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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: | 11 10 1937 |
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| Description: | Castle & Doyle Rex Moto Mixer truck delivering ready mixed concrete in the alley behind Dean Clinic, 113-115 N. Carroll Street, with five men looking on. |
| Date: | 12 13 1933 |
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| Description: | Meyers Tire & Accessory Co., 215 East Washington Avenue, with a shipment of new Federal truck tires piled on the sidewalk in the front of the building. Sno... |
| Date: | 04 08 1931 |
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| Description: | Crowd in front of Praga Furniture store, 203-207 King Street, at 1st Anniversary celebration. The Fess Hotel sign is along a doorway on the right. |
| Date: | 01 29 1931 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Machine and Foundry road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, on display at Road Show on Monona... |
| Date: | 03 01 1927 |
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| Description: | Capitol Theatre, 211 State Street, under construction. View from the roof of Kruse's store towards two workmen and the construction house. |
| Date: | 04 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, looking north, with steam shovel and other equipment. Also shows Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 W. John... |
| Date: | 03 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, looking west. Also shows Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 W. Johnson Street, Holy Redeemer Rectory,... |
| Date: | 03 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street, under construction, looking east, showing the back sides of buildings along State Street. |
| Date: | 07 07 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, looking southwest. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | View across road construction towards a horse-drawn trolley on railroad tracks on Racine Street. Men and children are standing near piles of road building ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Paving the main street with concrete was an occasion that brought out a large part of the Clintonville community to watch. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ... |
| Date: | 12 21 1925 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man plowing a snow-covered city street with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. There is a railing on the right. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Man operating a Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on the street. The machine is stamped "Pawling & Harnischfeger Co. Milwaukee, Wis." Pedestrians ar... |
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| Description: | Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Business sign reads: "The Adell Cafe." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Stevenson Street business district. Automobiles and horse-drawn carts line both sides of the street. Business signs read: "Dr. R.J. Burns Physi... |
| Date: | 11 20 1951 |
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| Description: | The Cambridge High School marching band goes down North Pinckney Street during the Scrap Metal Parade around the Capitol Square. Shown in the background ar... |
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