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| Date: | 07 20 1955 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Newman Custard Stand, at the intersection of Highway 12 and County A, on the West side. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View from across street of various representations of the "Don't Buy Cudahy" boycott campaign outside the Packinghouse Workers headquarters: cartops, women... |
| Date: | 05 24 1950 |
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| Description: | A view of downtown, including the official Dells ticket office. In the foreground a man is sitting on a bench reading a newspaper, and other pedestrians ar... |
| Date: | 09 28 1953 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Brickner's Applinaces & TV at the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue, with a car parked in front. |
| Date: | 09 1958 |
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| Description: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) picketers outside the Schroeder Hotel where the Apprenticeship meeting was held. A Blatz... |
| Date: | 09 25 1957 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from road of Sneezer's Snack Shop with two cars in the parking lot. The neon sign features a chef holding a hamburger on a plate. |
| Date: | 08 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Pharo Heating Company building, 1302 Regent Street (corner of Orchard and Regent Streets). |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | "A time exposure recorded car head and tail lights." |
| Date: | 06 03 1950 |
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| Description: | "Koecher's Bar on the northwest corner of Milwaukee St. & Mayville St." |
| Date: | 12 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of participants recognized at the annual banquet for the Madison Central High School football team. In the back is University of Wisconsin f... |
| Date: | 06 12 1956 |
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| Description: | This house in the 1956 Parade of Homes in Meadowood with its illuminated device for showing the house numbers has been wired to the exact standards of the ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down Main Street, with Lake Superior in the distance. There is a cafe on the left and bars on the right. Cars are parked along t... |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of an Art Deco-style brick building with an neon sign in front. |
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