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Sumner's Drugstore

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of Sumner's Drugstore, which was established in 1855. From left to right are George "Jud" Stone, Edwin Sumner, and Bert B. Collyer.
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F-20 Tractor in Dealership Showroom

Date: 01 13 1937
Description: Two salesmen (C. Scheler and son?) posing with a new Farmall F-20 tractor inside the dealership of C. Scheler and Son.
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Family Examining a New W-30 Tractor

Date: 02 07 1935
Description: Salesman showing a new McCormick-Deering W-30 tractor to a small group of men, women, and children in the showroom of an International Harvester dealership...
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Furniture Store

Date: 1886
Description: Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The...
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Christmas Returns

Date: 12 26 1982
Description: A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts.
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Man inside Texas International Truck Dealership

Date: 1941
Description: Man with a cigar in his mouth standing in front of a showroom window holding a framed poster for "the new International trucks." Two cars and a truck are i...
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Men Outside International Truck Dealership

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Three men standing outside the International motor truck dealership of the Drew Carriage Company. Left to right are E.W. Drew, F.A.C. Drew and E.B. Hershbe...
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Sales Counter at International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of two men standing behind the sales counter at an International Harvester dealership. The men are standing beneath a sign for "International...
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Parts Counter at IHC Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Employees at the parts counter of the International Harvester McCormick-Deering dealership of Hammer-Staunton Farm & Ranch Equipment. Ed Hammer, the propr...
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Customer at Parts Desk of International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of a customer at the service counter of an International Harvester dealership. A bin of oil filters, McCormick-Deering hammer mills,...
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Salesmen Examine McCormick-Deering T-20 TracTracTor

Date: 11 02 1936
Description: Two salesmen examining the features of a McCormick-Deering T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at an International Harvester dealership.
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Dealer Shows McCormick-Deering Tractor Plow to Customers

Date: 11 02 1936
Description: International Harvester dealer showing a trailing five bottom disk plow hitched to a Farmall tractor to customers.
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Service Desk at International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1946
Description: Man standing at the service desk of an International Harvester dealership. A clerk is behind the counter. Advertising brochures are displayed on the left e...
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Furniture Display Room

Date: 12 24 1940
Description: Lowell Frautschi displaying fabric samples to a couple sitting on living room furniture at Frautschi's, Incorporated, 219 King Street.
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Woman Trying on Fur Coat

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Salesman helping woman trying on fur coat, with her husband looking on, at Simpsons Garment Co., located at 23-25 N. Pinckney Street.
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Portrait of Hal Hoak and Walter Dunn

Date: 01 14 1931
Description: Informal portrait of Hal Hoak and Walter Dunn in their men's clothing store at 644 State Street.
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Tiffany's Dressmaking Shop

Date: 12 03 1930
Description: View of the interior of Tiffany's dress making shop (Creators of Claire Tiffany Frocks, 546 State Street), showing women cutting and sewing dresses at long...
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Electric Refrigeration Sales Company

Date: 06 11 1928
Description: Electric Refrigeration Sales Company with sales force, and two trucks with signs that read: "Frigidaire, Nokol, Hardinge, Aetna oil burners." The company i...
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Department Store Interior

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Description: Several men and women standing inside a department store next to tables piled with bolts of fabric. The store has a pressed tin ceiling.
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International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 1929
Description: Elevated view of a customer at the sales counter of O.T. Kercheval's International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters and a calender are on the wall...

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