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Spic and Span Dry Cleaners

Date: 03 14 1957
Description: Elevated view across street towards the storefront and delivery vehicles of Spic and Span Dry Cleaning.
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University Avenue and Lake Street Intersection

Date: 11 28 1927
Description: View of the 3 F Laundry on the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street, with Holmes Tire, 614 University Avenue, and the Wheeler Conservatory of Music,...
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Universal Cleaners & Dyers

Date: 01 27 1940
Description: Exterior view of Universal Cleaners & Dyers Inc., laundry and dry cleaning, 1226 Regent Street.
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Meinke Trucks in front of Store

Date: 08 12 1938
Description: Three Ford V8 panel trucks and one automobile parked in front of Al Meinke Electric Refrigerator Service store, 1639 Monroe Sreet. On the left is Monroe Cl...
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Universal Cleaners Building

Date: 07 16 1938
Description: Universal Cleaners building, 1226 Regent Street.
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Savidusky's Cleaners

Date: 05 14 1937
Description: Clerk and customer at Savidusky's cleaners, located at 113 Monona Avenue.
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Savidusky 's Cleaners Plant

Date: 05 14 1937
Description: Three men pressing garments at Savidusky's Cleaners plant, 827 E. Washington Avenue.
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Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers

Date: 11 17 1936
Description: Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers, at new location at 115 Monona Avenue. (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard) next to Madison Theatre. Sign reads: "Ladies plain...
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3F Steam Laundry Delivery Service

Date: 07 07 1931
Description: 3F Steam Laundry, 731 University Avenue, offered its customers the convenience of picking up and delivering laundry in the company's Chevrolet.
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Three F Laundry

Date: 06 06 1930
Description: Two women operating the Purity Sun Ray System pressing iron at Three F Steam Laundry, 731 E. Dayton Street.
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Branch Bank of Wisconsin

Date: 01 13 1928
Description: Branch Bank of Wisconsin, 502 State Street, from W. Gilman Street. Also shows State Street Leader dry goods store at 504 State Street.
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International Model SM Mounting Metro-Van

Date: 1955
Description: Color photograph of an International SM Model Mounting Metro-Van featuring the Metro-Lite Body. The truck was owned and operated by Advanced Cleaners and ...
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Four Lakes Cleaners

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Collins Drugs, 610 South Park Street; Four Lakes Cleaners, 612 South Park Street; Shorty's Tavern, 614 South Park Street, on the edge of the Greenbush neig...
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Four Lakes Cleaners Interior

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Interior of Four Lakes Cleaners, showing counter where clothes are dropped off and picked up, and cleaned clothes hanging on racks. 612 S. Park Street.
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Four Lakes Cleaners Interior

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Interior of Four Lakes Cleaners, 612 South Park Street, with work room showing two women pressing clothes, and racks of clean clothes.
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Official World's Fair Cleaner

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: A man with garment bags over his shoulder leans against an International truck at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago. The truck was operat...
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International Model S Carolyn Laundry Truck

Date: 02 11 1927
Description: A uniformed worker holding a package steps out of an International Model S truck operated by the Carolyn Laundry.
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Broadway Laundry Co. Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man in a uniform standing at the back of an International Metro truck with one leg up on the bumper. He is writing on a pad held on his knee, and there i...
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Mullarkey's Spic & Span Cleaners

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: Exterior view of Mullarkey's Spic & Span Cleaners, 3322 University Avenue. Next door is Town & Country House Furniture at 3320.
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Mullarky's Spic and Span Inc. Dry Cleaners

Date: 03 08 1951
Description: An employee stands beside the new cleaning machine at Mullarky's Spic and Span Inc. dry cleaners, 3322 University Avenue.

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