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Manchester's, Inc., "Silhouette Black" Window Display

Date: 10 08 1940
Description: Manchester's, Inc., Department Store, 2-6 E. Mifflin Street, "Silhouette Black" window display, with mannequin in a dress and hat, with display of dresses,...
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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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Department Store Interior

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Description: Several men and women standing inside a department store next to tables piled with bolts of fabric. The store has a pressed tin ceiling.
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Manchester's Show Window

Date: 01 02 1946
Description: Manchester's show window titled "A Tribute to Madison" and featuring pages from the Saturday Evening Post article about Madison being a "miniature m...
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Espenhain's Department Store

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Description: Elevated view of Espenhain's department store located on the northwest corner of N. 4th Street and W. Wisconsin Avenue. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, ...
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Bauch Store on Corner in Commercial District

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Description: Looking south on N. 3rd Street from W. North Avenue. Bauch goods and other unidentified businesses visible on 3rd Street. There are automobiles and streetc...
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Risley Brothers Building

Date: 1944
Description: Five women look at a window display at the Schweke Brothers Store, 129 Third Street, which occupied the 1910 Risley Brothers Building. A man sits in the dr...
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J.C. Penney Co. Storefront

Date: 1940
Description: The storefront of the J.C. Penney store, 127 Third Street. There are summer clothes, hats, and shoes for men and women in the display windows. There is a h...
Postcard

Goldberg's Department Store

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Description: Photographic postcard view across intersectiontoward the exterior of the two-story Goldberg's Department Store. Various goods are on display in the storefr...
Postcard

Goldberg's — The Best and Largest Department Store

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of Goldberg's Department Store. Merchandise is displayed in the storefront windows and an American flag is on the roof of the building. Caption re...
Postcard

The Doerflinger Store

Date: 1909
Description: Corner view from intersection of the Doerflinger Department Store in downtown La Crosse. Caption reads: "The Doerflinger Store — La Crosse, Wis."
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Lunchtime for Two Female Office Workers

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: What do typical Madison female office workers do on their lunch break? Tempted by a display of hats, Doris Ardelt (reflected in the mirror) and Joal Fenn l...
Postcard

The Main Store

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Compliments of 'The Main Store,' West Allis Wis. Department Store for Men, Boys and Children." A two story building with large displa...

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