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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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Counting Pennies at the Bank

Date: 11 09 1955
Description: A banker pours 12,320 pennies into a change maker. The man had saved the coins for over four years.
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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Silver Dollars

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: A table full of silver dollars where bank workers are preparing them to be sent to American Can Co., a Milwaukee-based company which plans on paying its em...
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War Bonds for Victory Truck

Date: 03 20 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company truck promoting the purchase of war bonds.
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Gumball Machine

Date: 12 11 1965
Description: Boy inserting coin into a gumball vending machine in anticipation of a sweet treat.
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People Counting Pennies

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: People counting pennies that came in the mail for the Dr. Kate Million Penny fundraiser. Country doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb -- known as "the angel on snow...
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Neighborhood Saving and Recreation Christmas Party

Date: 12 16 1956
Description: Four children smile at a young man holding out checks. Caption reads: The year's savings of members of the Neighborhood Saving and Recreation organization ...

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