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Blied Building and West Main Street
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The Blied Building with storefronts, from left to right: Western Union, 21 W. Main Street, Madison Trust Company, 23 W. Main Street, Fanny Farmer, 25 W. Main Street, Band Box Millinery, 25 W. Main Street, Canton Restaurant, 25-27 W. Main Street, Forbes Meagher, 27 W. Main Street, and John J. Blied and Sons, 29 W. Main Street. Around the corner on South Carroll Street are Wisconsin Engraving Company, 109 S. Carroll Street, Press Club Tavern, 111 S. Carroll Street, and the Wisconsin State Journal, 115-123 S. Carroll Street.
June 14, 1935
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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