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| Date: | 12 05 1930 |
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| Description: | Night view looking down State Street from the intersection at North Carroll Street. Lighting up the scene are the blurred lights of automobiles moving alon... |
| Date: | 12 01 1932 |
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| Description: | Exterior front view of the Central Parking Garage at 13-15 South Webster Street showing four gas pumps in front. Property owned by George Gill, business op... |
| Date: | 09 21 1934 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Garrick Theater at 115 Monona Avenue. The view also contains the Kehoe Cigars store, Savidusky's at 113 Monona Avenue, Jimmy Dodge Bil... |
| Date: | 03 01 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Cardinal Hotel, 416-418 East Wilson Street, from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad depot. |
| Date: | 05 17 1937 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of International Harvester's McCormick Works at dusk. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and became part of Internation... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
| Date: | 01 24 1936 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theatre marquee lit up at night that says: "On the stage Shep Fields and his orchestra & revue, on the screen B. Rathbone - A. MacMahon in 'Kind La... |
| Date: | 07 14 1933 |
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| Description: | Kessenich display window featuring CAMP physiological / surgical supports made by S.N. Camp & Co. Corset Department. Reflected in the window (reversed) are... |
| Date: | 07 16 1934 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Orpheum Theater marquee, which reads: "Shirley Temple - James Dunn - Claire Trevor in Baby Takes a Bow, Laurel & Hardy - Mills... |
| Date: | 12 22 1933 |
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| Description: | Night view of outdoor Christmas display (Santa Claus, reindeer, and Christmas tree with lights) in front of Conklin and Sons, 322 East Gorham Street at Nor... |
| Date: | 06 27 1931 |
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| Description: | Harold Kohen, President of Harrold's Inc., jewelers, handing one of three watches he is contributing to Kiddy Camp auction, to Stephen Olsen, a brother of ... |
| Date: | 06 17 1930 |
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| Description: | New Texaco Service Station at night, at 2846 Atwood Avenue. Owner Joseph M. Setzer. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street at North Carroll Street. View reaches to Bascom Hill of... |
| Date: | 04 06 1933 |
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| Description: | Armed guards loading a case of money(?) onto an International A-3 armor plated truck owned by the Brinks Express Company. The truck is parked outside the M... |
| Date: | 04 06 1933 |
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| Description: | International A-3 armor plated Brinks truck parked outside of the Marbro Theater in Chicago. The theater's marquee advertises "Cohens & Kellys in Hollywood... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | The Capitol Theatre marquee advertising a dance and song revue on stage by the Kehl School of Dance, under the direction of Leo Kehl and "That Man's Here A... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Poster for the 1934 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago showing a woman surrounded by abstract representations of the sights and sounds of the fa... |
| Date: | 10 10 1939 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards a man standing next to automobile at a service station at the corner of W. Libson Avenue and W. Sherman Boulevard. The Cla... |
| Date: | 05 17 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the McCormick Works factory at night. A tower with an illuminated sign reading "McCormick" is in the background. A faint image of a group ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Corner of Wells and Water Streets. A large blank billboard is on the side of the theatre. Across the road on the left is a sign for Blatz beer. A car wash ... |
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