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| Date: | 03 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store. |
| Date: | 11 06 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior night view of the Darling Shop, located at 9 East Main Street, with people looking at the window displays. A portion of the lighted neon "Darling ... |
| Date: | 08 30 1932 |
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| Description: | 1898 Oldsmobile decorated with advertising for "Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Person" at RKO Orpheum Theatre in front of Weber's Restaurant, 218 State Street.... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across intersection of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station at Blair and Wilson Streets. Three tall chimneys from the MG&E plant can be seen ... |
| Date: | 2006 |
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| Description: | View from across street of exterior of "Sleep Concepts" store and rug store. Bean bags are set up on the sidewalk near a sandwich board sign. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the segregated entrance for African-Americans at Malco Theater. There is a fire escape on the side of the building. Several cars are parke... |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The... |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street from sidewalk. Across the street are buildings with signs that read from left to right "First National Bank," "Johns Hardware Paints St... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Trucks line up at the gas pumps outside the Mt. Victory service plaza at night. The caption on a similar photograph reads, "Bigger than a football field, s... |
| Date: | 07 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Waterfall Motel and Restaurant, a one-story building with seven large picture windows. A free-standing sign that reads "Waterfall Rest... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view from street corner at Broadway and West 50th Street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when it was screening the movie "Foreign C... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when the film "Foreign Correspondent" was showing there. The marquee says the gala premiere o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square. There is a large crowd on the sidewalk outside the theater. The marquee says the premiere of the fi... |
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| Description: | View across West Washington Avenue towards the Fiore Pennco gas station, 202 West Washington on the corner of North Fairchild Street. On corner on the righ... |
| Date: | 09 08 2014 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the College Barber Shop at 665 State Street during their last week in business. The sign above the window reads: "College Barber Styling S... |
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| Description: | View across street towards Otto's Newstand and Fun Shop located at 2045 Atwood Avenue. There are neon signs for "Otto's News Stand" and "Tobacco Novelties"... |
| Date: | 01 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Pedestrians walking along State Street in freezing drizzle. Neon lighting and street lamps are illuminated and are reflecting off the icy sidewalks. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gorham Street at the corner of State Street, towards Badger Liquor and Native Tongue Indian & Mexican Apparel. A large neon sign is at the... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across East Main Street, at the corner of King and South Pinckney Street, towards the S.S. Kresge Co., a dime store. The store has large show windows,... |
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