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Parishioners Outside New Fellowship Church of God

Date: 1939
Description: Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street.
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Meat Market Display

Date: 1939
Description: Woman worker wearing a butcher's apron, poses holding a ham, in a meat market with Easter ham display.
Poster

International Air Mail Delivery Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1939
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks. Features a color illustration of an air mail delivery truck next to a twin propeller cargo plane. Poster text ...
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Red Dot Potato Chip Bagging Machine

Date: 1939
Description: A woman operates the bagging machine at the Red Dot potato chip factory.
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Vernon and Irene Portrayed by Fred and Ginger

Date: 1939
Description: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the motion picture, "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" (RKO, 1939). Although Astaire and Rogers were ideally cast to...
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Red Dot Potato Chip Plant

Date: 1939
Description: Women workers bag and process potato chips for shipping at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.
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Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

Date: 1939
Description: Field workers gathering and spearing cut tobacco leaves.
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Memorial Chapel in Cambria

Date: 1939
Description: Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 28, 1939. A large group of people are standing on the lawn in front of the chapel.
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Memorial Chapel in Cambria

Date: 1939
Description: View of Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 8, 1939. A group of people are gathered on the lawn in front of the chapel.
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Cocktail Hour in the Congo

Date: 1939
Description: Commander and Mrs. Attilio Gatti have cocktails during the Commander's tenth African expedition. The expedition was sponsored by International Harvester. T...
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Woman Frying Bacon

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Baltes frying bacon for the children at Kiddie Camp, 3910 Mineral Point Rd.
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Man Sitting on a Rock

Date: 1939
Description: Portrait of a bearded man sitting on a rock. The tops of the heads of three people are visible in the lower foreground.
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Group Relaxing Outdoors

Date: 1939
Description: Two men, a young boy, and two women relax by a tree near a stream.
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Outdoor Market in Peru

Date: 1939
Description: A line of women selling goods alongside buildings on a Peruvian street.
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Chain O'Lakes Duck Farm

Date: 1939
Description: A line of workers standing along tables at Chain O'Lakes duck farm. The workers appear to be plucking ducks.
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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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Red Dot Potato Chip Workers

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of female workers at the Red Dot Potato Chip Company. Fourth from the left in the top row is Vivian Harrison Matheson, identified by Ellis...
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1939
Description: Two women are walking on the lawn towards the observatory building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A car is parked on the lawn near a tree o...
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International Truck with Flight Staff

Date: 1939
Description: A flight attendant and pilots stand at the portable setps to a TWA plane. An International D-15 truck used by TWA is parked nearby. The original caption re...
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International Truck with Trailer

Date: 1939
Description: Two men speak to one another as a woman wearing an apron enters a trailer used by the Ohio Edison Company. The trailer is attached to an International D-2 ...

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