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Central Parking Garage Exterior

Date: 12 01 1932
Description: Exterior front view of the Central Parking Garage at 13-15 South Webster Street showing four gas pumps in front. Property owned by George Gill, business op...
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Garage Building Demolition

Date: 06 16 1945
Description: Endres and Tiedeman garage building demolition at 107 East Doty Street, taken for American Automobile Association.
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Dayton Street

Date: 07 1950
Description: Cars parked at 943-945 East Dayton Street.
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Fess Hotel

Date: 1977
Description: A view from the west of the Fess Hotel, 123 East Doty Street.
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Manchester Pigeon-Hole Parking Unit Goes into Full Operation

Date: 12 08 1951
Description: The first commercial pigeon-hole parking unit in the world was built for the Harry S. Manchester department store, behind Manchester's at the corner of Wis...
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Farm Equipment Workers Union Mass Meeting

Date: 11 05 1945
Description: Elevated view of members of the Farm Equipment Workers Union meeting in a parking lot of the McCormick Works factory located at the corner of Oakley and Bl...
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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600 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 100 block of State Street. Businesses include: Brathaus, The Perfume Shop, Lou's Tobacco Bar, Pattie Wago...
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Phillips 66

Date: 1938
Description: View across road of the Route 66 service station. Automobiles and a Phillips 66 Chequamegon Oil Co. truck are in the parking lot. Signs around the Route 66...
Map or Atlas

Parking Area Study, Milwaukee County Zoological Garden

Date: 1955
Description: Bottom of the map reads: "PARKING AREA STUDY MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN SCALE 1"=200" APRIL 21, 1955 TOTAL PARKING AREA - 3736 CARS 31.1 acres". Th...
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Bishop O'Connor Returns from European Trip

Date: 09 28 1959
Description: A priest genuflects while welcoming Bishop O'Connor back to Madison from his European trip. The bishop traveled in a 100 car motorcade from the railroad st...
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Fire and Ambulance Vehicles

Date: 02 2014
Description: Elevated view of fire and ambulance vehicles after dark at Becker Plaza. In the background is a parking lot. Snow is on the ground.
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Pleasure Boat Ramps

Date: 12 10 1957
Description: Pleasure boat ramps, made of timber, on the south side of Racine Harbor. A man is walking in the snow near the ramps. There are piles of material along the...
Photograph

Madison Metered Parking for Motor Scooters

Date: 11 01 1961
Description: One motor scooter parked in a metered parking stall on Langdon street between the Memorial Union and the armory. The specially sized stalls were marked as ...
Photograph

Parked Motorcycle on Madison Street

Date: 11 01 1961
Description: An illegally parked motorcycle on Park Street in Madison. The photograph was taken to show that riders don't always use the newly marked smaller stalls int...
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Josie's Restaurant

Date: 1955
Description: View across street towards Josie's Restaurant, at 906 Regent Street. The eatery was owned by the Schuepbach-Jensen family between 1964 and 2007, before bei...
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The Christian Dick Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across King Street towards the Christian Dick building. The Government East Garage is in the background along East Doty Street.
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Grantshire Block

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Carroll Street, on the corner of West Dayton Street, towards the Grantshire Block. The Grantshire Restaurant is on the ground floor and t...
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Two Small Cars Double Up in One Metered Parking Space

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Two drivers are flipping a coin to determine who feeds the meter with their two small cars squeezed into one parking stall on North Park Street by Bascom H...

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