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Pinckney Street
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Elevated view of Pinckney Street, looking northeast from the Wisconsin State Capital. On the right is East Washington Avenue. On the left is the Belmont Hotel. A building near the Belmont Hotel has a sign painted on the side reading: "The Emporium. The Friendly Store for Thrifty Shoppers." In the far distance is Lake Mendota.
1954
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
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Capitol Square, Looking North on Pinckney St. at Main
1954
A view across Pinckney Street at the corner of Main Street. The two blocks along the Square include storefronts for Stevens, Mangel's, and Richman's. The First National Bank is on the corner at Eas...
Belmont Hotel
March 3, 1932
Elevated view of the Belmont Hotel, located at the corner of North Pinckney Street and E. Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square.
Belmont Hotel
October 29, 1935
The Belmont Hotel, 31 N. Pinckney Street, from the roof of the Montgomery Ward building, 102 N. Hamilton Street, with the Capitol Square and the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. Hartmeyer...
Madison Hotel on Mifflin Street
circa 1950-1959
View across street towards the Madison Hotel on the corner of Mifflin Street and North Pinckney Street, with Walgreen Drugs on the first floor on the right, and Woldenberg's Women's Clothing store ...
Belmont Hotel and Pinckney Street
1954
View from Capitol Square Park of the Belmont Hotel and nearby buildings. Includes the storefronts for Simpson's and Rennebohm Drug Store #6, at 19 North Pinckney.
West Mifflin Street and the Parkway Theatre
August 18, 1932
View of the Parkway Theatre marquee down West Mifflin Street, and a sign for the "RKO's Greater Show Season and Merchant's Greater Selling Season" on a lamppost. Included in the view is Baron Broth...
