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| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A couple waits at the checkout stand with a shopping cart and cans of Mautz paint and other supplies to purchase. |
| Date: | 03 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Bus traveling down Mifflin Street on Capitol Square. Moseleys, Woldenbergs and Walgreen's Drugs are on the right. |
| Date: | 08 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Stemp Typewriter Company, located at 528 State Street, featuring the entire front view of the building, including sign "Stemps Adding Machines, expert repa... |
| Date: | 12 1958 |
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| Description: | Showroom display featuring the International Metro-Mite AM-80 truck. A banner above the Metro-Mite describes the vehicle as "America's biggest little deli... |
| Date: | 02 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Economy Paint and Wall Paper Company, 125 King Street, corner of King Street and Doty Street, including Siekers Furniture, 119 King Street, the Majestic Th... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of businesses along 1831-1841 Monroe Street, including: H & R Variety store, Schensky Hardware, Archer's Pharmacy and Main Western Auto. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of downtown, including park, church, and stores. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Pinckney Street, near the corner of East Washington Avenue. To the left is a bank building, in the center a shoe store, and on the right a theatre. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Several tractors are on display in a showroom along with a snowplow. On display are the "V" Wausau Snow Plow, Farmall Cub Tractor, A-22 Side-Mounted Mower ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An International L-150 truck owned by the Fehr Baking Company parked in front of Joe's Meat Market. The side of the truck advertises "Fairmade; Fairmade is... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Juan B. Marquez, driver of an International L-150 truck for Borden's Fine Dairy Products, delivers a crate of dairy products to El Aguila Groceries. The bu... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street with a horse-drawn carriage and large brick buildings. |
| Date: | 12 27 1951 |
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| Description: | View of the Shorewood Shopping Center parking lot, including the National Food Store, looking east. The shopping center was located in Shorewood Hills. |
| Date: | 12 27 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 12 27 1951 |
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| Description: | A woman shops for meat at the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills. |
| Date: | 12 27 1951 |
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| Description: | A woman shops for fruits and vegetables at the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills. |
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