Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
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Description: | An electric streetcar in Milwaukee with a large Gimbels sign in the background. |
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Description: | An early electric-powered streetcar in downtown Eau Claire, as it appeared about 1890-1895. |
Date: | 11 20 1927 |
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Description: | Oriental rug business owned by Solomon Gulessarian at 319 State Street. The Palace Barber Shop is next door on the right. |
Date: | 11 28 1927 |
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Description: | View of the 3 F Laundry on the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street, with Holmes Tire, 614 University Avenue, and the Wheeler Conservatory of Music,... |
Date: | 11 28 1927 |
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Description: | View of the Lawrence Restaurant, located at 662 State Street. |
Date: | 05 26 1929 |
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Description: | The Madison Gas and Electric (MG&E) office building on the corner of North Fairchild and West Mifflin Streets. The Bedford limestone building was designed ... |
Date: | 12 02 1929 |
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Description: | Scaffolding rises on the State Bank of Wisconsin, 1 West Main Street, as an addition is constructed. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street in ... |
Date: | 05 20 1930 |
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Description: | The exterior of the Fox Strand Theatre on Mifflin Street, with the marquee advertising the "The Arizona Kid." |
Date: | 05 20 1930 |
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Description: | The Montgomery Ward Store Building at 100 North Hamilton Street, at the intersection of Pinckney and North Hamilton Streets. The building was designed by L... |
Date: | 03 21 1931 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Tenney Building, located on the corner of East Main and South Pinckney Streets. The building was designed in 1929 by Law, Law, and Pot... |
Date: | 09 17 1931 |
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Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Elver House, later the Wilson Hotel, on East Wilson Street. |
Date: | 09 17 1931 |
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Description: | East Wilson Street, looking east from the King and Butler Streets intersection, with Rubin's Furniture at 302 East Wilson Street, Fitzgerald Electric at 30... |
Date: | 11 25 1931 |
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Description: | This building on the corner of Main Street (to the left) and King Street (to the right) was built for John J. Suhr and designed by John Nader. Here it hous... |
Date: | 03 03 1932 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Belmont Hotel, located at the corner of North Pinckney Street and E. Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square. |
Date: | 03 10 1932 |
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Description: | The Commercial National Bank building, on the corner of State and Carroll Streets, housed the bank as well as Mrs. Brown's Beauty Shoppe and Wegener and Ro... |
Date: | 08 16 1932 |
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Description: | Pedestrians (in motion) are walking down State Street towards the Capitol building, near the Capitol Theatre marquee, RKO sign, the YWCA, Oettings Restaura... |
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 29 1932 |
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Description: | Kroger Complete Food Market, 3-5 North Pinckney Street, with black vitrolite front, chromium trim, and a modernistic Art Deco sign in chromium-plate letter... |
Date: | 08 01 1933 |
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Description: | The Harry S. Manchester building, 2-6 E. Mifflin Street, with a large National Recovery Administration banner which reads: "N.R.A. Member - We Do Our Part.... |
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