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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1930 |
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| Description: | The Montgomery Ward Store Building at 100 North Hamilton Street, at the intersection of Pinckney and North Hamilton Streets. The building was designed by L... |
| Date: | 05 26 1929 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Paul E. Stark Co. building, 124 W. Mifflin Street. The view also includes the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Life Insur... |
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| Description: | View down a street between high-rise buildings in the Board of Trade District. |
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| Description: | View of the United Church of Christ from across the street, including nearby storefronts as well as horse-drawn carriages and cars. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of East Broadway, a wide road in the business district. The street has tall stone and brick buildings as well as broad sidewalks. Many horse... |
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| Description: | View down a busy street lined with storefronts, including two drugstores, an eatery, a combination jeweler/optician, and an ice cream shop. Automobiles are... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two cars are parked in front of The First National Bank and a man walks down the sidewalk in front of the building. The bank is designed in an Art Deco sty... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View down a street filled with automobiles and pedestrians, with buildings lining each side. |
| Date: | 07 01 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Main Street. Many people can be seen on the sidewalks and flags decorate the buildings. The street is not paved and several horse-... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View looking down Main Street. Shops and businesses line both sides of the street including the P.J. Wossenburger Hotel, city livery, bakery and harness sh... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View of a street with automobiles and horse-drawn wagons parked along the curbs. There are commercial buildings on both sides of the street and a few pedes... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View down street of the central business district. A large brick building on the left with awnings includes a furniture store. Automobiles are parked at an... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from street towards a row of brick buildings. On the left corner is a building with a sign on the roof that says "W. Welsh." The entrance has a balcon... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down Prospect Avenue, with men sitting on a bench by the "Steponet" gas pumps in front of a storefront. A man stands on the sidewalk in front of the b... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down center of Main Street. On the left is a soda shop/confectioner, with two women and a baby carriage on the sidewalk in front. Further down is a ch... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down center of Main Street. On the left a group of men are gathered on the sidewalk near a drinking fountain which is in front of a brick building wit... |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street in a central business district. A Rexall Drug Store is on the corner on the right. A large stone building, which has a sign for "H... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View from road of a service station on the left with gas pumps. Next door is a meat market, a restaurant and a bank. A man is standing in front of the serv... |
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