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Toy Truck with California Sun-Maid Seedless Raisins

Date: 1923
Description: Buddy L toy model S truck hauling California Sun-Maid Seedless Raisins.
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Rennebohm's Employees Boost War Bonds

Date: 06 13 1944
Description: Three female employees of Rennebohm Drugstore #2, 204 State Street, wearing white uniforms, caps and neckties with slogans urging people to buy war bonds:...
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UAW Advisory Committee on Guaranteed Annual Wage

Date: 1954
Description: Arthur Altmeyer poses with the other 19 members of the United Automobile Workers Advisory Committee on Guaranteed Annual Wage.
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Altmeyer at Inter-American Conference on Social Security

Date: 1951
Description: Arthur Altmeyer speaking at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security, which took place in Buenes Aires. Eva Peron is seated to his left, wearing he...
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Hommels Cooking School

Date: 11 24 1933
Description: View from center aisle of Hommel's Cooking School set up on the Parkway Theater stage, 6-10 W. Mifflin Street. Displayed is a layout of the cooking demonst...
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White Cross Pharmacy Soda Fountain

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: Interior view of the White Cross Pharmacy Soda Fountain, 920 East Johnson Street.
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Promotional China Display

Date: 10 28 1935
Description: Promotional display of Salem china, Tricorne pattern, in the lobby of the Eastwood Theatre, 2090 Atwood Avenue. The sign reads: "China Night Every Tuesday ...
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Helping a Customer

Date: 10 1947
Description: A pharmacist assists a customer in Joseph Lascoff's Pharmacy, located at 93rd and Amsterdam.
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Busy Pharmacy Scene

Date: 11 04 1940
Description: A busy scene at the Professional Pharmacy. James Robinson, proprietor, stands in front of the prescriptions counter.
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Holscher Pharmacy Laboratory

Date: 11 12 1940
Description: A view of the main prescription preparation counter. The left side was used for eye prescriptions only.
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Labor Works For Highway Safety

Date: 1969
Description: Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan...
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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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"Hot Dr. Pepper" Supermarket Display

Date: 1966
Description: Costumed saleswoman at a supermarket display for Dr. Pepper soft drinks. The display includes samples of "Hot Dr. Pepper" and "winter warmer."
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Buster Keaton and Seneca Grape Juice Executive

Date: 1965
Description: Buster Keaton (right) appraises a costume for a Seneca Grape Juice TV commercial with J. Wolcott, the company's Vice President.
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Urso's West Side Palm Tavern

Date: 09 15 1933
Description: Interior of Urso's West Side Palm Tavern with two bartenders, cigar display, tin ceiling and palms. The tavern was located at 734 West Washington Avenue in...
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Men at Urso's West Side Palm Tavern

Date: 10 14 1933
Description: Eight men are posing around the bar in Urso's West Side Palm Tavern. The bar was located at 734 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Stone Front Tavern

Date: 10 14 1933
Description: Two men and woman behind the bar at DiMartino's "Stone Front" Tavern. The bar was located at 533 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood, and was owned...
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DiSalvo's Spaghetti House

Date: 04 12 1944
Description: Interior view of DiSalvo's Spaghetti House, located at 810 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Nakoma Group Board of Directors

Date: 01 21 1935
Description: Group portrait of Nakoma Country Club directors at the retirement of the clubhouse mortgage. It became the Nakoma Golf Club in 1944.
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Japanese Businessmen

Date: 04 11 1968
Description: Japanese businessmen visit an American manufacturing firm in South Milwaukee and pose inside a huge metal implement. The American firm is Bucyrus-Erie and...

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