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Palace of Sweets

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the Palace of Sweets, a restaurant-style candy shop manned with waiters and waitresses.
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Drugstore Interior

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Description: Interior of a drugstore with a soda fountain, seating, and two men staffing the counter. Items and signage lines the walls.
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Drugstore Interior

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Description: Interior view of a drug store with staff standing behind the counter and customers seated at tables. Goods are on display and the store features overhead f...
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Mansion House

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of a restaurant at a mansion house. A man at the left leans against a counter, and two women stand behind a shelf filled with candy. Tables and c...
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Confectionery and Ice Cream Parlor

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Description: View down the aisle between two counters at a confectionery and ice cream parlor. Tables and chairs are arranged between decorative trees and plants in the...
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Kroger Store Candy Display

Date: 12 09 1952
Description: Candy display at a Kroger grocery store.
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Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 23 1953
Description: Interior of the Fanny Farmer Candy Store in the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue.
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Mrs. Harvey Blue Pouring Maple Syrup Candies

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Description: Mrs. Harvey Blue pouring maple sugar candies. Mrs. Blue, in a flowered apron, is holding a white enameled pot in one hand, and a ladle of maple sugar confe...
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University Club Children's Christmas Party

Date: 12 20 1953
Description: Abby Brogden, age 3, and Ashley Moffat, age 2, hold popcorn balls while they sit on chairs in front of a Christmas tree.
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Mason Confectionery Store

Date: 1935
Description: View of a two-story wooden building, the Mason Confectionery Store, with a sign that reads "Confectiony. Good Things to Eat." On the right is a parked auto...
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Girl Eating Cotton Candy

Date: 08 1948
Description: Close-up of a young girl at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition eating cotton candy. There is a string of lights in the background.
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Pioneer Homemakers Christmas Party

Date: 12 09 1992
Description: "Pioneer Homemakers Christmas Party. L-R: Betty Schmidt, Myrtle Luhn, Loretta Sauer, Rogeen Franzen, and Shirley Widmer."
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Soroptimist Club Filling Easter Baskets

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Four members of the Soroptimist Club fill Easter baskets with candies. The baskets will be given to children at Morningside Sanatorium. Left to right: Regi...
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Madison General Hospital Junior Aide Program

Date: 05 13 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital Junior Aides Helen Bernstein and Bonnie Rejahl use a cart full of magazines, candy and other items for sale to bring to patient's ...
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International Bus in Nebraska

Date: 07 06 1925
Description: Group of men, likely World War I veterans, sitting in an International model 52 or model 53 bus in the streets of Omaha. One man is standing outside near t...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View from town of the road leading out of town towards fields and low hills. On the left at the curb is a fire hydrant and a Red Crown Gasoline gas pump. A...
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We Saw You . . . at Opus Dei Fun-o-Rama

Date: 02 01 1960
Description: Madison Cooperators of Opus Dei gave their third annual Fun-o-Rama event at the Catholic Community Center. Shown (left to right) at the candy booth are: Mr...
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Keeley 's Old Fashion Chocolates Building

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Exterior view of Keeley 's Old Fashion Chocolates Building, located at 949 East Washington Avenue. The structure was built in 1919 and the business closed...
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Employees at a Snack Bar

Date: 1948
Description: Group portrait of four snack bar employees, one woman and four men, standing behind a counter. Behind them are shelves with a display of candy in boxes. S...
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Young Boy Enjoys the Zor Shrine Circus While Eating Cotton Candy

Date: 02 25 1965
Description: A young boy enjoying the Zor Temple-William Kay Shrine circus at the Dane County fairgrounds arena while eating cotton candy.

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