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Capitol Square Businesses
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View of businesses located on West Main Street at S. Carroll Street on the Capitol Square. These include Feltons at 29 West Main Street, Forbes Meagher Music at 27 West Main Street, Fanny Farmer, Bandbox Millinery, Canton Restaurant at 25 West Main Street, Home Savings at 23 West Main Street, Western Union at 21 West Main Street, F.W. Grand at 15-19 West Main Street, Cop's Cafe at 11 West Main Street, E.W. Parker at 9 West Main Street, Badger Candy Kitchen at 7 West Main Street, and Union Trust at 1-5 West Main Street.
July 27, 1940
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Union Trust Company
1938
Union Trust Company, 1 West Main Street. Other West Main Street businesses include The Badger Candy Kitchen, E.W. Parker Jewelers, Cop's Cafe, Rennebohm's Rexall Drugs, Grand Variety Store, Wester...
Blied Building
December 10, 1948
Elevated view from the roof of the Park Hotel. Main Street businesses seen include, from the left: Western Union Telegraph Company at 21 West Main Street, Madison Bank and Trust Company at 23 West ...
Blied Building on Madison Capitol Square
January 1963
View from street of businesses along West Main Street, long after the remodeling of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street, when the top two stories were removed. Businesses shown are Forbes-Meagh...
Madison Capitol Square Storefronts on Main Street
August 1, 1949
Refurbished store fronts along West Main Street at the corner of South Carroll Street. The building occupied by Walk-Over Shoe Store and Forbes-Meagher Music Company was lowered one story and given...
Blied Building Remodeling
May 9, 1949
View from Park Hotel towards the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street and Carroll Street facade, under construction. The corner of the building is covered with construction scaffolding. Western Unio...
Madison Capitol Square Storefronts on Main Street
August 5, 1949
Looking down South Carroll Street at the corner of West Main Street on Madison's Capitol Square. The corner building is the Blied Building which had two floors removed for safety purposes. The busi...
