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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ... |
| Date: | 06 18 1952 |
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| Description: | A hosiery window display with mannequins at Hills Store, 202 State Street. A sign in the window reads: "Fruit-of-the-Loom Nationally Famous Nylons, 99 cent... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The corner of State and Fairchild Streets showing Yost-Kessnich's and the Capitol Theatre under construction. |
| Date: | 02 12 1941 |
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| Description: | Valentine floral display window at University Floral Company, 747 University Avenue. Owned by Dea McVicar and his son Angus McVicar. |
| Date: | 09 17 1931 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 02 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the nearly completed Capitol Theatre. Construction scaffolding is in the background. |
| Date: | 04 19 1932 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Hub clothing store, located at 22-24 West Mifflin Street. A sign reads: "Society Brand Clothes and Florsheim Shoes." Second floor windows h... |
| Date: | 09 07 1935 |
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| Description: | Exterior night view of the Nancee Hat Shop at 7 South Pinckney Street featuring hats, purses and an Art Deco entrance. |
| Date: | 05 04 1934 |
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| Description: | View of East Main Street businesses: Burdick & Murray Co. at 15-17-19 East Main Street, Feltman and Curme, Tailors, 21 East Main Street, Uphoffs Coffee Sho... |
| Date: | 06 11 1934 |
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| Description: | Simpson's women's clothing store, with Art Deco sign, located at 23-25 Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 03 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Night view of the "Mifflin Arcade" with terra cotta facade. Businesses include Silver Dollar Tavern at 117 West Mifflin Street, Sibyl Hats at 119 West Miff... |
| Date: | 05 05 1934 |
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| Description: | Hill's Dry Goods Store, 202 State Street, at the corner of State Street and Dayton Street. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Phillip Best Building and Matthew Brothers Store, built in 1878. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | View down street of the downtown business district, including Woolworth's (left side) and Actor's Rexall Drug Store (right side). Caption reads: "Greetings... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of businesses located on the south end of Main Street including The Hotel Erving, a shoe store, Utter Drug Company, a dentist, Graham Awning Co., and ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of some of the businesses on North Main Street, including the Strand Theater and Olk Drugs. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Corner of Main and First Street. The first two buildings on the southwest corner are Abraham Meinhold's dry goods and LeClair's hardware store. Next is A.F... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a row of businesses on Fourth Avenue, including Warren Cafe, Wang's Rexall Drug Store, Wisconsin Power & Light, a restaurant, an... |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Main St. Looking West. Augusta, Wis." Livesey Drugs is on the left side of the street. |
| Date: | 03 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store. |
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