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H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, Department Store

Date: 1954
Description: Manchester's, Incorporated, a department store on Mifflin Street.
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Truax Hospital Heating Building

Date: 01 22 1943
Description: Hospital heating building at Truax Army Air Field, from the west side.
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WSES, Women's Interview Room

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Wisconsin State Employment Services, 111 King Street, women's interview room, desk, chairs. There is a view of the street below through windows on the righ...
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Men Greasing Cars

Date: 07 01 1927
Description: Men greasing cars in the Klean Rite Auto Laundry, located at 739 East Mifflin Street.
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Holmes Tire and Supply Co. Tire Recapping Department

Date: 10 29 1946
Description: Interior of Holmes Tire and Supply Company, 431 West Main Street. View of the recapping department with two workers, equipment, and many tires of different...
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Groves-Barnhart Secretarial School

Date: 12 12 1945
Description: Group of five women in class at the Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street at Gilman Street. There is a large window in the background, s...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 23 1948
Description: Edgewater Hotel manager, Austin Falkner, watches Dr. Donald Bowle register as the first guest at the hotel. Dr. Bowle is professor of the department of ana...
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House at 1418 Sherman Avenue

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of the shingle-sided house at 1419 Sherman Avenue, in Sherman Park. Built by Willard Droster, with a car in the driveway.
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Durfee Brothers Roofing Company Burglary

Date: 10 30 1948
Description: View of window from indoors that burglars pried open at the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company office to enter during a robbery. A 500 pound safe was removed ...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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Wisconsin State Capital Looking West

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Description: Elevated view of the State Capitol looking west in Madison, Wisconsin. A corner of the Capitol Square and the Capitol Lawn are in the foreground. Automobi...
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West View of the Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Elevated view of the state Capitol building looking west. The building features columns, a dome topped by the statue Wisconsin, and multiple windows.
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MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1945
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" turning onto North Carroll Street from West Mifflin Street. The "Trackless Train" was on a tour from New York to ...
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MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked in front of the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue. The YMCA can be seen on the right. The "Trackless...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Exterior at Christmas

Date: 12 1939
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a view of the exterior of the settlement house at 768 West Washington Avenue decorated with garland...
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Beavers Insurance Company Building

Date: 1923
Description: The Beavers Insurance Building at the corner of Monona Avenue (currently Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) and Doty Street. It was built in 1921-1922 and ...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Temporary Building for Droster Brothers General Store

Date: 01 1919
Description: Temporary building built after the fire in Burke that destroyed the Droster Brothers General Store. The Droster's bought out John Quilty's store, which in ...
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Museum of Contemporary Art

Date: 09 2013
Description: View looking down at a staircase in the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. On the ground floor is a wire sculpture that rises above the first landing of t...
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Sid Lighting Up a Cigar

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Description: Sid standing and lighting up a cigar in the doorway of a room at work. Behind him is a table and chair, and outside of the window is a parked automobile.

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