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Man Standing on Sidewalk

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Description: View of a man standing on the sidewalk near State and Gorham streets holding a cigarette in his hand. Behind him is an intersection with traffic and cars p...
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State Street

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Description: View from under the Badger Liquor awning over a storefront of a woman crossing an intersection at State Street. Across the street on the right are storefro...
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View across East Washington Avenue towards the Gisholt factory at the intersection of Baldwin Street. There is an enclosed skybridge (called an "overhead" ...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Playful illustration art depicting a policeman in uniform with cap, hand raised to stop traffic, while blowing a whistle. Two boys wearing shirts, neckties...
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Otto's Fun Shop

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Description: View across street towards Otto's Newstand and Fun Shop located at 2045 Atwood Avenue. There are neon signs for "Otto's News Stand" and "Tobacco Novelties"...
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Exterior of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: View at night of 1245 East Washington Avenue towards the main entrance of Gisholt Machine Company. The sign above the entrance reads: "Gisholt Machine Co."...
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Bob Bender with Christmas Tree

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Description: View down driveway towards Bob Bender posing standing at the curb leaning against a Cadillac Fleetwood limousine holding a small Christmas tree and an axe....
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View from corner of East Washington Avenue at Baldwin Street towards the Gisholt factory. In the foreground is a water fountain (bubbler) on the sidewalk. ...
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Group Portrait of Men in Front of Ducks Unlimited Bus

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Description: Group portrait of men in front of a chartered Badger Bus Lines bus, with a Ducks Unlimited sign taped on the front. The bus is parked in front of a brick b...
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Badger Liquor Shop

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Description: Elevated view across the street of the Badger Liquor Shop at the intersection of State and Gorham Streets. People are standing and sitting along the curb i...
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Oscar Mayer's Wieners Truck

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Description: Delivery truck parked on the street of a residential neighborhood. The writing on the truck's front reads: "Oscar Mayer's/Meats of Good Taste." The writing...
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Madison-Kipp Corporation

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Description: View towards the building of Plant No. 1 of the Madison-Kipp Corporation on the other side of Waubesa Street. Ivy covers its brick walls. Railroad tracks r...
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Food Market in Street

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Description: View from sidewalk of a food market across the street set up along a sidewalk. A woman and a child are walking across the street in the crosswalk. The Poin...
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St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Date: 09 1974
Description: View across Williamson Street towards the entrance of the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. There are large display windows along the sidewalk. The storefr...
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Cadillac Taxi and Driver

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Description: View from sidewalk of Bob Bender standing near the driver's side door of his dark 1950s model Cadillac taxi on the Capitol Square. He is wearing a leather ...
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Front End of Bob Bender's Cab

Date: 1977
Description: Front end view of Bob Bender's flagship cab named "Nellie," a shiny black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood, at the Dane County Regional Airport. The straight on ang...
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Back End of Bob Bender's Cab

Date: 1977
Description: Back end view of Bob Bender's flagship cab named "Nellie," a shiny black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood, parked at the Dane County Regional Airport. The metal emb...
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Bob Bender and his 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood

Date: 1977
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of Bob Bender sitting in the driver's seat behind the wheel of his cab named "Nellie," a 9-passenger shiny black 1956 Ca...
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Bender Deluxe Cab Limousine Service Crew and Fleet

Date: 1977
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the R.L. Bender Deluxe Cab Limousine Service crew and taxi fleet in front of Dane County Regional Airport. Robert "Bob" Bender (t...
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Bob Bender on South Carroll Street with "Nellie"

Date: 1977
Description: View across sidewalk towards Robert "Bob" Bender standing behind the hood of his shiny 9-passenger black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood, the flagship taxi of the ...

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