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Union Transfer Fireproof Storage and other Businesses

Date: 09 17 1931
Description: View down East Wilson Street from the corner of King Street. The Union Transfer Building is on the right hand side at 155-303 East Wilson Street, Rubin's F...
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Allied Van Lines Truck

Date: 10 19 1936
Description: Allied Van Lines truck in front of Whalen Transfer Co., 605 University Avenue.
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Whalen Transfer and Storage Building

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Whalen Transfer and Storage building, 605 University Avenue, with a company truck/trailer parked in front. Also seen is Kapec Furniture Co., 607 University...
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Kroger Produce Warehouse

Date: 08 07 1934
Description: Interior of produce warehouse, Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, 634 West Washington Avenue, with sacks of sugar and a large Fairbanks scale.
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Kroger Produce Warehouse

Date: 08 07 1934
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. Headquarters and produce warehouse, 634 West Washington Avenue.
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Kroger Warehouse Railroad Siding and Loading Dock

Date: 08 07 1934
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Company produce warehouse, 634 West Washington Avenue, view of the railroad siding and loading dock.
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Fur Storage Vault

Date: 03 18 1933
Description: Kessnich's Department Store fur storage vault, 201-203 State Street.
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Stolen Cigarettes at Simon Brothers Warehouse

Date: 03 16 1932
Description: Cases of cigarettes recovered from a robbery were returned to the Simon Brothers Warehouse, 901 E. Washington Avenue.
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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: Ellefson Lumber Co. store and supply building, located at 2016 Winnebago Street.
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Union Transfer and Storage Company

Date: 06 09 1931
Description: Union Transfer and Storage Company located at 155-303 East Wilson Street. Store fronts include Holland Furnace Co., Madison Paint and Varnish Co., Lipman S...
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Texaco Bulk Station

Date: 07 11 1930
Description: View of a Texaco bulk station and storage tanks from across the railroad tracks at 919 E. Main Street.
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Construction of Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 09 1929
Description: A Chicago & North Western Railroad Bucyrus crane installing a large tank at a Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Company Pyrofax plant, at 130 Fair Oaks Avenue.
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The Texas Company U.S.A.

Date: 08 06 1929
Description: Texas Company U.S.A. (Texaco) office building and storage tanks bulk plant, 919 E. Main Street. Text on print reads: "Texas Company, Capitol Oil Co."
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Capitol Oil Company

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: A railroad tanker car is sitting on tracks next to fuel storage tanks at the Capitol Oil Company, 919 East Main Street.
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Tank at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 05 1929
Description: Tank moving up the ramp at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Building Fire

Date: 01 13 1929
Description: Flames light up the night as fire fighters hose down the Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage building at 621 University Avenue in an attempt ...
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Conveyor Belt

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Conveyer belt at the General Lab for Wisconsin Foundry.
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Modern Distributors Warehouse

Date: 02 04 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Modern Distributors, Inc. warehouse, 1818 South Park Street.
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Hansen Storage of Madison

Date: 03 28 1957
Description: Hansen Storage of Madison, 2302 Darwin Road, with a truck backed up to the loading dock.

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