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State Street toward the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1954
Description: A view down State Street looking towards the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Millard's Tavern

Date: 07 29 1955
Description: Millard's Tavern, 504 East Wilson Street with Fauerbach CB beer sign and "Bobby Hodges radio & TV star, Every Friday Night." Also shows Marty's Sandwich Sh...
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City Hall and Parkway Theatre on Mifflin Street

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west down Mifflin Street showing the old City Hall, the Parkway Theater, and Manchesters Department Store. Automobiles are parked at an angle ...
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Italian Village Restaurant Interior

Date: 08 20 1954
Description: Italian Village Restaurant, 651 State Street, Joseph Troia, proprietor. Interior, close-up view featuring church facade as decorative element, "Madison's s...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Covered in Frost

Date: 01 14 1952
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol and park covered in hoar frost and fog.
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First National Bank on University Avenue

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: The West Branch of First National Bank Building at the corner of University Avenue and Park Street, with Rennebohm Drug Store #7 located on the bank's firs...
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Fairchild Street

Date: 1954
Description: A view of Fairchild Street from Mifflin Street. There is a sign on the side of the building on the right that reads: "Casey O'Brien."
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First National Bank

Date: 1954
Description: View from Capitol Park of the First National Bank building and other buildings on Pinckney Street. Cars are parked at an angle on the street.
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view of Pinckney Street, looking northeast from the Wisconsin State Capital. On the right is East Washington Avenue. On the left is the Belmont Ho...
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Sherman Avenue Bridge and Terrace Apartments

Date: 1954
Description: View of the Sherman Avenue Bridge and its surrounding area. There are several automobiles driving on the road, with the bridge in the foreground and the ap...
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The Wisconsin Building

Date: 1954
Description: View from intersection towards the Wisconsin Building, which was built in 1901. Located at the intersection of State and Carroll Streets, at 102 State Stre...
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View of State Street

Date: 1958
Description: View of State Street, looking west. Across the intersection on the corner is Sandra's Millinery at 101 State Street.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Elevated view of Soap Box Derby staging area and starting line on 100 and 200 blocks of East Washington Avenue between South Butler and South Pinckney Stre...
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YWCA Club

Date: 10 23 1951
Description: Three members of the YWCA Teen 'N Twenty club put up a lamp post for the upcoming "Old Lamp Lighter" dance. Left to right: Leaty Fritz, Helen Salzmann, a...
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Scrap Metal Parade

Date: 11 20 1951
Description: Scrap metal trucks travel along South Carroll Street during the Cambridge Scrap Metal Parade on the Capitol Square. The Park Hotel is in the background. Pr...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Viewed from East Washington Avenue

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: View of the one-hundred block of East Washington Avenue in Madison. The State Capitol building is in the background.
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Madison Capitol Park Carolers

Date: 12 05 1955
Description: A group of nine children carol at the Nativity crib erected near the Wisconsin State Capitol's State Street entrance by the Madison Deanery Council of Cath...
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Capitol Square Panorama

Date: 10 28 1956
Description: View of East Main Street on the Capitol Square, one of four images making up a panorama of the southeast side of the Capitol Square. The S.S. Kresge Co. bu...
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Fire at Kindschi Leather Company

Date: 12 07 1958
Description: A stubborn fire smoldered in the walls of the Kindschi Leather Company at 120 South Pinckney Street. The 80-year-old building known as the Burrows building...
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Parkway Theatre and City Hall

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view from sidewalk of City Hall, located at the intersection of West Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The Parkway Theatre, featuring the films...

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