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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street Looking South, Lone Rock, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks, dwellings and buildings on both sides. Horse drawn vehicle...
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Street Railroad Car

Date: 1925
Description: View over sidewalk of a street railroad car passing the old Northwestern Railroad Station on the 400 block of West Lakeside Street.
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Felix's Bakery

Date: 09 26 1928
Description: Night view of pastries in the display window at Felix's Bakery, owned by Felix Odehnal, at 715 University Avenue.
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Valentine Flower Window Display

Date: 02 12 1941
Description: Valentine floral display window at University Floral Company, 747 University Avenue. Owned by Dea McVicar and his son Angus McVicar.
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Business District

Date: 1909
Description: View down the main dirt road of the business district.
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Turn of the Century Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Horse-drawn wagons, including a water wagon, stand on a street next to a broad sidewalk in a commercial district. The storefronts of P.L. McQuillan and Con...
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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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McCue's Drugstore

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of McCue's Drugstore. In the window are drawings of drug specimens produced by a local botany class.
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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Commercial National Bank

Date: 03 10 1932
Description: The Commercial National Bank building, on the corner of State and Carroll Streets, housed the bank as well as Mrs. Brown's Beauty Shoppe and Wegener and Ro...
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Harry S. Manchester Building

Date: 08 01 1933
Description: The Harry S. Manchester building, 2-6 E. Mifflin Street, with a large National Recovery Administration banner which reads: "N.R.A. Member - We Do Our Part....
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Brown's Book Shop

Date: 05 30 1936
Description: The exterior of Brown's Book Shop, 643 State Street at the corner of Lake Street.
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Capitol Square Businesses

Date: 07 27 1940
Description: View of businesses located on West Main Street at S. Carroll Street on the Capitol Square. These include Feltons at 29 West Main Street, Forbes Meagher Mus...
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Broadway from Bennett Studio

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Description: View down Broadway from H.H. Bennett's studio.
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H.H. Bennett Studio

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Description: Exterior view of the H.H. Bennett Studio storefront, in Kilbourn (former name of the Wisconsin Dells). A display case of Bennett's images is on the wooden ...
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North Pinckney Street

Date: 1873
Description: Ellsworth Block on North Pinckney Street between East Washington and East Mifflin Streets as seen from the Capitol Park. Storefronts include the Dry Goods ...
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Belmont Hotel and Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: View from Capitol Square Park of the Belmont Hotel and nearby buildings. Includes the storefronts for Simpson's and Rennebohm Drug Store #6, at 19 North Pi...
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Scott Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of Scott Street, looking westward. A horse-drawn carriage is parked near a large sign for a drugstore. Caption reads: "Looking West on Scott Street, W...
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Men with 1911 International Auto Wagon in front of Grocery Store

Date: 1912
Description: Three men and a 1911 International Auto Wagon in front of the grocery store of A.W. Staiger. The store next door is Staker Brothers' meat market.
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Men Standing with International Service Truck

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Two men are standing with an International Harvester farm equipment service truck ("red baby") for the Aldridge Hielscher Implement Company, an Internation...

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