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Ott's Drugstore

Date: 1904
Description: Interior view of Ott's Drugstore which was located at 21 North Pinckney Street.
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Sumner's Drugstore

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of Sumner's Drugstore, which was established in 1855. From left to right are George "Jud" Stone, Edwin Sumner, and Bert B. Collyer.
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Fred Schenk Grocery Store

Date: 1907
Description: Interior of the Fred Schenk grocery store on the corner of Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street. Included in the photograph are Art Ramsey, Matilda Schenk, a...
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200 Block of State Street in Winter

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the north side of the 200 block of State Street between Fairchild and Henry Streets. This side was free of saloons. The south si...
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Rennebohm Display Window

Date: 06 09 1944
Description: Rennebohm's Drug Store #2, 204 State Street, with a display window featuring "Colorful, Substantial, Beautiful Serving Trays."
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Diamond Brothers Store

Date: 11 04 1929
Description: Front display windows of Diamond Brothers Art Deco style women's clothing store, 11 E. Main Street.
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View of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Storefront

Date: 1929
Description: Storefront of Sears, Roebuck and Co. on State Street, with snow-covered streets and snow topped automobiles.
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Hoeveler Furniture Store

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Description: Two people, a man and a women, sitting in the interior of the Hoeveler furniture store. Dora Barbara Koeveler married F. W. Kehl. Kehl then assisted his f...
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Ehrman's Delicatessen

Date: 1918
Description: Ehrman's Delicatessen, located at 300 State Street, on the corner of State and Henry Streets. One man is standing on the sidewalk, and another man is stand...
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August Haak Grocery Store

Date: 1901
Description: The storefront of August Haak, cash grocer, at 461 West Gilman Street. Two men are posing in front of the store. Caption reads: "August Haak . . . . Cash B...
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Dresen Jewelry Store

Date: 1895
Description: Storefront view of the Theodore F. Dresen jewelry store at 216 State Street. Two employees, one possibly being Theodore Dresen, are standing at the doorway...
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Isham and Hale Storefront

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Description: Elevated exterior view of storefront, one half of a stereograph. A man and child are standing in the doorway of the store, and a man in a horse-drawn carri...
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Stanley Stemp Dressed for Parade

Date: 1933
Description: Stanley P. Stemp (right) and an employee dressed as patriots for a Washington's birthday sale parade. They are posed next to the Stemp Typewriter Company w...
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Stemp Typewriter Company Interior

Date: 1933
Description: Stanley Stemp (owner) standing behind a typewriter in the Stemp Typewriter Company located at 533 State Street. This store was referred to as the "Little S...
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Stemp Typewriter Company Interior

Date: 1933
Description: Stanley P. Stemp (owner), standing on the right, and two employees in the Stemp Typewriter Company located at 533 State Street. This store was the first an...
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Stemp Typewriter Company

Date: 1947
Description: View across State treet of the Stemp Typewriter Company storefront. This was the new location, now owned by the Stemp family.
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Farmer's Market

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Description: Elevated view of the farmer's market on East Washington Avenue near storefronts. Many horse-drawn buggies and wagons are lined up on both sides of the aven...
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F.C. Caves' I.G.A. Store

Date: 06 1931
Description: View from street of a man standing on the sidewalk in front of a grocery store at 300 West Lakeside Street. The overhead sign reads, "F.C. Caves, Meats and...
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Koltes & Esser Hardware

Date: 06 1931
Description: Henry Esser stands on the step in front of Koltes & Esser Hardware in the 300 block of West Lakeside Street. Fencing, garbage cans, a hose reel and lawn mo...
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Kasdin's Fancy Groceries & Meats

Date: 06 1931
Description: View from street of Saul Kasdin posing in front of Kasdin's Fancy Groceries & Meats, a store at 402 West Lakeside Street. Merchandise and prices are displa...

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