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Sherwin Williams Paint Store Window Display of Pottery

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Show window at Sherwin Williams Paint Store, 327 State Street, featuring pottery.
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Sherwin Williams Paint Store Window Display of Cleaning Products

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Show window at Sherwin Williams Paint Store, 327 State Street, featuring house-cleaning products and a poster that says "Clean House with These Products".
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Sherwin Williams Paint Store Display Window for Movie "It's A Pleasure"

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Show window at the Sherwin Williams Paint Store, 327 State Street, featuring a display announcing an upcoming movie at the Capitol Theatre titled "It's a P...
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Trucks in front of Nehi Bottling Company

Date: 05 05 1945
Description: Company trucks in front of Nehi Bottling Company (Royal Crown Soda), 2600 University Avenue at the intersection of Grand Avenue. The back ends of the four ...
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Newsboy Selling V-E Day Newspaper to Soldier

Date: 05 07 1945
Description: Tom Miller, of 1815 Vilas Avenue, a newsboy for the "Wisconsin State Journal," selling an "extra" edition of the newspaper to Sgt. Ralph Jacobson, announci...
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Police Captain, J. Homer Elder

Date: 05 22 1945
Description: Police Captain, J. Homer Elder, new Chief of Traffic, talking with a citizen at the Traffic Bureau window.
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Muskie Frozen in Ice

Date: 06 02 1945
Description: Hi-bred Muskie caught by Russ Peterson in Lake Wingra. The accompanying sign notes that it was 41 inches long with a girth of 19 inches and weighing 16 pou...
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Madison Central High School "Old Grads"

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Portrait of five "Old Grads" of Madison Central High School, guests of the 1945 graduating class, the 100th group to receive diplomas from that school. Sit...
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A.M. Toussaint Company Truck

Date: 06 10 1945
Description: A.M. Toussaint Company's panel truck parked outside their office at 2043 Winnebago Street.
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Students listening to Rev. Claude Williams teaching "Religion in Contemporary Society." The blackboard says "Gospel of the Kingdom: The Gospel to the Poor,...
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Pyramid Motor Company

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: The "Parts and Accessories" counter at the Pyramid Motor Company, 434 W. Gilman Street. The design of the counter is of the Art Deco style.
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Monarch Machine Shop Building

Date: 07 28 1945
Description: Monarch Machine Shop, Inc., 2530 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Dane County Oil Company Explosion

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Exterior view of Dane County Oil Company, 1854 South Park Street, following an explosion of an anti-freeze can which killed one person and injured five.
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Meehan Motor Mart

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Exterior view of Meehan Motor Mart, 209 East Washington Avenue, and the Jimmy Dodge Restaurant, 203 East Washington Avenue, and the H.F. Sharratt and Compa...
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Paper Drive

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross, Boy Scouts of Troops 20 and 30, and boys of Madison, sitting on the back of a Truax Field army truck loaded with waste pap...
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Madison Roofing and Supply Trucks

Date: 08 12 1945
Description: Eight Madison Roofing and Supply Trucks, specially equipped for home insulation and transportation of roofing and siding materials.
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Laurel Tavern Storefront

Date: 08 16 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Laurel Tavern, 2505 Monroe Street. The storefront window contains a display of two Schlitz Beer bottle pyramids, two large bottles of ...
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Two Men in front of Colonial Heating Service

Date: 10 10 1945
Description: Two men standing in front of the Colonial Heating Service store, 1148 Williamson Street. Photograph taken for Martin Johnsrud?
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All-Campus Rally on the Palestine Question

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Professor Walter Agard addressing an all-campus rally on the Palestine question held at the Memorial Union. Seated left to right: Elaine Sermopskie, Topeka...
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Flatcars at Madison-Kipp Corporation

Date: 11 20 1945
Description: Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, beside the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad tracks. Shown are three loaded flatcars on a si...

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