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Ice Cream Stand at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera...
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Drugstore Soda Fountain

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Description: There were several businesses in Greendale, including a Co-op grocery store, variety store, post office, movie theater and a doctor and dentist office. The...
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Men Holding Mugs of Beer

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of men standing next to an outdoor bar raise mugs of beer at a Civilian Defense Rally. There is a tent and dwellings in the background.
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Man Ordering Beer at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man orders a beer from the outdoor bar at a Civil Defense Rally. The banners on the booth read "Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer On Draft" and "Greendale Civilian ...
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Vew From Behind Bar at Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A view from behind the bar of a Civilian Defense Rally. Men and women are lined up and taps are visible.
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Three Men Raising Mugs of Beer at Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Three men raising mugs of beer from behind the outdoor bar at a Civilian Defense Rally. In the background is a tent.
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Girls Behind Counter at Ice Cream Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of girls working behind the counter at the ice cream booth at the Civilian Defense Rally take a moment to pose for a picture. Two of the girls are ...
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Man Selling Tickets

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man wearing eyeglasses and sitting at a booth sells tickets related to a Civilian Defense Rally. Children and adults are at booths in the background, inc...
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Two Men in Costume

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Two men wearing costumes as a part of a Civilian Defense Rally. The man on the left is wearing a straw hat, seersucker jacket, corsage, with a cane hanging...
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People Stand around Display of Vegetables

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Adults and children stand around a vegetable stand under a covered booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. Behind the booth is a tent, and in the far background...
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Women Preparing Baked Goods

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view of a group of women at a Civilian Defense Rally standing behind a counter with loaves of bread. Behind them is a table of covered cake pans and o...
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Woman and Children at Cake Table

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A woman and children sit around a picnic table with a variety of cakes displayed.
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Shooting Gallery

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view from behind the shooting gallery at a Civilian Defense Rally. Women and boys are shooting at targets while Boy Scouts and other men stand around....
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Men and Women Cooking Hot Dogs

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Women and men preparing hot dogs in crock pots at a booth at the Civilian Defense Rally.
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Man with International Transtar 4200

Date: 1972
Description: View towards a man walking beside an International Transtar 4200 truck parked in the loading zone of a building or warehouse operated by King Soopers of De...
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Carnation Dairy Truck

Date: 1972
Description: View of a man unloading cartons of milk from an International truck used by the Carnation Company. The truck appears to be an International 1710 COE truck....
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: A group of Lapham School third grade children are lining up to begin a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. At the head of the line are Geo...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: A group of third grade Lapham School students looking at a herd of dairy cows during a tour of Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. Looking over a fenc...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: Four Lapham School students and an adult eating ice cream from a paper cup at the end of a tour of Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road.
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We Saw You . . . at Carrier Boys' Picnic

Date: 06 30 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc. hosts a picnic as special recognition to newspaper carriers, each an individual businessman, who carry the paper in any type of wea...

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