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Orpheum Theatre

Date: 04 10 1927
Description: Elevated view of buildings in the 200 block of State Street, with the Orpheum Theatre as a focal point. The theatre marquee reads "New Orpheum." Next door ...
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New Orpheum Theatre

Date: 04 10 1927
Description: The Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. The view also includes Weber's Restaurant, the Family Shoe Store, Rennebohm's Drug Store, and the Madison Theater. T...
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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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Crowd in front of Orpheum Theatre

Date: 03 19 1936
Description: View from street towards a crowd lined up in front of Orpheum Theater to see Jan Garber orchestra and revue and Gene Raymond in "Love on a Bet," 200 block...
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New Orpheum Theatre

Date: 04 10 1927
Description: Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. View includes Speths Clothing, Weber's Restaurant, Family Shoe Store, Rentschler Floral Co. Featured photoplay is "Wolf'...
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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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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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State Street

Date: 1939
Description: View looking east up State Street from Johnson Street, with the Orpheum and Capitol theatres on either side of the street, and the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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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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State Street Towards the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1965
Description: View down center of State Street, with automobile traffic moving up and down the street, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. On the corner of W. Johnson S...
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State Street

Date: 1929
Description: View of State Street looking toward the University of Wisconsin Madison campus from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with marquees for Ward-Brodt Music Co., Le...
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Traffic on State Street

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street at North Carroll Street. View reaches to Bascom Hill of...
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State Street from 200 Block

Date: 1929
Description: State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ...
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Anti-War Demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1970
Description: A large crowd participating in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam, as seen from the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking down State Street ...
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Snow Storm through the Windshield

Date: 01 06 1962
Description: View of a snow storm through a windshield of an automobile while driving west down State Street. This was the first snow storm of the new year with 4 inche...
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State Street Neon Signs at Night

Date: 12 05 1930
Description: Night view looking down State Street from the intersection at North Carroll Street. Lighting up the scene are the blurred lights of automobiles moving alon...
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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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Pedestrian and Automobile Congestion on State Street

Date: 09 08 1969
Description: A view up State Street from the corner of Lake and State Streets showing heavy automobile and pedestrian traffic. The Wisconsin State Capitol and the Orphe...
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Anna Weber Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Anna Weber Building. The upper two floors are apartments. The ground floor is split into two businesses: on the left i...

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