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| Date: | 11 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Grace and Dave Schommer enter the Hotel Retlaw for their wedding reception. |
| Date: | 06 30 1951 |
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| Description: | Dorothy and Oliver Justman enter Paul's Cafe. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The Beavers Insurance Building at the corner of Monona Avenue (currently Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) and Doty Street. It was built in 1921-1922 and ... |
| Date: | 09 1990 |
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| Description: | View of Rock River Street during the annual outdoor concert. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view from street corner at Broadway and West 50th Street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when it was screening the movie "Foreign C... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when the film "Foreign Correspondent" was showing there. The marquee says the gala premiere o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square. There is a large crowd on the sidewalk outside the theater. The marquee says the premiere of the fi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Rivoli Theater in Times Square the night the film "Foreign Correspondent" premiered there. Above the marquee is a large banner covering the front of th... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a stone building which has a steep, tiled roof, and an awning over the open doorway under the "Wee Hoose" sign. In front are pumps for She... |
| Date: | 05 1997 |
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| Description: | Lighted crosses at St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Brothers Harley and Wilbur Backhaus funded the crosses with their wills. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Illuminated wheel at night, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair, photographed by time exposure so that it appears as a whirl of light. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View looking down on Pinckney Street, with a section of Capitol park, from the Belmont Hotel. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Group of people gathered in and around an International Scout pickup parked outside of the Teen Beat Club. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Ludington Street at an intersection, with automobiles and local businesses. Caption reads: "Ludington St., Columbus, Wis." |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from street of the facade of the Schoelkopf Automobile dealership at 210 E. Washington Avenue. "Lincoln" has been added to the Ford dealership with a ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Seventh Street looking east. Streetcars are running in both diretions, and horse-drawn vehicles and bicycles are near the curb. The sidewalks are filled wi... |
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