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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ... |
| Date: | 07 20 1933 |
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| Description: | Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater... |
| Date: | 05 26 1929 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Paul E. Stark Co. building, 124 W. Mifflin Street. The view also includes the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Life Insur... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | This building was named the Knight Block and contained retail on the first floor, business offices on the second floor and the Knight Hotel on the third, f... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Mapleside, a historic home on University Avenue, being demolished. It is the future location of Burger King. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Side view of church converted to offices of Dresen Brothers Contractors and Manufacturers. Sign on the bulding reads: "Dresen Brothers Twin City Contractor... |
| Date: | 09 1951 |
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| Description: | The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i... |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| Description: | May Day rally with a crowd of Union members on the steps of a large stone building. Banners read "United Labor 51st May Day: 1886-1937" "German-American W... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Striking workers from the local 18 of United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers, C.I.O. picketing on a wide downtown sidewalk. The men are walking in a circle h... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Members of local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical of the C.I.O. picketing in a small circle on a wide downtown sidewalk. Two men hold signs and one reads, ... |
| Date: | 07 13 1946 |
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| Description: | Part of a United Public Workers parade/demonstration on a downtown city street. A horse-drawn wagon carries some participants. Parade signs read "No Swivel... |
| Date: | 07 13 1946 |
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| Description: | A United Public Workers parade/demonstration from an adjacent sidewalk. The line of participants including a horse-drawn wagon stretches into the distance.... |
| Date: | 08 28 1955 |
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| Description: | Frank Lloyd Wright touring the grounds of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, a Wright-designed structure. Behind Wright is the soaring roof of the ... |
| Date: | 08 28 1955 |
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| Description: | Frank Lloyd Wright at the entrance to the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, apparently pointing out the low overhang of the roof. Tradition says the o... |
| Date: | 08 28 1955 |
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| Description: | Architect Frank Lloyd Wright touring the grounds of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, one of his best known works. The woman walking with him is a... |
| Date: | 08 28 1955 |
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| Description: | Frank Lloyd Wright on the grounds of the First Unitarian Society meeting house. Wright was being filmed for the Omnibus television program. The woman with... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the exterior of the dealership. The sign above the second story just below the roof reads: "Fonderia." Above the doorway is a si... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the Transfilm Building after filming fifty political spots in one day. (Rosser Reeves wearing glasses.) Eise... |
| Date: | 06 10 1997 |
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| Description: | "A cupola is added to the Historic White Limestone School in Mayville." |
| Date: | 11 25 1976 |
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| Description: | Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A red and white International Harve... |
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