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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people, including dwarfs and midgets, posing with "the worlds largest tire" in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre as part of a promotion for Goodyea... |
| Date: | 12 05 1930 |
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| Description: | Night view looking down State Street from the intersection at North Carroll Street. Lighting up the scene are the blurred lights of automobiles moving alon... |
| Date: | 08 18 1932 |
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| Description: | View of the Parkway Theatre marquee down West Mifflin Street, and a sign for the "RKO's Greater Show Season and Merchant's Greater Selling Season" on a lam... |
| Date: | 09 09 1936 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theatre marquee, 216 State Street, featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer in "The Great Ziegfeld." View also includes Weber's Restaur... |
| Date: | 11 17 1936 |
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| Description: | Refurbished facade of Madison Theatre, 111 Monona Avenue. The building includes the temporary quarters of Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers. |
| Date: | 06 16 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of the Loraine Hotel. In the background is Lake Mendota on the left, and on the right is Lake Mo... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower. |
| Date: | 11 19 1936 |
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| Description: | Night view of the Madison Theatre at 111 Monona Avenue. Two women are in the box office. The marquee reads "Premiere Opening Day." Jimmy Dodge's restaurant... |
| Date: | 11 19 1936 |
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| Description: | Front view of Madison Theatre, 111 Monona Avenue, with the Madison Theater building and Jimmy Dodge's restaurant. On the left is the temporary location of ... |
| Date: | 03 13 1936 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 06 1933 |
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| Description: | "Gold Diggers of 1933" on Orpheum Theater marquee, 216 State Street. The entrance to Weber's Restaurant is on the left side of the theater. |
| Date: | 06 18 1931 |
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| Description: | Eugene F. Smith, chief engineer of Madison's RKO theaters (left) is explaining the refrigeration (air conditioning) plant at the Orpheum Theatre to Floyd C... |
| Date: | 12 27 1930 |
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| Description: | View across street towards an advertisement for the movie "Third Alarm" on the side of a fire wagon with two fire fighters being pulled by horses in front ... |
| Date: | 12 27 1929 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 01 23 1928 |
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| Description: | Schenk's Corners, with the Security State Bank, located at Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street. On the right hand side of the view is Hausmann Fuel Company,... |
| Date: | 03 01 1927 |
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| Description: | Capitol Theatre, 211 State Street, under construction. American Bridge Co. on beams, and an Esser's City Market delivery truck. |
| Date: | 04 10 1927 |
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| Description: | The Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. The view also includes Weber's Restaurant, the Family Shoe Store, Rennebohm's Drug Store, and the Madison Theater. T... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View of State Street looking toward the University of Wisconsin Madison campus from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with marquees for Ward-Brodt Music Co., Le... |
| Date: | 04 06 1933 |
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| Description: | Armed guards loading a case of money(?) onto an International A-3 armor plated truck owned by the Brinks Express Company. The truck is parked outside the M... |
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