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Buying Paint

Date: 1950
Description: A couple waits at the checkout stand with a shopping cart and cans of Mautz paint and other supplies to purchase.
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Grocery Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A grocery clerk boxes up purchases as a woman and her young son wait at the checkout counter.
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Oiling the Machine

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Description: A man uses an oil can to lubricate equipment in a machine shop.
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Curling Match

Date: 1950
Description: Two women compete in a curling match. Several spectators are visible in the background.
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William Scott, Firefighting "Torch Boy"

Date: 03 1953
Description: William Scott, former torch boy, holding one of the kerosene torches used in fire fighting in the 1880's.
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Dog Clearing Bar Table

Date: 11 1946
Description: Four men playing cards at a table with a fifth man seated on a radiator observing at left. In the foreground, a dog clears an empty beer bottle from the ta...
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Visit to Civil Air Patrol Training

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Description: Six young women and three young men are sitting around a table. Two of the girls are using handsets from a telephone. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Civil A...

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