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Schadauer Tobacco Store

Date: 1880
Description: A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62...
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John Royal's Office Door

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Description: View outside John Royal's office door. There are milk bottles and newspapers piled at the door and on it hangs a sign that reads "Out As Usual".
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Waiting out the Rain

Date: 06 21 1987
Description: Shoppers take refuge in the open doorway of a shop during a downpour.
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Weber Works Employee

Date: 1917
Description: Male office worker, possibly the factory superintendent, posing in front of the office door of International Harvester's Weber Works.
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Calvert Liquor Sign

Date: 12 13 1944
Description: Calvert Liquor sign displayed in the window of the Plymouth Liquor Distributers, 2717 Atwood Avenue, sign reads: "Clear Heads Choose Calvert."
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Vogel Fish and Oyster Company, Doorway to Refrigeration Room

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Vogel Fish and Oyster Company, 2049 Atwood Avenue, door to the large refrigeration room, sign above door reading: "Captain Jack's Oysters sold here."
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"American Romance" Movie Poster

Date: 10 14 1944
Description: Orpheum Theatre lobby, 216 State Street, with sign with description of items on display at Baron's Department Store that were used to produce "American Rom...
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Solvit Chemical Co. Sign at Entrance Door

Date: 08 31 1939
Description: Solvit Chemical Co. sign nailed across two doors numbered 107 & 105, sign says: "Keep Out, Badger 4717 — Madison, Wis., 'Poison Gas' Fumigation."
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Entrance to Hub Building

Date: 12 15 1935
Description: Entrance to Hub Building, 24 West Mifflin Street, showing Maiden Beauty Shop sign and part of Menges Pharmacy with a Coca-Cola sign.
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Hanks Real Estate Office Interior Entrance

Date: 12 14 1935
Description: Art Deco interior entrance to the offices of Stanley C. Hanks Co., real estate and Hanks & Bush, Insurance, 24 W. Mifflin Street, Hub Building.
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Eastwood Theatre Entrance Lobby

Date: 01 04 1930
Description: Entrance Lobby of Eastwood Theatre, 2090 Atwood Avenue.
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Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 11 22 1929
Description: Capitol Theatre lobby garden from balcony showing Harold Lloyd advertising. "Harold Lloyd, Welcome Danger."
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Politicians Shaking Hands

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: George A. Nelson, Milltown, former assemblyman and president of the Wisconsin Union of the American Society of Equity, and John E. Cashman, Denmark, State ...
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Politicians Shaking Hands

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: George A. Nelson, Milltown, former assemblyman and president of the Wisconsin Union of the American Society of Equity, and John E. Cashman, Denmark, State ...
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Orpheum Theatre Ushers

Date: 04 10 1927
Description: Group portrait of new Orpheum Theatre ushers. Behind the group is a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal near the "Aisle 2" doors to the auditorium.
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Wisconsin General Hospital Entrance

Date: 09 25 1946
Description: Entrance to Wisconsin General Hospital, 1300 University Avenue, showing plaques on either side of doors which read: "1920-1924 Erected in gratitude by the ...
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Farmall Works Office

Date: 1952
Description: Front door of the International Harvester Farmall Works (factory) office.
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First National Bank

Date: 05 14 1938
Description: Exterior doorway of the First National Bank.
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International Transtar Eagle Truck Map Pocket

Date: 1981
Description: Close-up of the driver's side door of an International Transtar Eagle semi tractor. Shows the windown crank, map pocket and a nametag that reads: "Mike Ma...
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Octagon House

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the entrance to the Richards' Octagon House.

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