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Filter: Creator Name of McVicar, Angus B., 1903-1964
| Date: | 08 04 1931 |
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| Description: | Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad freight car with "Oscar Mayer's Meats of Good Taste" advertisement on the side. |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition. |
| Date: | 06 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Fanchon and Mario "Rhythm Girls" posing in front of an A&W Root Beer. They are standing in a line and holding mugs of root beer. |
| Date: | 06 10 1936 |
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| Description: | View across street of a large group of people posing in front of Severson's Phillips 66 Service Station, 2089 Atwood Avenue, during a summer evening beer p... |
| Date: | 09 26 1928 |
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| Description: | Night view of pastries in the display window at Felix's Bakery, owned by Felix Odehnal, at 715 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Fauerbach Brewery on the right, at 651-653 Williamson Street. Looking northeast along Williamson Street is the Madison Drug Co., 654 Williamson Street, Int... |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | In an obvious publicity stunt, a Northwest Airways pilot delivers the first case of post-Prohibition Atlas Beer to Madison distributor Ira Chambers. The sh... |
| Date: | 02 02 1946 |
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| Description: | Mural of lake scene by A. Dean Swift, on the left wall of Sam's Kosher Deli, 1511 Monroe Street, showing counter with meat and delicatessen products. Owned... |
| Date: | 11 09 1945 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Oscar Mayer Company salesmen in front of the loading dock, 910 Mayer Avenue. |
| Date: | 11 14 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Red Dot Foods, Inc., construction project, new addition, 1441 East Washington Avenue. Shows Job Office, J.H. Findorff & Son Builders, and ... |
| Date: | 09 11 1945 |
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| Description: | An automobile parked in front of the West Side Fountain operated by John P. Stein and Joseph Scalissi with Borden's Ice Cream, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi and Royal ... |
| Date: | 09 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Interior of Roadside Milk Bar with soda fountain, service island, and booths. The business was located on Middleton Road (University Avenue), just before t... |
| Date: | 09 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Kober's Root Beer and Ice Cream Bar, 2237 Sherman Avenue, with menu displayed on exterior and Coca-Cola, Borden's Ice Cream and Hires Root Beer signs. |
| Date: | 09 11 1945 |
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| Description: | McConley's Food Market, interior, 1254 East Washington Avenue, showing counter with scale, shopper carts, shelves of canned goods, refrigerator in rear, Bo... |
| Date: | 09 14 1945 |
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| Description: | Kennedy Mansfield Dairy Co. ice cream bar in the Carlson's 5¢ to $1.00 Store, 2524 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 30 1945 |
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| Description: | Red Dot Foods Inc. potato chip display, with Red Dot clown posters in window at the Wisconsin State Journal office, 115 South Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 06 11 1945 |
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| Description: | A driver sits in a small promotional race car with a "Calvert Special" logo on its side at Plymouth Liquors, 2717 Atwood Avenue. |
| Date: | 04 18 1945 |
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| Description: | Schlitz display with four bottles of beer displayed as flowers with sign "Summer Time is Schlitz Time." |
| Date: | 03 01 1945 |
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| Description: | A Frank Fruit Co. truck sits in a garage after a traffic accident that destroyed the front end of the vehicle. |
| Date: | 11 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Bluteau's Drive-In Market, 2418 University Avenue, featuring Calvert Liquor sign and fresh turkeys. Sign reads: "Clear heads choose Calvert." |
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