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Orpheum Theatre Marquee at Night

Date: 10 04 1937
Description: Orpheum Theatre marquee advertising "Lost Horizon" starring Ronald Colman. 216 State Street.
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Orpheum Theater

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Orpheum Theater, an art deco building with a large electric sign and a marquee. The marquee reads: "Al Pacino in Serpi...
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Orpheum Theatre Marquee

Date: 02 07 1931
Description: View from street towards the Orpheum Theater marquee, which is featuring Jean Darling in person, the star of "Our Gang" comedies and Davis & Darnell, and B...
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Orpheum Theater

Date: 08 06 1933
Description: "Gold Diggers of 1933" on Orpheum Theater marquee, 216 State Street. The entrance to Weber's Restaurant is on the left side of the theater.
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The Orpheum Theatre on State Street

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Description: View looking up the 200 block of State Street. On the left are Goodman's Jewelers and the Orpheum Theatre marquee, and on the right is the Capitol Theatre....
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Orpheum Theatre Marquee

Date: 09 09 1936
Description: Orpheum Theatre marquee, 216 State Street, featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer in "The Great Ziegfeld." View also includes Weber's Restaur...
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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
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...
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Orpheum Advertisement in Window

Date: 07 31 1930
Description: Orpheum advertisement for "The Sap from Syracuse", and a Capitol Theatre advertisement for "Let Us Be Gay" in Collyer's Pharmacy window in the Mayer Buildi...
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Orpheum Advertisement in Window

Date: 07 31 1930
Description: Orpheum advertisement for "The Sap from Syracuse," and a Capitol Theatre advertisement for "Let Us Be Gay" in Collyer's Pharmacy window in the Mayer Buildi...
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 11 03 1926
Description: Exterior view from street towards the front of the Orpheum Theater under construction, at 216 State Street. Posters on the temporary wood facade are for th...
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World's Largest Tire in front of RKO Orpheum Theater

Date: 11 02 1930
Description: World's largest Goodyear tire in front of RKO Orpheum theater, 216 State Street, with six people viewing the tire. One man is on top of the tire holding a ...
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World's Largest Tire in front of RKO Orpheum Theatre

Date: 11 02 1930
Description: View across street towards the World's largest tire on display in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. A group of people are standing on t...
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Havana Rumba Orchestra

Date: 06 27 1931
Description: The Rimacs and their Havana Rumba Orchestra standing around a Nash automobile, the Kenosha twin ignition six, Model 990, in front of the Orpheum Theatre, a...
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Havana Rumba Orchestra

Date: 06 27 1931
Description: The Rimacs and their Havana Rumba Orchestra standing around a new Nash automobile, the Kenosha twin ignition six, Model 990, in front of the Orpheum Theatr...
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Vaudeville Actors in front of Crescent Clothing

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ...
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Mickey Mouse Advertising on 1898 Oldsmobile

Date: 08 30 1932
Description: 1898 Oldsmobile decorated with advertising for "Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Person" at RKO Orpheum Theatre in front of Weber's Restaurant, 218 State Street....
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Powerizer Sound Systems Truck

Date: 05 21 1930
Description: Three men standing beside Powerizer sound systems truck (Radio Laboratories, Inc. Milwaukee) in front of Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. "The Laff Riot ...
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The 200 Block of State Street

Date: 02 14 2012
Description: A view at the corner of the 200 block of State Street and West Johnson Street, including Noodles & Company, the Orpheum Theatre and the Wisconsin State Cap...
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Esser's City Market

Date: 1927
Description: View across street towards 116-118 N. Fairchild Street towards a row of 1920s automobiles angle parked outside Esser's City Market. To the right of the mar...
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Beavers Insurance Company Building

Date: 1923
Description: The Beavers Insurance Building at the corner of Monona Avenue (currently Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) and Doty Street. It was built in 1921-1922 and ...

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