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Fire Fighters Douse Flames Downtown

Date: 04 15 1950
Description: Fire fighters from neighboring communities help put out at a nighttime fire in the downtown business district.
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Carroll and Main Streets in the Rain

Date: 1954
Description: A rainy, nighttime view of the corner of Main and Carroll streets on the Capitol Square. The neon signs of the Prescription Pharmacy and the Park Hotel lig...
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President Truman on Capitol Square

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman rides in a car in a parade on the Capitol Square. He came for a 5 1/2 hour visit, gave a "peace" address to the nation from the U...
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Main Street

Date: 1954
Description: Main Street on Capitol Square.
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Ray-O-Vac Building

Date: 1958
Description: Ray-O-Vac company building. A woman is walking on the sidewalk near the storefront, and there is a parked automobile on the street.
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Shopping on the Capitol Square

Date: 1956
Description: Several people peer into a storefront window on Capitol Square. This window shopping is perhaps in preparation for the Christmas holiday.
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Rainy Day on State Street

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: People cross a State Street intersection in the rain. The College Barber Shop and a Steak House is on the other side of the street.
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View of State Street

Date: 1955
Description: View through a glass door towards a woman walking on the sidewalk past a parked car. On the opposite side of the street are signs for Madison Surgical Supp...

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