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Thom McAn Shoe Store

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: Clerks help customers try on shoes at the Thom McAn Shoe Store, 224 State Street.
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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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Thom McAn Shoe Store

Date: 08 15 1941
Description: Thom McAn shoe store, 224 State Street.
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University of Wisconsin Athletes Trying on Shoes

Date: 12 1940
Description: University of Wisconsin athletes trying on shoes in the Walk-Over Shoe Store, 8 East Mifflin Street.
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W.T. Grant Company Shoe Window

Date: 05 21 1946
Description: W.T. Grant Company display window, 19 South Pinckney Street, featuring California Playshoes for $1.99 each.
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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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White Cross Pharmacy

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: White Cross Pharmacy, 920 East Johnson Street, a part of Norris Court apartment buildings.
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Blied Building

Date: 12 10 1948
Description: Elevated view from the roof of the Park Hotel. Main Street businesses seen include, from the left: Western Union Telegraph Company at 21 West Main Street, ...
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Capitol Theatre Building

Date: 1944
Description: Capitol Theatre building at 7239 W. Greenfield Avenue, Grimsrud shoe store, and surrounding commercial buildings.
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Capitol Theatre and Surrounding Commercial Buildings

Date: 1944
Description: Looking west from S. 73rd Street at the Capitol Theatre and surrounding commercial buildings along W. Greenfield Avenue. Automobiles are parked on both sid...
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Madison Capitol Square Storefronts on Main Street

Date: 08 01 1949
Description: Refurbished store fronts along West Main Street at the corner of South Carroll Street. The building occupied by Walk-Over Shoe Store and Forbes-Meagher Mus...
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People's Bookstore Storefront

Date: 1940
Description: Storefront of the People's Bookstore showing a Lincoln and Jefferson display. An awning is over the adjacent smoke shop on the left, and on the exterior wa...
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Shoe Store

Date: 07 06 1949
Description: "Rudy Hoepner, owned the shoe store in Theresa."
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Interior View of Smith's Store

Date: 1946
Description: Interior view of Smith's Store, featuring a glass topped case filled with merchandise. Pails and a large light fixture hang from the ceiling, and boxes of ...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Watertown, Wisconsin." A busy street scene with automobiles in the street and parked along the curb. The street is lined...

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