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Selling Dried Corn at Madison City Market, 1918
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A member of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Women's Committee sells dried corn at Madison City Market, 101 N. Blount Street. She stands behind a table draped with an American flag on which packages and a small pile of corn are displayed. There is a crate of packed paper bags in the left foreground. The photograph was likely taken from the East Mifflin St. side of the building.
1918
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WHi 11070
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