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Armistice Day in Milwaukee

Date: 11 11 1957
Description: Uptown Post #400 Drill Team in formation firing a salute on Armistice Day while passers-by pause to pay their respects.
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Don's Delivery Service

Date: 08 15 1937
Description: Employees of Don's Delivery Service, Inc. near the main Post Office, with Harley Davidson motorcycles and a closed panel truck. They are parked across the ...
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Rennebohm Drug Store Employees

Date: 06 13 1944
Description: Employees of Rennebohm Drug Store #2, 204 State Street, photographed in front of the store. The majority of the employees are waitresses. War bond posters ...
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"Suspicious Woman" Arrested by Police

Date: 1966
Description: San Francisco police arrest a "suspicious woman" and help her into an International Metro Wagon #689 truck during their Golden Gate beat.
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Police Officer with Pedestrian

Date: 1900
Description: Police officer helping a young woman cross the street.
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Boy Scouts with Christmas Seal Posters

Date: 11 25 1933
Description: A group portrait of Boy Scouts and adult leaders armed with tacks, hammers and posters to promote the sale of Christmas Seals.
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Policeman Directing Traffic

Date: 07 17 1931
Description: View of a policeman standing in the street and directing traffic on State Street. Moving cars are in the background.
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Horse & Wagon in front of Strand Theater

Date: 12 27 1930
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 ...
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Amos 'n Andy on the Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 10 28 1930
Description: The Capitol Theatre marquee, 209 State Street, advertises Amos 'n Andy in "Check and Double Check" flanked by the Lurose' women's clothing store, 205 State...
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Parade of the Knights Templar

Date: 10 14 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Knights Templar parade south on Carroll Street during the Wisconsin Commandery convention.
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 08 17 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee at 209 State Street reads: "Eric Remarque's World's Best-Seller 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'" with usher and several bystander...
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Capitol Theatre Entrance

Date: 08 15 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre entrance advertising "Joe Cook Rain or Shine." The doorman is standing at the entrance with a child. 209 State Street.
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Fire Station on State Street

Date: 1902
Description: Station #2 of the Madison Fire Department at 125 State Street. Several men in uniform pose in front of the building with a horse-drawn wagon. A sign on the...
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Milwaukee Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A police officer stands in the middle of the street near street railroad tracks in the pavement as pedestrians cross. In the background on the street corne...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Automobiles and police officer on West Mifflin Street. Celebration of V-J Day August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of Japan...
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Officer Frank Ingraham with School Children

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Officer Frank B. Ingraham, at his beat on the corners of State, Henry, and Johnson Streets, with young school children from Holy Redeemer School. Ingraham ...
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 04 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A large group of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are marching, each with an American flag. In the ...
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State Eagles Convention Parade

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Milwaukee Aerie Eagles Conventioneers marching in their 46th annual parade, on East Mifflin Street. Manchester's store, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue a...
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State Eagles Convention Parade

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Kenosha Aerie Eagles Conventioneers marching in their 46th annual parade, on East Mifflin Street. Manchester's store, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and...
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Madison Fire Truck and Fire Station

Date: 08 10 1948
Description: Looking south on South Webster Street with the soon to be "retired" pumper fire truck and six fire fighters, parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 1...

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