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Oscar Mayer Freight Car

Date: 08 04 1931
Description: Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad freight car with "Oscar Mayer's Meats of Good Taste" advertisement on the side.
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Automobile Accident on County Trunk M

Date: 04 15 1934
Description: Onlookers surveying damage from a fatal two-car collision. The view is looking south on County Trunk Highway M, between Speedway Road and Middleton. In the...
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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AAA Driver's Education Class and Instructor

Date: 10 27 1938
Description: AAA driver's training instructor with group of students, posing with dual control driver's education car, in front of Madison East High School.
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Rural Automobile Accident

Date: 08 18 1939
Description: View from front of Capital City Culvert Company automobile involved in an accident with a Phillips Produce Company egg truck at the intersection of County ...
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Sweet's Food Shop

Date: 08 28 1931
Description: Exterior view of Sweet's Food Shop, located at 354 West Main Street.
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Pilots with Air Show Trophies

Date: 06 15 1930
Description: William McDonald and Merl Buck posing in front of a small airplane with several Air Show trophies on the ground in front of them.
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Pennco Station

Date: 07 24 1934
Description: Pennsylvania oil company gas station at the corner of 2 North Park and Regent Streets in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Regent Street

Date: 07 24 1934
Description: View looking east from Monroe Street, down the newly widened and paved Regent Street. Businesses include Castle and Doyle building supplies on the left (15...
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Orpheum Theatre

Date: 04 10 1927
Description: Elevated view of buildings in the 200 block of State Street, with the Orpheum Theatre as a focal point. The theatre marquee reads "New Orpheum." Next door ...
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West Towne

Date: 08 28 1970
Description: An aerial view of West Towne Shopping Center (now West Towne Mall) at Mineral Point and Gammon Roads.
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Monona Golf Course Club House

Date: 05 22 1931
Description: The golf course greens and rear view of the Monona Golf Course clubhouse (aka Nathaniel and Harriet Dean House, built 1856) located at 4718 Monona Drive.
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Opening of Eastwood Theatre

Date: 12 27 1929
Description: A crowd lined up on opening night at the Eastwood Theatre at 2090 Atwood Avenue. This view of the facade shows an unfinished dome on top of the building.
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Allis Chalmers Plant

Date: 11 29 1936
Description: Exterior view of the Allis Chalmers farm implements building, 601-607 Williamson Street (Machinery Row).
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World's Largest Tire

Date: 11 02 1930
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...
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Severson's Service Station Beer Party

Date: 06 10 1936
Description: View across street of a large group of people posing in front of Severson's Phillips 66 Service Station, 2089 Atwood Avenue, during a summer evening beer p...
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Railroad construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking west up the 400 and 500 blocks of East Wilson Street.
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East Wilson Street

Date: 01 08 1946
Description: View down middle of East Wilson Street at the center of South Hancock looking Northeast, taken at site of Reynolds Bus accident. Businesses shown include D...
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The Sherlock Hotel

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior view of the Sherlock Hotel, 124 King Street at the corner of Doty Street. Snow is on the ground.
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Frautschi Furniture Store

Date: 05 15 1934
Description: Exterior view of the Frautschi Furniture Store, located at 213-221 King Street.

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