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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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Aerial View of Sears-Roebuck

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of the Sears-Roebuck department store on East Washington Avenue and its surrounding parking lots.
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The Restaurant at Baron's Menu

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Description: Back, front, and inside front cover of the menu from The Restaurant at Baron's department store, with "A Historical Map of Madison" focusing on the isthmus...
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Observers of the Building Demolition on Capitol Square

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: A man holding a paper-wrapped package under his arm pauses while shopping to watch the demolition of the Pioneer block and Madison Theater on the Madison C...
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Observers of the Building Demolition on Capitol Square

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Two men are watching from a shady spot in Capitol Park as buildings are being demolished to make way for a J.C. Penney store. The photograph was taken with...
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Observers of the Building Demolition on Capitol Square

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: An observer leans on a parking meter on Monona Avenue to watch the demolition of the Madison Theater to make way for a new building to house a J.C. Penney ...
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Teachers Convention in Madison

Date: 02 14 1958
Description: A teacher from Baraboo holding up a parking ticket she had received, as her colleagues from Baraboo are standing nearby, smiling and pointing. The side of ...

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