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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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Tractor-Truck at Mautz Paint Co.

Date: 01 20 1939
Description: Men loading cases of paint into tractor-truck at Mautz Paint Co., 939 E. Washington Avenue.
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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: 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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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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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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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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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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Storage Building at Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 10 06 1974
Description: Formerly a receiving vault, this storage building at Forest Hill Cemetery features cathedral Gothic design elements.
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Crowded Storage Conditions

Date: 1948
Description: Temporary storage on the Visitors Gallery in the Wisconsin Historical Society blocks the view of the Library Reading Room. This storage was necessary beca...
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Modernization in Periodicals Room

Date: 02 08 1955
Description: Modernization in the old Periodical Room (#227) including a view of the beams used to strengthen the mezzanine floor for the storage of the McCormick Colle...
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Wisconsin State Capitol and East Washington Avenue

Date: 1929
Description: View up avenue towards the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Automobiles are parked along the street, and a building on the right has advertisements for st...
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Before It Was the Historymobile

Date: 04 1954
Description: Rollohome mobile home as received from the factory and parked at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Co. on E. Main Street prior to being moved to the State Hist...
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Vandals Cause $5,000 Damage at New Dane County Fairgrounds Stock Pavilion

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Vandals caused an estimated $5,000 worth of damage to a new stock pavilion at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Damaged were overhead garage doors, walls, and h...
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Clerks in Storehouse of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of two clerks wearing aprons working in the storehouse of the thrift store. One man is reupholstering an old armchair, and the other man is h...

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