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Monroe Street Businesses

Date: 1958
Description: Exterior view of businesses along 1831-1841 Monroe Street, including: H & R Variety store, Schensky Hardware, Archer's Pharmacy and Main Western Auto.
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Street Lighting

Date: 1934
Description: View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th...
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Rand & Roemer Hardware Co.

Date: 1891
Description: Exterior view from street of Rand & Roemer Hardware Co. and Henry Hinrich's Drug Store. Also visible are Rand & Roemer Ship Chandlery (nautical supply), Ra...
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Horses and Carts in a Public Square

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Description: Elevated view of horses and carts on a public square. Business signs read: "Kyle's Furniture" "Brady & Black Hardware Co." "SHBRR" "R.L. McKnight Grocer" "...
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Afton Main Street

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Description: View across unpaved road toward buildings. Business signs read: "Dawson Hotel" and "Afton Furniture Co."
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Main Street

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Description: Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Business sign reads: "The Adell Cafe."
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View of Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lights hang over the street. Business signs read: "Madox Drug" "Guest Bros....
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street. Features storefronts and people of the town on the sidewalks. A few cars are parked at either side of the street. In the background ...
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Grand Avenue

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Description: View down Grand Avenue. Automobiles park on either side of the avenue and drive down the street past traffic signs, stating, "Keep to the Right." On the ri...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down street with storefronts on both sides. On the left, there is a tailor shop, Pundy's Cafe, Dubow's[?] Variety Store, a clothing store, and Vander ...
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Cable Main Street

Date: 1935
Description: View across street of automobiles parked in front of a hardware store and a drugstore on Main Street.
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Main Street — Alternative View

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Description: Shops along Main Street. On the left, there is a Woodhouse and Bartley bank, a hardware store, Greer shoe store, J.B. Ludden general merchandise, a bank, a...
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Bloomington Main Street — Alternative View

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Description: Shops along Main Street after the rain. On the left, there is the dentist office of S. A. Marlow, August Dreifus and Company Clothing - "shoes for the whol...
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Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: View of storefronts lining a town street. A brick building housing City Drug Store and Tom W. Crutcher & Co. General Insurance bears a date of 1918.
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Street Scene

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Description: A busy street scene. Cars are parked at the curbs along the shops. The shops include: a grocery, a bakery/ice cream shop, a cafe, Prentice brothers hardwar...
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Sauk City Main Street

Date: 1924
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a soda shop/confectioner, with two women and a baby carriage on the sidewalk in front. Further down is a ch...
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Main Street North

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Description: View down unpaved street towards many businesses: Carl Olson Shoe Store, Wakeman's Pharmacy, Jay Jennings, dentist, O.G.H. Parman, Badger Hardware, L.G. Bi...
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Sumner's Drug Store

Date: 1921
Description: View across street towards the Edwin Sumner and Son Drugstore at 15 S. Pinckney Street. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street, and...
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Panoramic View of Downtown Madison

Date: 05 07 1907
Description: Panoramic view of the downtown towards Bascom Hall from the corner of the Capitol Square, showing Carroll, Mifflin, and State Streets. Several businesses c...
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Greetings from Hayward

Date: 1958
Description: View down Main Street with businesses on both sides, including drug stores, grocery stores, appliance stores and an insurance/real estate office. Automobil...

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