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Evenaire Company

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Two company trucks parked in front of the Evenaire Company "Controlled Temperature" building, located at 1976 Atwood Avenue. Photograph used in an advertis...
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Ralph Jacobs Gift Shop

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Exterior view of Ralph Jacobs' gift shop on County Highway PB in the town of Verona.
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Major Wind Storm Damage

Date: 05 05 1950
Description: View down East Wilson Street where the plate glass windows of three storefronts were shattered during a high wind storm that hit Madison. The three stores,...
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Winter Snow Storm

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: Winter scene with a man and two children navigating the snowy sidewalk on East Main Street on the Capitol Square after a winter storm that dropped eight in...
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Shorewood Shopping Center Parking Lot

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: View of the Shorewood Shopping Center parking lot, including the National Food Store, looking east. The shopping center was located in Shorewood Hills.
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Shorewood Shopping Center Parking Lot

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: View of the Shorewood Shopping Center parking lot at 3244 University Avenue, looking west. Included in the photograph are the storefronts of the National F...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Soap Box Derby cars lined up in their "service pits" before the race on East Washington Avenue. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Window Display Contest Winner

Date: 06 12 1952
Description: Robert J. Widmer accepts the keys for a new Nash Rambler that he won for his entry in the window display contest for Lee hats. His display was named the be...
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Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Golden Jubilee Parade

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: Drum majorette leading band around the corner from West Main Street onto South Carroll Street in the Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Golden Jubilee parade. S...
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Fourth of July ESBMA Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: A clown in the Fourth of July parade sponsored by the East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) helps a young girl open her package of candy. The girl i...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 16 1952
Description: Fifteen-year old Jerry Stockland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. (Marilla) Stockland of 520 Christianson Avenue, is shown sitting in his racer with proud sp...
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Block System, Inc.; Sanitone Dry Cleaners

Date: 07 15 1953
Description: Dry cleaning business in storefront at 2017 Winnebago Street. A man stands by the open door of a Pontiac station wagon. House/storefront on the right is 2...
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Block System, Inc.; Sanitone Dry Cleaners

Date: 07 15 1953
Description: Dry cleaners store front at 511 State Street. Sign in window says 're-weaving'.
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Block System, Inc.; Sanitone Dry Cleaners

Date: 07 15 1953
Description: Dry cleaning store at 2434 University Avenue with Flesch's Color Bar paint store at 2436 University Avenue, left, and Jorgenson Photo Studio at 2436 Univer...
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Gillespie-Blumer Motors

Date: 12 23 1953
Description: Lester J. Blumer (right), treasurer of Gillespie-Blumer Motors, Inc., gives the keys of a 1954 Chrysler Windsor to Harold W. Herne. Mr. Herne is purchasing...
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Hendrickson's Modern Home Furnishing Store

Date: 03 09 1954
Description: Exterior view of Hendrickson's Modern Home Furnishing Store at 2570 University Avenue, taken for the store's grand opening. The VA hospital is in the backg...
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Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Exterior view of a large service station with three groups of gasoline pumps in front, located at 2629 West Broadway in Monona. The building has a sales ro...
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Kroger Store

Date: 12 30 1954
Description: Exterior view of the Madison East Kroger grocery store at 2829 East Washington Avenue.
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Capitol Square Panorama

Date: 10 28 1956
Description: View of the South Pinckney Street side of the Capitol Square, one of four images making up a panorama of the southeast side of the Capitol Square. Pictured...
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Town and Country House Store and Warehouse

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: A metal store building and a metal warehouse building at 3320 University Avenue. In the background is a tree lined ridge. In the foreground is a two-lane r...

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