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Sweet's Food Shop

Date: 08 28 1931
Description: Exterior view of Sweet's Food Shop, located at 354 West Main Street.
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Eastside Storefronts

Date: 06 14 1927
Description: Storefronts of the Wisconsin School of Music, East Side Variety Store and Hess Grocery Market. Owned by the Hess family, this property was located at 154 A...
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Hommel's New Store

Date: 06 29 1932
Description: Hommel's Star Food Store at 606 S. Park Street, with promotional truck in front of store, and children looking on. Vehicle (Ballyhoo Truck) has a painted s...
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Kroger Grocery Store

Date: 09 29 1932
Description: Kroger Complete Food Market, 3-5 North Pinckney Street, with black vitrolite front, chromium trim, and a modernistic Art Deco sign in chromium-plate letter...
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Shopping Center at Sunset

Date: 07 03 1961
Description: The parking lot of a Piggly Wiggly grocery store (3557 E. Washington) looking northeast toward the corner of East Washington Avenue and Highway 51. Other...
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200 Block of State Street in Winter

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the north side of the 200 block of State Street between Fairchild and Henry Streets. This side was free of saloons. The south si...
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Sylvester Wholesale Grocery Co.

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Sylvester Wholesale Grocery Company building, 149 East Wilson Street.
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20th Century Market

Date: 03 06 1939
Description: Winter scene with the 20th Century Market, located at 1860 East Washington Avenue. There is snow on the ground. The Lee Tires garage is next door.
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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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South Park Street

Date: 01 06 1938
Description: South Park Street (Hwy 12 & 14 & 18) looking south from the intersection at Midland Street. On the left across the street is Southside Pharmacy at 1123 Sou...
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Crowd in front of New Kroger Store at Opening

Date: 10 26 1935
Description: Night scene across street towards a crowd in front of the new Kroger grocery store at the corner of State, Johnson and Henry, (looking towards Johnson Stre...
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Crowd in front of New Kroger Store

Date: 10 26 1935
Description: View towards the intersection of State, Johnson and Henry Streets (looking toward Henry Street), 245 State Street.
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Kroger Produce Warehouse

Date: 08 07 1934
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. Headquarters and produce warehouse, 634 West Washington Avenue.
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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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S.E. Clement Co. Grocery

Date: 12 07 1933
Description: Samuel E. Clement Co. grocery store, 2910 Atwood Avenue, at the corner of Marquette and Atwood Avenue.
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Brandes Heating Co. Storefront

Date: 11 03 1932
Description: Exterior of Edward Brandes Heating Co., with a Premier DeLuxe furnace perched on the roof of store, and Sven A. Rosendahl, plumber, 2211 Atwood Avenue. Als...
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Gay Store Building

Date: 09 01 1932
Description: Gay Store Building which houses Rhymer Groceries, 2606 Monroe Street, Wingra Home Bakery, 2608 Monroe Street, Wingra Barbers, 2612 Monroe Street, Gay Bros....
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Kroger Grocery Truck

Date: 04 30 1932
Description: Kroger Grocery truck, 1 of 100 trailers purchased from Stoughton Trailers, in front of Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. at 634 West Main Street.
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Kroger Grocery and Baking Co., Warehouse

Date: 12 23 1931
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. exterior, front of warehouse, 634 W. Main Street. There are vehicles parked on the street.
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Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. Warehouse

Date: 12 23 1931
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. warehouse, 634 West Main Street, exterior from across street, 600 block of West Main Street.

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