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Fall Festival Entertainers

Date: 09 08 1930
Description: Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival.
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Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated

Date: 10 22 1945
Description: Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated, window display featuring a "Tula" negligee, "After the ballet is over - a ballerina Tula negligee." In the background ...
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Manchester's, Inc., Window #7 Photo Studio Window

Date: 09 13 1945
Description: Manchester's, Inc., window #7, "Were you a September baby?" 14 photographic portraits on display for Photo Studio, Second Floor.
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Manchester's, Inc., Window #1, Hats

Date: 09 05 1945
Description: Window #1 at H.S. Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, showing seven hats, accessories, a floral arrangement, and a portrait of a woman wearing a hat...
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Karsten's Boy Scouts Window

Date: 02 14 1945
Description: Karsten's Men's & Children's Clothing Store, 24 North Carroll Street, display window featuring a mannequin dressed in a Boy Scout uniform and posters with ...
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Manchester's, Inc., Fabric Window #1

Date: 02 09 1944
Description: Manchester's, Inc., fabric window #1, showing "perfectly matched prints and solid colors" by Wesley Simpson.
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Oriental Rug Galleries Window

Date: 10 04 1937
Description: Window display of a miniature replica of Shangri-la lamasery where many scenes were filmed for Frank Capra's movie "Lost Horizon", and oriental gift items,...
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Dyers Shoe Store Political Window

Date: 10 07 1936
Description: Dyers Shoe Store, at 109 State Street, with a display window featuring men's shoes, and the words: "Comfortable shoes satisfy all parties," and "Give your ...
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Man Selling Ties to Emerie Ann Lincoln

Date: 03 21 1935
Description: A man is selling neckties to blues singer Emerie Ann Lincoln, at Spoo & Stephan Store, 18 N. Carroll Street.
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Greta Garbo Display Window

Date: 02 23 1934
Description: Greta Garbo display window at the Burdick & Murray store, 15-19 East Main Street. Garbo was appearing as Queen Cristina in the movie "Queen Christina" at t...
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Kessenich's "Cotton Cottage"

Date: 05 18 1933
Description: Kessenich's "Cotton Cottage" (built to look like a cottage with yellow woodwork, red checked gingham curtains and rag rugs on the floor) built on the secon...
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Children's Summer Handcrafts Display

Date: 08 08 1932
Description: Children's summer handcrafts display in Baron Brothers Inc. window, 12-18 W. Mifflin Street.
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Handicraft Sales at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Handicrafts, including wicker furniture and rugs on display at the sales display room in Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota M...
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F&W Grand "Check and Double Check" Window Display

Date: 10 27 1930
Description: F&W Grand store window, located at 15 W. Main Street, displays 33 rpm records, jewelry, and advertising for Amos n' Andy in the film "Check and Double Chec...
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Playing the RCA Victor Theremin

Date: 10 17 1930
Description: Charlotte Hilton playing the Victor Theremin musical instrument invented by Leon Theremin, at the Ludlow Radio Company store, 116 N. Fairchild Street.
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Moseley's Bookstore Display Window

Date: 08 17 1930
Description: Moseley's Bookstore display window advertising the book and the movie "All Quiet On The Western Front." The movie was being shown at the RKO Capitol Theatr...
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Manchesters Bathing Suit Window Display

Date: 06 10 1946
Description: Manchesters Inc. display window containing two mannequins wearing "Petti" bathing suits, and a life-size poster of a girl in a "Petti" bathing suit.
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Wellentin & Son Jewelers

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: Store window of Wellentin & Sons, Jewelers, 122 West Washington Avenue, featuring "Boulevard Watches" and their WKOW radio program.
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Decorative Aluminum Foil Display

Date: 03 02 1949
Description: Decorative aluminum foil display with sign, "Make Your Own Decorations With 'RP' Decorative Aluminum Foil" featuring rolls of foil, decorations made of foi...
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H.S. Manchester, Inc., Toni Wave Display Window

Date: 06 19 1949
Description: H.S. Manchester Inc., Toni wave display window featuring boxes of Toni permanent wave product and a cartoon of a woman hanging over a tree branch with the ...

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