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Levitan Building and Grand Store
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First block of West Main Street with E.W. Parker Jewelers, 9 W. Main, Cops Cafe, 11 W. Main Street, Rennebohm's drugstore, 13 W. Main, Levitan Building (art deco Egyptian), 15 W. Main Street, F & W Grand variety store, 17 W. Main Street, and Western Union, located at 21 W. Main Street.
February 26, 1936
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Levitan Building and Grand Store
October 20, 1935
Levitan building, 15 W. Main Street (Art Deco Egyptian style), Rennebohm's drug store, 13 W. Main Street and F. & W. Grand variety store, 17 - 19 W. Main Street. The view shows angle parking on the...
Bank of Wisconsin Addition
December 2, 1929
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 front of Woolworths (1 E. Main aka Pioneer...
Levitan Building
July 27, 1940
The Art Deco, Egyptian-influenced facade of the Levitan Building at 15, 17, & 19 West Main Street, including the F&W Grand 5&10 cent store, Rennebohm Drugstore #3, Cop's Cafe, and the state headqua...
Rennebohm's on Main Street
1930
Close-up of the Rennebohm Drug Store #3, 13 West Main Street, showing some of the Egyptian details of the Art Deco-style Levitan Building in which the store was located.
State Bank of Wisconsin Addition
November 1, 1929
Construction of an addition to the State Bank of Wisconsin at 1-5 West main Street, as viewed from across West Main Street, with automobiles angle parked in foreground. In the background are buildi...
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...
