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Model House Exterior

Date: 10 10 1931
Description: Exterior front view of the model house at 2318 Monroe Street. Ralph H. Wood was the contractor from the design firm of Balch and Lippert, Madison architect...
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Haley & Sons Building

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Haley & Sons, building facade, "Insurance, Realtors, Northwestern Insured Savings," 124 State Street. In 1940 it became home of the First Federal Savings a...
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Rennebohm's at 1357 University Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: The Rennebohm Drug Store #1 at the corner of University Avenue and Randall Avenue, which replaced Rennebohm's first store located just across the street. A...
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First Presbyterian Church

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Description: View towards front and left side of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street with overhead sign reading "Welcome Garden City" sign. Text on buildings reads: "E.J. Pyle Real Estate" and "F. Finnup. Hardware." Ci...
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West Side of Square

Date: 1911
Description: View of the West side of the town square, with automobiles, horse-drawn carts, pedestrians and a fountain. The street is lined with storefronts including "...
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Masonic Building Exterior

Date: 1911
Description: View from street toward the Masonic building (erected 1876). Business signs read: (obscured) "Millinery," "W.F. Terrell," "M.J. Eves Real Estate & Insuranc...
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Grand Avenue

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Description: Automobiles drive past storefronts and can be seen parked on either side of Grand Avenue. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk near the Citizens National Bank ...
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Grand Avenue

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Description: View down Grand Avenue. Automobiles park on either side of the avenue and drive down the street past traffic signs, stating, "Keep to the Right." On the ri...
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Sawyer County Bank (Hayward) Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Sawyer County Bank, of Hayward, Wisconsin, with the name of the bank in a banner, flanked by two images: a three-quarter view of the Real E...
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Pierce Simmons & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Banking House of Pierce Simmons & Company of Red Wing, Minnesota, with a view of the front of the bank building. People are walking or st...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down street at intersection of commercial buildings on both sides. On the left is a drug store/soda fountain, restaurant and a cafe. On the right is a...
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Main Street Looking East

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street. On the left is a bowling alley/billiard parlor, a real estate/insurance business, and a livery/garage. On the next block is City Hal...
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844 Prospect Place

Date: 1930
Description: View from street of the front entrance to the Lucius M. and Marion Fay home at 844 Prospect Place. The house was designed by the local firm Claude and Star...
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Frank M. Crowley House

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Description: The Frank M. Crowley House at 205 Princeton Avenue was built in 1925. Stanley Hanks, a realtor, put it up for sale.
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Corner of Miner Avenue and 2nd Street

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Description: View of a central intersection and city block with the State Bank on the corner, and Lee's Department Store (Ben C. Lee & Co.) next door on the right. A si...
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Whitford Hearing Service

Date: 01 06 1955
Description: Commercial building at 108 and 110 North Fairchild Street. Entrances for Rider-Realty Company and Whitford Hearing Service. There is a coin-operated parkin...
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Building For Sale

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Gilman Street towards a brick building with a decorative facade. Some of the lower windows and a door are boarded up, and a sign on the bu...
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Stark Company Realtors

Date: 1973
Description: View across Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard) towards the Stark Company Realtors. The roofline has decorative urns at the corners. An aut...
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Opitz and Young Relator Advertising Copy

Date: 09 1955
Description: Advertisement image for a one-story house at 3022 Gregory Street with three bedrooms and a first-floor laundry selling for $17,500.

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