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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Nakoma real estate sign at the corner of Breese Terrace and University Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 11 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Strand Theater located at 16 East Mifflin Street near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. The marquee reads "Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Signs are advertising sideline businesses along a rural road. There is a large sign that reads: "For Sale Belgian Carrier Pigeons," and a smaller sign that... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | Madison's Automotive Electric Service Company at 122-124 West Main Street. The Loraine Hotel can be seen in the left background. |
| Date: | 05 26 1927 |
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| Description: | The Heeb Company Warehouse at the intersection of West Gorham and North Broom Streets (328 West Gorham) with Findorff Construction sign in front. The Heeb ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | The Heeb Automotive Equipment Company building 401 West Gorham Street. They also sold Sparton Radios. Built 1927, the building was bought by the city in 1... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | An architect's rendering of the Heeb Automotive Equipment Company building, 401 West Gorham Street; Law, Law, and Potter, architects. The building was boug... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Otto W. ZIebarth Sheet Metal Shop at 2202 East Johnson Street, looking northeast at the intersection of Johnson and North Four... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Carnation Company condensery. Sign along front of building reads: "Carnation Milk Products Co." |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A view of Owen and Starry Meat Market. A restaurant and ice cream parlor are on the right. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the First National Bank, and other store fronts. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View up Monona Avenue towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. A marquee on the Madison Theatre on the right reads: "Test Pilot, Gable, Loy, Tracy" and "Extort... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Walker Grocery storefront. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exhibition about the contributions of Stephen M. Babcock to the history of the dairy industry in the lobby of the State Historical Society Building. Both t... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Clothing demonstration for women by the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Extension at the 1921 Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior from Bascom Hill of side entrance of Birge Hall (Biology building) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A tree in front of the building ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A street gathering of people interested in using war-salvaged explosives for a land clearance program. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A boy parades past the Oneida County courthouse with a sign that reads, "Others Quickly Followed." |
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