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Low Cost Drugs

Date: 06 27 1980
Description: Exterior view of a pharmacy advertising "Low Cost Drugs." The building also has a painted advertisement for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
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Entrance to Hub Building

Date: 12 15 1935
Description: Entrance to Hub Building, 24 West Mifflin Street, showing Maiden Beauty Shop sign and part of Menges Pharmacy with a Coca-Cola sign.
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 11 03 1926
Description: Exterior view from street towards the front of the Orpheum Theater under construction, at 216 State Street. Posters on the temporary wood facade are for th...
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Laurel Tavern Storefront

Date: 08 16 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Laurel Tavern, 2505 Monroe Street. The storefront window contains a display of two Schlitz Beer bottle pyramids, two large bottles of ...
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Great Britain General Agency Building

Date: 1912
Description: Two men stand in the doorway of an International Harvester general agency (dealership) building of Great Britain.
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Loewen Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Loewen Bräu (Lion Brew) Beer, United States Brewing Co." The label features the silh...
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Huber Branch Houses

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement for the Huber Manufacturing Company featuring a headline reading: "Huber Service covers the Country" along with photographs of Huber branch h...
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: A view of a street in the central business district. A restaurant with a group of men in front on the left. Three children with a wagon on the right. A hou...
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Cattle Drive on Main Street

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Description: View from sidewalk towards a man on horseback driving cattle on a city street. Commercial buildings are on the left side of the street. jA man is sitting o...
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The Dohm Bros Store

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Description: View across unpaved street towards the Dohm Brothers storefront. There are several advertising signs on the two-story building, including "French Auto Oil,...
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Storefront with Advertisement for Gold Medal Flour

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Description: Brick storefront with advertisement for Gold Medal Flour that reads: "Eventually Washburn-Crosby's Gold Medal Flour, Why Not Now." Telephone and electrical...
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Parking Lot in Empty Lot on State Street

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards an empty lot used for parking between Block Cleaners on the left, and the Wooden Nickel on the right. Three cars are parke...
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Dogie Stand Restaurant

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Frances Street towards a Dutch colonial revival style house. On the ground floor is the Dogie Stand Restaurant. A large sign next to the ...
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Olwell Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Frances Street, at the intersection with University Avenue, towards the Olwell Building. The upper floors are apartment buildings, with t...
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Matthew Gay Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, at the intersection with North Henry Street, towards the Queen Anne-style Matthew Gay Building, a two-story building with a turre...
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Chicago City Opera Company Schedules

Date: 1910
Description: Selection of weekly schedules for the Chicago City Opera Company. The front includes an illustration of the entrance to the Civic Opera House (currently th...
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Fess Hotel Sign on Side of Building

Date: 1958
Description: View towards the front right corner of the Fess Hotel, and the sign painted on the right side of the Fess Hotel that reads: "Fess Hotel, 75 Rooms 30 Baths ...

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