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| Date: | 10 27 1915 |
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| Description: | Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Protesters demonstrating for women's rights parade up and down Fifth Avenue. They had previously been arrested at the White House. |
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| Description: | Two farmers standing in the bed of a wooden Columbus wagon loaded with groceries and other goods. The original caption reads: "One of the reasons why Alaba... |
| Date: | 11 19 1936 |
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| Description: | Flannery and Wohlenberg standing on the sidewalk in front of the Madison Theatre. A woman is inside the ticket booth. |
| Date: | 06 01 1935 |
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| Description: | Waters Motor Co., located at 802 East Washington Avenue. There are two men shaking hands in front of old and new Pontiacs. |
| Date: | 06 01 1935 |
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| Description: | Waters Motors Co., 802 East Washington Avenue. Two men are shaking hands in front of old and new Pontiacs parked along the curb. |
| Date: | 04 20 1934 |
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| Description: | To acquaint Madison with the horrors of World War I the American Legion was bringing the film "Hell's Holiday" to the Parkway Theater. Left to right: Lane ... |
| Date: | 04 16 1932 |
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| Description: | Ole Olson and Chic Johnson milking cows in front of the Orpheum, 216 State Street, promoting their show "Atrocities of 1932" at the Orpheum. |
| Date: | 05 25 1931 |
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| Description: | Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ... |
| Date: | 05 23 1931 |
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| Description: | Madison Motor Car Co. — Tracy Boat Co. Dodge boat, mounted on the back of a truck, with 5 passengers and a sign advertising "Young Sinners." In front of St... |
| Date: | 09 19 1928 |
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| Description: | View of the window display at Anderes & Spoo, Hickey Freeman Clothes, a men's clothing store at 18 North Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
| Date: | 03 09 1953 |
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| Description: | University President E.B. Fred and former governor Oscar Rennebohm posing in front of the first Rennebohm Drug Store in the 1300 block of University Avenue... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Polish immigrants in Market Square with horse-drawn lumber sledges and hay wagons. Commercial buildings are in the background. A sign on o... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | An auto-trailer, an early trailer manufactured by the Highway Trailer Company of Edgerton. The company began by manufacturing trailers designed for farmer... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Storefront view of the Theodore F. Dresen jewelry store at 216 State Street. Two employees, one possibly being Theodore Dresen, are standing at the doorway... |
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| Description: | A group of men with a horse-drawn vehicle are standing outside of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, located at 16-18 S. Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Man in coat and top hat holding the harness of a horse attached to a buggy. |
| Date: | 08 15 1904 |
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| Description: | Men in suits and hats stand in the middle of the newly paved main street to pose for the commemorative photograph. The street is lined with brick buildings... |
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