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Joe Rothschild and Barbara L'Hommedieu

Date: 03 30 1945
Description: Joe Rothschild, Dane county chairman of the United National Clothing Collection, is shown receiving a donation from Barbara L'Hommedieu, daughter of Mr. an...
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Landmark Building at 109-113 South Webster Street

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: The condemned landmark building at 113 South Webster Street will be torn down starting July 20, 1948. The used furniture business of the Arneson Brothers w...
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Used Automobile Tire Display

Date: 10 06 1948
Description: A woman standing between a new Ford automobile and a capped and uniformed service technician pointing at a question mark covered window.
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Grace Episcopal Church Old Rectory Shop

Date: 11 09 1949
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Rainey arranging a children's corner in the Old Rectory Shop at Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue. The shop is the...
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Helena Greenheck

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: Antique dealer Helena Greenheck, Highway 130, standing in front of a collection of glassware.
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Major Wind Storm Damage

Date: 05 05 1950
Description: View down East Wilson Street where the plate glass windows of three storefronts were shattered during a high wind storm that hit Madison. The three stores,...
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Zor Shriner Auxiliary Rummage Sale Fund Raiser

Date: 10 31 1950
Description: The Zor Shriner Auxiliary's two rummage sales are some of their best fund raising activities, held to benefit the Shriners' hospitals for crippled children...
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Grace Episcopal Church Old Rectory Shop

Date: 11 08 1950
Description: Grace Episcopal Church women look over sales reports of used clothing at the Old Rectory Shop. From left are: Mrs. Dorothea Rainey, Mrs. John C. (Mary) Lob...
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U.W. Student Orientation

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Dressed as Groucho Marx, Al Gay and Karen Christoffersen sell Badger yearbooks during student orientation at the University of Wisconsin. At right is fresh...
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John Tagget

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Portrait of John Tagget, the Used Car Manager at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street.
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King's Korner Automobiles

Date: 03 05 1954
Description: An automobile parked in front of a Trachte building at King's Korner used car lot, 1102 East Washington Avenue. King's Korner is owned by King Motors Incor...
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Grace Episcopal's Old Rectory Shop Closes

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Three women are shown pricing re-sale clothing for a rummage sale at 110 West Washington Avenue. At work are, left to right: Imogene Bowers, Jane Brandt, a...
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Grace Episcopal's Old Rectory Shop Closes

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Group portrait of some of the chairmen of the Old Rectory shop, a resale shop. Seated, left to right, are: Annah Pierce, co-manager; Ethel Brubaker, manage...

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