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| Date: | 08 11 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Strand Theater located at 16 East Mifflin Street near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. The marquee reads "Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson... |
| Date: | 12 27 1929 |
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| Description: | A crowd lined up on opening night at the Eastwood Theatre at 2090 Atwood Avenue. This view of the facade shows an unfinished dome on top of the building. |
| Date: | 11 28 1927 |
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| Description: | View of the Lawrence Restaurant, located at 662 State Street. |
| Date: | 02 24 1924 |
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| Description: | International Model 52 or 53 motor coach bus and driver making a stop in front of the YMCA/YWCA cafeteria. The bus ran between Minot and Bismarck. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Six men posed with a stage coach and an International F-31 truck in front of the Circle Route Stage Line and Beaumont Stables storefront. The line ran from... |
| Date: | 11 22 1929 |
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| Description: | View from street of the facade of the Capitol Theatre with marquee advertising "Harold Lloyd," "Welcome Danger," and "His first all talking comedy thrille... |
| Date: | 08 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Excavation for addition to Bank of Wisconsin 1-3 W Main Street. In the background is the Hotel Monona, 114 Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard),... |
| Date: | 05 26 1929 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Paul E. Stark Co. building, 124 W. Mifflin Street. The view also includes the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Life Insur... |
| Date: | 04 21 1929 |
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| Description: | Mautz Paint & Glass Company building located at 939 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 09 26 1928 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the front of Felix's bakery, Felix Odehnal, at 715 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 09 19 1928 |
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| Description: | Marling Lumber Company, 1801 East Washington Avenue. The Yahara River is to the right, with a bridge in the background. |
| Date: | 01 08 1928 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Eagles Club House, 23 W. Doty Street. |
| Date: | 06 03 1927 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the College Shop, at 720 State Street. |
| Date: | 04 10 1927 |
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| Description: | The Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. The view also includes Weber's Restaurant, the Family Shoe Store, Rennebohm's Drug Store, and the Madison Theater. T... |
| Date: | 11 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street towards the front of the Orpheum Theater under construction, at 216 State Street. Posters on the temporary wood facade are for th... |
| Date: | 10 04 1926 |
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| Description: | International armored bus parked outside the National City Bank of New York. Armed guards stand on either side of the truck and one is stepping out holding... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Langlade National Bank on the corner. A clock is on the side of the building, and automobiles are parked at an angle along t... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Three men are working outside on the street in front of the Dodgeville Hotel. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Rennebohm Drug Store #1 at the corner of University Avenue and Randall Avenue, which replaced Rennebohm's first store located just across the street. A... |
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