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Strauss Shoes and W.T. Grant Building
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Art Deco building housing Strauss's Shoes at 19 S. Pinckney Street, and the W.T. Grant Company Department Store, located at 21-23 S. Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square. Mueller-Simpson Co. Tailors is on the second floor.
June 22, 1935
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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W.T. Grant Co. Variety Store
October 20, 1935
View of South Pinckney Street. From right to left: W.T. Grant Co., variety store, 21-23 S. Pinckney Street, and Strauss Shoes, 19 S. Pinckney Street, on the ground floor of Madison Merchants Realty...
W.T. Grant Company Shoe Window
May 21, 1946
W.T. Grant Company display window, 19 South Pinckney Street, featuring California Playshoes for $1.99 each.
W.T. Grant Store
August 31, 1944
View of the W.T. Grant five and ten-cent store at 19-21 South Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square.
South Pinckney Street Businesses
circa 1930-1939
View across street towards the row of first floor businesses on S. Pinckney Street. From left to right: S.S. Kresge Co.; Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig Co. Hardware; Moseley Book Co.; Schumacher's Shoes; ...
Crowds on South Pinckney Street
December 6, 1944
Christmas shoppers on South Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square. Businesses include the Three Sisters store, Mangels store, W.T. Grant store and a sign for a Chop Suey restaurant.
Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Hardware Store
May 5, 1934
Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Co. hardware store, located at 17 South Pinckney Street. There is a lighted "TOYS" sign above the second floor display window. The view also includes Strauss' Shoes on the righ...
