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| 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: | 12 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 12 15 1935 |
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| Description: | Entrance to Hub Building, 24 West Mifflin Street, showing Maiden Beauty Shop sign and part of Menges Pharmacy with a Coca-Cola sign. |
| Date: | 02 02 1932 |
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| Description: | Royal typewriter window display at Brewington Typewriter Company, 533 State Street. The name was later changed to the Stemp Typewriter Company. |
| Date: | 04 11 1931 |
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| Description: | An ambulance carries signs advertising the film, "Mr. Lemon of Orange" in front of the Strand Theatre at 16 E. Mifflin Street. Also on that block are Barto... |
| Date: | 12 27 1930 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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| Description: | World's largest Goodyear tire in front of RKO Orpheum theater, 216 State Street, with six people viewing the tire. One man is on top of the tire holding a ... |
| Date: | 10 28 1930 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 21 1930 |
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| Description: | Strand Theater, with marquee advertising Warner Baxter and Carol Lombard in "The Arizona Kid," and Collyer's Pharmacy, Kinney Shoes, and a Heinz billboard. |
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| Description: | Men and children pose in front of retail businesses and from a second story window, and look out into the street. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Automobiles driving down Main Street, which is lined on either side with storefronts and buildings. On the left side of the street is Hotel LaFayette. On t... |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of downtown at the intersection of 8th and Washington Streets. The Manitowoc County Courthouse is at the right. Residences and churches can ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A man walks across the unpaved street in the Broadway Street business district, with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles along the curb. There is a hill i... |
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| Description: | A boy sitting on a pony at an intersection. Across the street, a man in overalls stands outside of the restaurant. A large poster for the "Ringling Brother... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Edward Moe General Merchandise which offers groceries, dry goods, shoes, hardware, automotive supplies, Red Crown gasoline, Red Seal dry batteries, and Mob... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down commercial street. The shops are: Crandon Baking Company, a drugstore, the Hotel Hellstrom and Livery, a restaurant, First National Bank, a baker... |
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| Description: | Elevated stereograph of J.C. Iversen and Company on the west side of Water Street (north of Grand Avenue). Other stores include: Adam Koch Restaurant and Q... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Madison businesses had a parade to encourage customers to shop. This is the Brewington Typewriter Company entry. It says Brewington Typewriter Company on t... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Stanley Stemp (right) and two employees stand in front of a truck that was decorated for a parade put on by Madison businesses. They are parked in front of... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photograph looking across unpaved North Main Street towards commercial buildings. Two horse-drawn carriages and one horse-drawn freight wag... |
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