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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down unpaved Main Street, with wagons and carts parked near the curb on the left near a building with a sign for a "Garage." Pedestrians are a...
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Service Station Attendent with Fotoscope

Date: 02 25 1960
Description: Harold Keller holds a Fotoscope which indicates when engine oil needs changing.
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Salt and Gravel

Date: 1963
Description: Sand and gravel pit used by the Dane County highway department as a source of supply.
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Interior of Repair Shop

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Description: Interior view of a machine shop, possibly for wagon or vehicle repair. A wood burning stove is on the left. In the center is a bank of drawers and cubby ho...
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Interior of Bowar Bros. Garage

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the Bowar Bros. Garage. On two walls are banks of drawers and cubby holes for tools and parts. On the right are more shelves for tools. Am...
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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Two teens and their instructor lean in under the open hood of an automobile to learn about its engine. Alf Koppedal (left) and Stewart Christensen (center)...
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"Reliable Power"

Date: 1924
Description: View of front of young girl standing at the side of a Fordson farm machinery. A sign on the tractor reads: "Reliable Power. Over 200 Dane County farmers ar...
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Daylight Savings Time

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Charles J. Seipel resets clocks in his jewelry store at 1803 Monroe Street prior to the switch to daylight savings time.
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler uses a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded throu...
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Lakeside Street

Date: 1925
Description: View across street looking west towards the north side of West Lakeside Street. Three known businesses are the South Side State Bank (3rd from the left), U...
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Piper's Garden Cafeteria

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Description: View across street towards Piper's Garden Cafeteria, at 120 East Mifflin Street, in the original building with church-style windows. There is a sign for a ...
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Capital City Auto Radiator Works

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Description: View from intersection at East Washington Avenue and Webster street, of the building at 121-123 E. Washington. The street has streetcar tracks. On the side...
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Rephotographic Pair: Roxbury Businesses

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of a commercial building, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the Roxbury general store and automotive shop. The m...
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Clerks in Storehouse of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of two clerks wearing aprons working in the storehouse of the thrift store. One man is reupholstering an old armchair, and the other man is h...
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George Fabian

Date: 05 21 1999
Description: George Fabian at work at his business, Park Street Shoe Repair, at 609 South Park Street. He is wearing a denim apron and is lacing a shoe.
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Harvey's Union Corners Service Station

Date: 04 08 1954
Description: Service call by Harvey's Standard Service Station to a woman with a flat tire, stranded in a neighborhood. Harvey's service truck has pulled up alongside t...
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Madison Motors

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Johnson Street towards Madison Motors. Signs in the windows, and on a post near the left side of the building, are advertising Dodge Parts...
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Jerry Ball Waxing His Car at Tenney Park

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: Jerry Ball of Portage waxes his car at Tenney Park during his break from work. Lake Mendota is in the background.

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