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Neighborhood Garage Sale

Date: 09 13 1984
Description: People working and shopping at a neighborhood garage sale in the Walker's Square Park area. Several neighborhood groups collaborated to sponsor the annual ...
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Farmer's Market

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of a farmer's market with horse-drawn vehicles. One man is leading a bull down the street.
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Division Street Market

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Description: Elevated view of the Division Street Market. Men and women with baskets and baby carriages are walking along the sidewalk. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked ...
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German Market, Division Street

Date: 1885
Description: German Market on the right side of the street in the distance. Two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground are heading toward the market. Pedestrians are wa...
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First Division Market

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Description: External view of First Division Market (built 1870) with horse-drawn vehicle in front.
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Stock Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the monthly Stock Fair. The roof of a building is in the left foreground. Horse-drawn wagons line the street, and there is a large buildin...
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Interior of University of Wisconsin Meat Market

Date: 12 21 1931
Description: University of Wisconsin Meat Market interior, showing counters with meat, and display cases and coolers in rear.
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Bazaar Tree

Date: 04 03 1963
Description: Women replenishes handkerchiefs plucked from her wire tree at bazaar sale.
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Commission Row

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Description: A view of Commission Row, known for its fresh produce markets, looking northwest on N. Broadway between E. Buffalo and E. Chicago Streets.
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Roosevelt Theater

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Description: The Roosevelt Theater, 1402 W. North Avenue, and the Jack Gross and Ziegler kosher meat market on the left. There are automobiles parked on the side of the...
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Roosevelt Theater and Surrounding Commercial Area

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Description: Looking west on W. North Avenue from N. 14th Sreet. The Roosevelt Theater is on the far right, and the Luick ice cream building is on the far left.
Postcard

Commission House District

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Lower Broadway with horse-drawn vehicles on both sides of the road. A long red building is in the left foreground angling to the right. A ...
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German Market

Date: 1866
Description: Stereograph. This building, which was destroyed by fire in 1866, was located in the commercial district known as Market Square. The Square was actually a t...
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Hay Market

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Description: Elevated view of horse-drawn carts filled with hay and parked in rows at a market. Men stand between the rows, and houses surround the market square.
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Open-Air Vegetable Market

Date: 1948
Description: Two girls selecting vegetables at an open air market.
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Fruit Boat Building

Date: 10 1980
Description: Fruit boat building, located at East Seeboth Street at South First Street.
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German Market - Anaglyph

Date: 1866
Description: Stereograph. This building, which was destroyed by fire in 1866, was located in the commercial district known as Market Square. The Square was actually a t...
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Harvest's End

Date: 1978
Description: A vegetable seller waiting with her produce behind an old stove.

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