. |
| Date: | 04 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater, at 216 State Street, showing foyer near doors to auditorium with a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal. |
| Date: | 04 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater, at 216 State Street, showing the foyer from the west towards a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal. |
| Date: | 01 23 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Capitol Theatre stage from the balcony. |
| Date: | 08 24 1927 |
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| Description: | Little girl in a frilly dress posing with an umbrella while standing on a flower-covered parade float. The float is built around an International truck and... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior view of three-tiered altar, with gilded ornamentation surrounding it, two candlesticks, and several paintings on the walls. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the Grace Episcopal Church, showing a doorway between the altar rail and choir pews. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Pierce House, at 424 North Pinckney Street. This house was built about 1857 and was designed by architects Donnel and Kutzbock. One of the five firepla... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International motor truck, possibly decorated for a parade. A woman rides on a McCormick-Deering tractor placed on the truck's bed. The sign on the truck r... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the living room at the Switzer Foundation for Girls. Bookshelves flank the fireplace in the background, and groupings of chairs and tables fill t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the living room at the Switzer Foundation for Girls, with all chairs upholstered in matching floral fabric. Most of the chairs and sofas circle t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men and women sit in rocking chairs on the veranda at Poggatticut Lodge. The lodge was built in 1920. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Lyric Movie Theatre. An arcaded ground floor features a ticket office and movie posters. Above, a central balcony is flanked by two signs... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Interior of a dance pavilion. The circular building features a dance floor, stage, and disco ball. The room is decorated with bunting and American flags. |
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