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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
Photograph

700 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 700 block of State Street. Lake Street parking ramp and University of Wisconsin Extension building are vi...
Postcard

Ashland National Bank Building

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Description: Exterior view of the three-story brick National Bank building.
Print

Wm. Ewig Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wm. Ewig Company, an insurance company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with full-color depictions of a scene with three traffic accidents involv...
Photograph

Texting

Date: 2012
Description: Trixie, a young woman texting while standing on the sidewalk on 7th Street. She is wearing eyeglasses, a houndstooth patterned coat with jeans, and sheepsk...
Photograph

Warrens, Wisconsin Post Office

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Description: View across unpaved street towards two men and two women posing standing on the porch of a wooden storefront building. Three wagons and a horse are on the ...
Photograph

Warrens Post Office

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Description: View towards two men and two women posing standing on the porch of a wooden store building on a city street, with three wagons and a horse on the right. Lo...
Photograph

Group Posing in front of the Post Office

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of two men displaying two teams of two horses which are hitched to buggies in front of a post office building. A group of people are...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. Two protestors hold a banner that reads: "Yo, WI-GOP-Thugs, Why Not 'Dev...
Postcard

Fish Creek

Date: 1924
Description: Street scene with a group of people gathered in front of a store with a public telephone. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis."
Photograph

Welcome: The Wall Street Journal

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Two women are standing on either side of a large welcome sign from "The Wall Street Journal." The woman on the left is holding a phone in her hand and is w...
Photograph

Photographing the Electronic Sign

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View from behind of a woman holding up her smart phone to take a photograph of the electronic sign outside of the Milwaukee Theater. The sign is advertisin...
Photograph

Captain America at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America, kneels and poses on one knee on the ground, next to a small pile of plastic bags. He is holding a sign reading: "Tr...
Photograph

French Fry Earmuffs

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: A woman selling Bernie Sanders political buttons and bumper stickers is posing for a young man who is taking a picture of her on his smart phone. She is we...
Photograph

Terrace on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 19 2014
Description: View of Lake Mendota from the Memorial Union Terrace. A man is sitting in one of the terrace chairs at one of the tables, looking at his phone. A seagull i...
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In the Public Eye

Date: 04 09 1970
Description: Two women on the left are sitting at tables and talking into telephones. On the right are large show windows, and a bus and passers-by are visible through ...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: At the crossing at Monroe and Regent Streets, the flagman activates warning lights before the stopped Illinois-Central train proceeds across the crossing. ...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa...
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Downed Telephone Lines

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Description: Destroyed telephone lines in Serbia being repaired for use.
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Watching Statue "Wisconsin" Get Painted

Date: 08 03 1957
Description: A mother and her children looking up at the top of the Capitol dome as the statue "Wisconsin" gets painted. They are on a street corner by posts for traff...

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