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Flannery and Wohlenberg in front of Madison Theatre

Date: 11 19 1936
Description: Flannery and Wohlenberg standing on the sidewalk in front of the Madison Theatre. A woman is inside the ticket booth.
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Kennedy Dairy Wagon

Date: 03 13 1936
Description: View from street of Barney Miller, the driver, feeding hay to Ned, the oldest dairy horse in service in Madison. The horse is hitched to a Kennedy Dairy wa...
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New Ford Car with Six Lido Ladies

Date: 03 31 1932
Description: Six Lido Ladies, an act performing at the Orpheum Theatre, posing with a new Ford V8 car in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre with a crowd looking on.
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Singers Reading "The Capital Times"

Date: 08 19 1931
Description: Three women of "The Singing Sinners," a vaudeville act at the Orpheum Theater, are reading "The Capitol Times" serial story "Guilty Lips," in their dressin...
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Construction Equipment on Display

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, being displayed at the Wiscon...
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New Year's Coffee Party

Date: 12 31 1930
Description: Group of people drinking coffee and being served donuts on New Year's Eve at the Strand Theater. In the center is a sign for the "Just Imagine" movie.
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Airplane Delivery

Date: 12 27 1929
Description: Four men are standing beside a Curtiss airplane to receive a parcel flown in from the National Theatre Supply Company for the Eastwood Theatre.
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 03 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street, under construction, looking east, showing the back sides of buildings along State Street.
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Ray-O-Vac & RMR Promotion

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Soldier helping a woman use a Handie Talkie at the Ray-O-Vac & RMR promotional exhibit set up at the Capitol Theatre. "This battery is the heart of the Han...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 29 1947
Description: In the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, manager Fred Reeths is holding Johnny Heitz while he drops a coin into the Empty Stocking Club stocking. Johnny's moth...
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Teen-Agers Dating

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Charlene Schaefer and Ronnie Kurth attending a movie. Both are East High School Students. A man on the right is taking their tickets.
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Audience Members at Lunt-Fontanne Play

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Harriet Hass and her daughter Georgia Hass at the premiere performance of the Alfred Lunt-Lynn Fontanne play "I Know My Love" at the Wisconsin Union Theate...
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Two Women at Lunt-Fontanne Play

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Sophie Steiger Roth, Madison, and her niece Ann Steiger of Oshkosh, at the premiere performance of the Alfred Lunt-Lynn Fontanne play "I Know My Love" at t...
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Mrs. Carl (Lola) Waller and Mrs. Everett F. (Elsa) Johnson

Date: 08 11 1949
Description: Mrs. Carl (Lola) Waller, 2138 Chamberlin Avenue, and her neighbor, Mrs. Everett F. (Elsa) Johnson, 2130 Chamberlin Avenue, posing for a portrait while atte...
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Bulletproof International Automobile

Date: 1940
Description: An International D-30 automobile with a special bulletproof body parked outside the Esquire Theater. Two police officers are standing near the vehicle, and...
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Wishing Well in Capitol Theatre

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Robert Hoffman dropping coins into the wishing well at the Capitol Theatre for the Empty Stocking Club and the Kiddie Camp fund to "Help Bring Happiness to...
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Front Street

Date: 1921
Description: View of Front Street with five men standing along a sidewalk. They are standing near a two-story building which houses the Avoca Cooperative Company and th...
Poster

Poster for "The Shaughraun"

Date: 1875
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Title across top in caps. Below it a scene in a pub featuring three men, with the central figure propping a foot on a wooden buc...
Poster

Poster for "The Man, the Maid and the Money"

Date: 1911
Description: Color lithograph poster. Title runs across top and the poster features a portrait of Dan Russell, whose name runs across the bottom. The famous comedian...
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Eagle River Street Scene

Date: 01 1972
Description: Winter scene on Wall Street. Two women cross the street and many cars are parked at the curb. Men appear in the background. Many business signs can be seen...

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