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King Street

Date: 1954
Description: King Street, looking past the Majestic Theater, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background.
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Capitol Theater

Date: 1974
Description: View across State Street towards the Capitol Theater, designed in a Spanish colonial style and highly decorative, including arched windows above the marque...
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City Hall and Parkway Theatre

Date: 1938
Description: View across Capitol grounds towards City Hall and the Parkway Theater on West Mifflin Street.
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The Majestic Theater

Date: 1973
Description: View across King Street towards the Majestic Theater. The marquee has signs that read: "George Segal, Glenda Jackson, 'A Touch of Class' and 'Continuous Da...
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East Mifflin Street Looking West

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square. The Strand Theater is on the right. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the str...
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view from street towards ushers posing in front of the Capitol Theatre. The marquee reads: "Maurice Chevalier in 'The Love Parade.'"
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Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 11 22 1929
Description: View from street of the facade of the Capitol Theatre with marquee advertising "Harold Lloyd," "Welcome Danger," and "His first all talking comedy thrille...
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"Half Shot at Sunrise" on Marquee

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee featuring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in "Half Shot at Sunrise." Next to the theater on the left is the Lurose women's clothing...
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Capitol Theatre Entrance

Date: 08 15 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre entrance advertising "Joe Cook Rain or Shine." The doorman is standing at the entrance with a child. 209 State Street.
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 08 17 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee at 209 State Street reads: "Eric Remarque's World's Best-Seller 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'" with usher and several bystander...
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Capitol City Bank Building

Date: 08 30 1941
Description: Odd-numbered side of the 100 block of King Street, L to R: Majestic Theater at 115-17 King Street, Interstate Finance Corp. at 113 King Street, the entranc...

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