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State Street and the Capitol Theatre

Date: 08 16 1932
Description: Pedestrians (in motion) are walking down State Street towards the Capitol building, near the Capitol Theatre marquee, RKO sign, the YWCA, Oettings Restaura...
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Thom McAn Shoe Store

Date: 08 15 1941
Description: Thom McAn shoe store, 224 State Street.
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Linden Hill Grocery Store

Date: 06 19 1938
Description: Linden Hill Grocery Store, 36 South Fair Oaks Avenue. Anton "Tony" Lazarz and his wife Bernice, owners of the store, are sitting on the curb in the foregro...
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Haley & Sons Building

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Haley & Sons, building facade, "Insurance, Realtors, Northwestern Insured Savings," 124 State Street. In 1940 it became home of the First Federal Savings a...
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Emporium Department Store

Date: 09 07 1934
Description: New and greatly enlarged Emporium Department Store, 15 - 17 North Pinckney Street.
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Brown's Boot Shop

Date: 06 21 1934
Description: Brown's Boot Shop, 224 State Street, with signs that read: "Liquidation Brown Shoe Stock."
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Kroger Grocery Store

Date: 05 15 1934
Description: Kroger Capitol Square Store, at 3 North Pinckney Street. Signs in the second floor windows read: "Dr. Scott, Dentist."
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Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Hardware Store

Date: 05 05 1934
Description: 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 vie...
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Orpheum Theater

Date: 08 06 1933
Description: "Gold Diggers of 1933" on Orpheum Theater marquee, 216 State Street. The entrance to Weber's Restaurant is on the left side of the theater.
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General "Doughnut" Tires

Date: 04 23 1932
Description: General "Doughnut" tires on Ford in front of Monona Tire Co., 128 S. Pinckney Street. There is a sign for the Mueller Insurance Agency on the left at 126 S...
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Vaudeville Actors in front of Crescent Clothing

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ...
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Capital City Bank

Date: 05 08 1931
Description: Capital City Bank Building, 21 E. Main Street, also showing Burdick & Murray Department Store, and Miller's Women's Apparel store.
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"Half Shot at Sunrise" on Marquee

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee featuring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in "Half Shot at Sunrise." Next to the theater on the left is the Lurose women's clothing...
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Capitol Theatre Tower and Marquee

Date: 09 17 1929
Description: Elevated view of the Capitol theatre tower and marquee (209 State Street) with Kessenich's (201 State Street), Fred W. Kruse Co (205 State Street), Peoples...
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Campus Soda Grill

Date: 07 20 1927
Description: Campus Soda Grill, 714 State Street, and The Ray's Barber Shop, at 716 State Street.
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College Shop

Date: 06 03 1927
Description: View across street towards the College Shop, at 720 State Street.
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Stemp Typewriter Company

Date: 08 28 1956
Description: Stemp Typewriter Company, located at 528 State Street, featuring the entire front view of the building, including sign "Stemps Adding Machines, expert repa...
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Kunzelmann-Esser Furniture Co. Building

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Description: Kunzelmann-Esser furniture store at South 9th and West Mitchell Streets.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership Exterior

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Description: View from street of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. dealership exterior, a two-story building. Two signs, both read; "McCormick Harvesting Machine Co....
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J.C. Rice McCormick Agency Building

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company agency or dealership in the "union block" building (1887). Lettering on the windows identifies the McCormick agent as ...

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