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Main Street on the Square

Date: 1900
Description: View down Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West."
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The Loraine Hotel

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Description: Exterior view of the Loraine Hotel.
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McCormick Family Residence

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Description: McCormick family residence showing circular fountain.
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King Street

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized view of King Street, looking east, with a streetcar. Lake Monona is in the background. Caption reads: "King Street, looking East, Madison, Wis."
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TV Dealership Rarick's Hardware

Date: 12 06 1956
Description: View across street toward Rarick's Hardware, a color television dealer. A group of people are posing on the sidewalk in front of the show windows. A truck ...
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North Wing of Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: View toward the north wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol, with the statue "Forward" in the foreground.
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Happy New Year from Trukenbrod's

Date: 1919
Description: W.F. Trukenbrod posing on the sidewalk underneath the awning of his store for this New Year's postcard. Text on right reads: "We Wish You A Happy New Year ...
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Main St. Looking South

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Description: View looking south down Main Street, which is lined with commercial business. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street. Caption reads...
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Downtown Eau Claire

Date: 1961
Description: View down street of the downtown business district, including Woolworth's (left side) and Actor's Rexall Drug Store (right side). Caption reads: "Greetings...
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Business on Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View of various businesses on unpaved Main Street, including a drug store on the right side. Caption reads: "Main Street, Grantsburg, Wis."
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Grantsburg Drug Company

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Grantsburg Drug Company. Caption reads: "Grantsburg Drug Co., Grantsburg, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of a row of businesses on Main Street. Erhart's Drugstore is on the left, and advertises film and cigars, in addition to drugs. W.T. Irvine, optician,...
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Main Street Looking East

Date: 1905
Description: View of Main Street, looking eastward. A drugstore and the Stevens Point Journal offices are on the right. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking East, Steve...
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Main Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View of a Main Street. A drugstore can be seen prominently on the left. Trees line the sidewalk on the right. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West, St...
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South Water Street

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Description: View of businesses on South Water Street, including the Monroe County Bank and a drugstore on the left. Caption reads: "South Water Street, Sparta, Wis."
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Pinckney Street at Night

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view at night of streetcars moving along the Capitol Square on Pinckney Street. Walzinger's Drugstore is one of the prominent storefronts on the l...
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Madison City Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View of City Hospital, which became known as Madison General Hospital and is now Meriter Hospital. It was designed by Madison architects Louis W. Claude an...
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Central High School

Date: 1915
Description: Central High School, designed by St. Paul architect Cass Gilbert and partially razed in 1986. Caption reads: "High School, Madison, Wis."
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Wisconsin State Capitol Park Fountain

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Description: Colorized view of the Capitol Park and the replica of Centennial fountain installed in the park in 1878. The green paint is a change made in 1898.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Park Entrance

Date: 1909
Description: View of one of the four Prairie du Chien stone gateways that stood at the four corner entrances to the Capitol Park. More elaborate gates topped with iron ...

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