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Barman — Bill

Date: 1932
Description: Bill bartending at Jack and Charlie's.
Photograph

Manchester's, Inc., Second Floor Hat Department

Date: 02 01 1945
Description: Hat department on Manchester's, Inc., second floor. A sign in the foreground, perhaps on a window, reads in reverse: "Dresses."
Photograph

American Express Delivery Truck

Date: 1912
Description: International Model F (or 31) truck owned by the American Express Company. The truck is parked in the snow outside the company office. A man wearing a hat ...
Photograph

Funchase Amusement Pier

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Description: Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T...
Photograph

Russ Bandlow Hardware

Date: 02 01 1978
Description: "Russ Bandlow Hardware. Russ purchased the building in 1950 and has operated the store since that time. His uncle, Arthur H. Bandlow, operated the store fr...
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Booths on the Midway

Date: 08 1948
Description: Crowded midway at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Signs above booths read "Circus Candy," "Cigarettes," "Snow Balls," "Souvenirs," "Guess?" and "Aqua ...
Photograph

9/11 Destruction

Date: 09 2001
Description: Debris from the collapse of the Twin Towers in the churchyard at St. Paul's Church near the World Trader Center, a few days after 9/11.
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. A group of protestors gather around the doors to the Capitol. One man ho...
Photograph

Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, giving a speech at Madison's United Givers' Fund banquet during the Madison stop on her tour of the country.
Photograph

Hawthorne Branch Library Remodeling

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Remodeling is underway for the new Hawthorne Branch Library at 2041 Atwood Avenue. This library location replaced the Williamson Street branch library and ...
Photograph

McCormick's Gymnasium

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Description: Interior, elevated view of McCormick's Gymnasium. Sports equipment is set up on the floor, and a punching bag is attached to the brick wall near a set of d...

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