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Rennebohm Store on Capitol Square

Date: 1938
Description: West Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square showing, from left to right, Gerald's, a women's clothing store (in the Wisconsin Life Building); a Rennebohm Dru...
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F.W. Woolworth Co. and Surrounding Area

Date: 1940
Description: Looking west on W. Wisconsin Avenue from N. 3rd Street, featuring Woolworth's, Boston Store, and the Schroeder Hotel. An Edgewood-bound bus is stopped in f...
Postcard

Wisconsin Street

Date: 1905
Description: Wisconsin street looking west, with the Gimbels sign on the building in the background. Text on postcard reads: "Wisconsin St. & Railway Exchange Bldg., Mi...
Photograph

Janesville's Downtown

Date: 1919
Description: Pedestrians in shopping district. Cars are parked and a streetcar is coming down the street.
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Packer Parade

Date: 1971
Description: Members of United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 248 paraded on Wisconsin Avenue to draw attention to the fact that employees of the Packer Packing ...
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Bridge over falls

Date: 1920
Description: Bridge over the Chagrin river and falls in town with surrounding buildings and an advertisement for the May company.
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Market Street

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Description: Street scene with parked and moving vehicles. Buildings are along the left side and a line of trees and lampposts is along the right.
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Business District

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Description: View of street in the business district featuring pedestrians, automobiles, and storefronts. The Crawford County Courthouse clock tower, designed by archit...
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Business District

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Description: View of the business district looking toward North Third Street. W.H. Zinn Co. Department Store, an Italianate building constructed in 1837, stands on the ...
Photograph

Marshall Field's Store

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Description: Slightly elevated view of pedestrians and automobiles passing by the flagship Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Da...
Photograph

Business District

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd of pedestrians passing the Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Daniel H. Burnham a...
Photograph

Market Place

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Description: Elevated view of a market place featuring stores and offices. In the foreground is a trail through a group of trees on a lawn that leads to the J.G. Smyth ...
Postcard

E. Wigderson's Department Store

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Description: View across street toward the front of E. Wigderson's Department Store located on the southwest corner of 5th Avenue and Superior Street. Caption reads: "E...
Postcard

Goldberg's Department Store

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Description: Photographic postcard view across intersectiontoward the exterior of the two-story Goldberg's Department Store. Various goods are on display in the storefr...
Postcard

Goldberg's — The Best and Largest Department Store

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of Goldberg's Department Store. Merchandise is displayed in the storefront windows and an American flag is on the roof of the building. Caption re...
Photograph

Woman's Committee Window Display

Date: 02 1918
Description: A window display by the Woman's Committee of the LaCrosse County Council of Defense showing a nurse, an injured soldier, a skeleton and American flags. The...
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Razing of Manchester's Department Store

Date: 06 1985
Description: View from Wisconsin Avenue towards the razing of Manchester's Department Store at 14 E. Mifflin Street. The foundation is exposed. A man wearing a hardhat ...
Photograph

Razing of Manchester's Department Store

Date: 06 1985
Description: View from East Mifflin Street and the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue towards Manchester's Department Store. The razing of the building is about one fourt...
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Hill's Store

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Description: View from street towards the Hill's Dry Goods Store, 202 State Street, at the corner of Dayton Street. The three-story building has several other businesse...
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Andrew Mayers Storefront at 108 King Street

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Description: View from street of the storefront in a stone building at 108 King Street. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk,and a dog is sitting on the stoop in front of th...

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