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Rennebohm's No. 5 at Schenk's Corners

Date: 1955
Description: The Rennebohm Drug Store #5, located at 2000 Atwood Avenue, Schenk's Corners from 1952-1961. It was previously located at 1951 Winnebago Street. This store...
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Ragatz Shoe Store

Date: 04 22 1953
Description: Exterior view of Ragatz Shoe Store, at 2033 Atwood Avenue.
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Kennedy Manor

Date: 05 27 1953
Description: Langdon Street facade of Kennedy Manor Apartments, 1 Langdon Street, on the corner of Langdon Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
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Capital Trailer Co.

Date: 06 04 1953
Description: Two men standing beside a truck with a sign reading: "Capital Trailer Co. 960 S. Park St." There are trailers in the background.
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Hughes Trailer Mart

Date: 06 05 1953
Description: Hughes Trailer Mart, 3065 East Washington Avenue.
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Workmen's Circle Labor Lyceum

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: Exterior view from across street of the Workmen's Circle Labor Lyceum, 41-43 North Mills Street.
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First Day of School

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: Miss McGill, Oregon, with her new kindergarten class at Marquette School, returning from a walk around the school grounds.
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Mohawk Realty Co. House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Exterior view of small Cape Cod-style house. Taken for Mohawk Realty Co. (location unknown).
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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: A newspaper salesman guarding his wares against a damp chilly wind.
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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: Three shoppers and two youngsters showing how you lean "left to buck the wind" when you cross Monona Avenue at the Capitol Square.
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Reading Outside Dudgeon School in Summer

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Teacher Mrs. Gertrude Wilson is sitting outside in the shade and reading to her pupils. She is sitting in a chair on a sidewalk across from the children wh...
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Reading Outside Dudgeon School in Summer

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Student Joan Woerdehoff with her hand raised, ready to answer her teacher Gertrude Wilson's question. Other students behind her are shown searching their b...
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American Legion Parade on Capitol Square

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Elevated view looking down at a marching band participating in the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion annual convention parade around the Capitol ...
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Carnival for Roundy's Fund

Date: 08 24 1954
Description: Roundy is surrounded by children who put on and participated in a neighborhood carnival fund raiser held at the Marv Wellentin home at 210 Breese Terrace. ...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison neighborhood street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal. One house on this paper route has a front yard enclos...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison residential street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal on their paper route.
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Milroc's Fine Food

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Storefront entrance and display windows at night of storefront of Milroc's, located at 450 State Street. The neon sign reads: "Milroc's Adventure in Fine F...
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Exterior View of Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 12 1954
Description: Night time exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church at 116 West Washington Avenue on the Capitol Square.
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University of Wisconsin YMCA

Date: 1954
Description: Night view of the front entrance of the University of Wisconsin YMCA at 306 North Brooks Street.
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Three Wisconsin State Journal newspaper boys. They are standing on a city sidewalk by parking meters with satchels slung over their shoulders and pa...

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