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State Street from 200 Block

Date: 1929
Description: State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ...
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Wisconsin State Employment Office

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: The Wisconsin State Employment Office, formerly the Capital City Bank, located on the corner of King and South Pinckney Streets. On the left is Liggett's ...
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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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Businessmen Watch Construction

Date: 1969
Description: Several businessmen converse with each other while observing the World Trade Center construction.
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4th & Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: Looking south at street corner. There is a brick building, with a sign that says "Printing Office," and a pharmacy to the right.
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Standard Ice Cream Truck

Date: 01 24 1935
Description: A man reaches into an open door on the left side of a refrigerated compartment of an International truck owned by Standard Ice Cream. The truck is parked i...
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View of Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: A view of a broad street lined with businesses in brick buildings. Horse-drawn carts are parked along the street and pedestrians are visible as well. Signs...
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Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lights hang over the street. Business signs read: "J.H. Kreiling Tailor" "J...
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Business District

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Description: View across intersection of the business district featuring the 'largest post clock in the United States,' located on the corner of Washington Avenue and M...
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Main Street

Date: 1927
Description: View down Main Street lined with shops. Cars are sporadically parked along the curbs. There is a hotel, the Fritzstoldt tailor, soda fountain and drug stor...
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"The Detroit News" Truck

Date: 1925
Description: An International Model SL truck owned by "The Detroit News" parked in front of Cook & Dyer Drugstore. A man is removing piles of newspapers from the truck ...
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General Town View

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Description: Elevated view of the town and surrounding area. The brick building at the photograph's bottom center is labeled "Geren, Rish Art Studio" and was built in ...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a city street from a colonnaded walkway. Automobiles park outside a store advertising drugs and soda, Wade Bros. Land Company, and Henry C. Roge...
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Drugstore/Stationery Store/Photo Studio

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Description: View across an unpaved street of a building with three storefronts. Signs on the taller building on the right read "Drugstore," "Books/Stationery," and "Ph...

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