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Blied Building
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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 Main Street, Walk-Over Shoes at 25 West Main Street, Forbes-Meagher at 27 West Main Street, and Wisconsin Felton Sporting Goods at 29 West Main Street. A sign for the Wisconsin Engraving Company is attached to the building at the second floor level above the Wisconsin Felton Sporting Goods store. South Carroll Street businesses seen include: Charles Deans Barber at 103, Wisconsin Engraving Company at 109, Roick & Opsahl Lawyers at 111, and Master Blueprint Company at 113. Lake Monona is in the distance.
December 10, 1948
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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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 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...
Blied Building Remodeling
July 28, 1949
Businesses along West Main Street during the remodeling of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street, after the top one and two stories have been removed. Businesses shown are Madison Bank and Trust,...
Wisconsin-Felton Sporting Goods Company Window
August 18, 1949
Display of guns in the display window at Wisconsin-Felton Sporting Goods Company, 29 West Main Street.
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...
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...
