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Lemonade Stand

Date: 07 1967
Description: Several young boys selling fruit drinks, penny candy, and snow cones to parched pedestrians. A city bus is in the background.
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East Wilson Street

Date: 01 08 1946
Description: View down middle of East Wilson Street at the center of South Hancock looking Northeast, taken at site of Reynolds Bus accident. Businesses shown include D...
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New Jersey International Harvester Dealership

Date: 05 24 1938
Description: International school buses and trucks lined up outside the dealership building of King Supply Co. The dealership also sold farm equipment and supplies.
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Mifflin Street at Capitol Square

Date: 1955
Description: Bus traveling down Mifflin Street on Capitol Square. Moseleys, Woldenbergs and Walgreen's Drugs are on the right.
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East Wilson Street Scene

Date: 01 08 1946
Description: View down sidewalk along East Wilson Street at the corner of the South Hancock intersection looking toward the West Wilson Street-King Street intersection....
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H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, Department Store

Date: 09 10 1941
Description: Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated, department store on Capitol Square, 2-6 East Mifflin Street. View of people, buses and automobiles at the intersection...
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Omnibus Advertising VFW Post 1318

Date: 08 30 1933
Description: Omnibus advertising Marion Cranefield VFW Post 1318 and Fauerbach Beer. The bus is parked in front of Ferdinand C. Jack's Tailor Shop and Edward "Ace" Fisc...
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Passengers Aboard International Model H Bus

Date: 1920
Description: International Model H bus loaded with passengers and parked in front of a store selling furniture and "talking machines" (phonographs). The bus was owned b...
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International Loadstar Bus in Puerto Rico

Date: 1969
Description: International Loadstar bus stopped on a busy Puerto Rican street.
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Blied Building Remodeling

Date: 07 28 1949
Description: Businesses along West Main Street during the remodeling of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street, after the top one and two stories have been removed. Bu...
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Rest Stop

Date: 1925
Description: A passenger bus making a stop at the service station of Gustav H. Schwalen.
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King Street Scene

Date: 05 05 1947
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol building from King Street. Commercial businesses are Kresge's, 27 East Main Street, and Bergmann Prescription and Photo Center, 10...
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Aerial View of a Capitol Square Intersection

Date: 05 05 1947
Description: Aerial view of Main, King, and Pinckney Streets intersection on Madison's Capitol Square. View is looking south down Pinckney Street. Kresge's, 27 East Mai...
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F.W. Woolworth Co. and Surrounding Area

Date: 1940
Description: Looking west on W. Wisconsin Avenue from N. 3rd Street, featuring Woolworth's, Boston Store, and the Schroeder Hotel. An Edgewood-bound bus is stopped in f...
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Looking North From Capitol Square

Date: 03 1954
Description: Elevated view looking north from the Wisconsin State Capitol down Hamilton Street. The Belmont Hotel and various storefronts are along Capitol Square.
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International Scout Truck

Date: 1961
Description: A International Scout truck on display in a showroom. A man is standing behind the truck, which is displayed in front of large windows which look out onto ...
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Flooding at Nakoma Bus Stop

Date: 03 13 1950
Description: A woman is standing at a bus stop at the end of Monroe Street, the entrance to Nakoma, where puddles from melting snow cause water from passing traffic to ...
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Unidentified Street

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Description: Looking east on Wisconsin Avenue at Water Steet with cars and pedestrians. Streetcars are running up and down the middle of the wide street. Skyscrapers an...
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"Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" Movie Set

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Caption on negative jacket reads, "The 20th Century Fox motion picture studio crew at work filming 'Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man,' based on Ernes...
Poster

Travel By Train Travel Poster: Fifth Avenue, New York

Date: 1932
Description: An original lithograph promoting Fifth Avenue in New York as "The World's Greatest Shopping Street," and to get there by way of the train. The poster depic...

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