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Fashion Models

Date: 03 16 1939
Description: Madison Business College women model fashions from Kessenich's store.
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Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Display of merchandise in Manchester's East at the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue.
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Crowd Downtown Madison Stores

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Post-Christmas shoppers crowd downtown Madison stores as they return or exchange unwanted Christmas gifts.
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Pigeon-Hole Parking

Date: 08 01 1952
Description: A group of Davenport, Iowa, city officials and business leaders visited Madison to study the city's unique pigeon-hole parking unit at the Harry S. Manches...
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Manchester's Show Window

Date: 01 02 1946
Description: Manchester's show window titled "A Tribute to Madison" and featuring pages from the Saturday Evening Post article about Madison being a "miniature m...
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Manchester's Department Store

Date: 08 26 1938
Description: Manchester's Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin.
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Shoppers Hunt for Post-Christmas Sale Bargains

Date: 12 26 1963
Description: Madison shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains.
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H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, Department Store

Date: 1954
Description: Manchester's, Incorporated, a department store on Mifflin Street.
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Yost-Kessinich Store

Date: 1954
Description: View of Yost-Kessinich Department Store at 201 State Street.
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Summer Jobs

Date: 09 05 1952
Description: Jim Hursh of 2415 Norwood Place, a 1952 graduate of West High School, works at his summer job in the shipping room of an unspecified Madison department sto...
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Aerial View of Sears-Roebuck

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of the Sears-Roebuck department store on East Washington Avenue and its surrounding parking lots.
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Observers of the Building Demolition on Capitol Square

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: A man holding a paper-wrapped package under his arm pauses while shopping to watch the demolition of the Pioneer block and Madison Theater on the Madison C...
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Manchester's, Inc., Style Show Stage Set

Date: 05 24 1950
Description: Style show stage set in the Madison Room, for Pathfinder News Magazine, "What color can do for you," at Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street.
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Penney's Sales-Woman

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Penney's saleswoman Cora Stern measures fabric at the Madison store. She was named the top saleswoman in the entire Penney's organization.
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The Restaurant at Baron's Menu

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Description: Back, front, and inside front cover of the menu from The Restaurant at Baron's department store, with "A Historical Map of Madison" focusing on the isthmus...
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Summer Jobs

Date: 09 05 1952
Description: Two Madison girls work summer jobs as sales clerks. They are Sue Giese of 4010 Saint Clair Street, left, and Barbara Thalle of 2249 Fox Avenue. They are 19...
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F.W. Woolworth Store

Date: 1954
Description: F.W. Woolworth store on East Main Street at Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard), showing the old Vilas block (aka Pioneer Building).
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Manchester's, Inc., Hat Department

Date: 01 08 1941
Description: Manchester's, Inc., hat department.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Princess

Date: 07 08 1949
Description: Mrs. Dana J. Dillon, advertising manager for Baron Brothers department store, 14-18 West Mifflin Street, holds a dress from the Baron's children's departme...
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Sears-Roebuck Department Store

Date: 1954
Description: View of the Sears-Roebuck store on East Washington Avenue. The portion of East Washington in front of the store is full of parked automobiles.

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