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Filter: Creator Name of Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
| Date: | 10 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Close-up of Tenney Building at the corner of South Pinckney and East Main Street on the Capitol Square. Businesses pictured on South Pinckney Street includ... |
| Date: | 01 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Erdis Hansen, owner of The Perfume Shop. |
| Date: | 03 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Harriett Allender Steil, interior decorator for Frautschi's and 1951 home economics graduate of the U.W., discusses drapery fabrics with Martha Schmidt, fo... |
| Date: | 04 27 1957 |
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| Description: | Bob and Irwin Goodman honor the Madison Bowling League's retiring secretary, Eddie Toellner, and high-scoring keglers Peter Miller and John Poloni, with gi... |
| Date: | 07 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the new Edwin O. Olson & Son clothing store at 555 State Street. |
| Date: | 09 04 1957 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Baron Brothers Department Store after remodeling. Joseph Rothschild, a partner of the firm, is standing with Freda Kitson, manager of the ... |
| Date: | 11 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Mary Lou Clingman receiving her prize, a Hart Schaffner & Marx suit, from W.M. Harris, president of Olson & Veerhusen, for winning first prize in a contest... |
| Date: | 12 19 1957 |
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| Description: | Mildred Brown of 441 West Johnson Street has opened the "Mother Cabrini" shop in the first floor of her home. |
| Date: | 02 08 1958 |
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| Description: | The display window of Baron's Department Store is decorated with Florida vacation fashions. |
| Date: | 03 10 1958 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon W. Thomson (left) trying on a new suit, as four men representing four men's clothing stores, all located on the Capitol Square, are looking... |
| Date: | 06 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Sue Carolyn Renk examines a piece of crystal glassware as her mother, Mrs. Wilbur Renk looks on. She is preparing for her wedding and her graduation. |
| Date: | 01 17 1959 |
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| Description: | Burned hangers and shredded clothing hang on four clothing display racks inside the remains of the Robert Hall store after a fire. Three fire fighters are ... |
| Date: | 01 17 1959 |
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| Description: | View of the front of a fire-damaged commercial building at 3205 East Washington Avenue with two fire fighters, two hoses, and a ladder nearby. The signage ... |
| Date: | 04 22 1959 |
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| Description: | William H. Rietow, Jr. and Frank D. Hess stand in front of Electric City, a new appliance store at 4409 Monona Drive. |
| Date: | 05 21 1959 |
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| Description: | Robert Retzlaff (left), manager of the newly opened Ben Franklin variety store at 4204 Monona Drive, posing in the foreground on his store's first day of b... |
| Date: | 11 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Carl Payne (in the middle of the group at right) greets visitors at the C and P Plaza, his new store, on its opening day. |
| Date: | 01 31 1960 |
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| Description: | Wehrmann's Travel Shop at 508 State Street is destroyed by a fire that started late Sunday. A jumbled mass of luggage was all that was left after the fire ... |
| Date: | 01 31 1960 |
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| Description: | View of Wehrmann's Travel Shop storefront at 508 State Street with a fire truck parked outside. The shop was destroyed by fire late Sunday night. The Unive... |
| Date: | 03 09 1960 |
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| Description: | The S.S. Kresge Store was the first store open for business in the new Westgate Shopping Center. Attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony are, left to right: ... |
| Date: | 03 09 1960 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the S.S. Kresge store, the first store open for business in the new Westgate Shopping Center. |
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