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Vending Machines

Date: 1955
Description: Vending and dispensing machines display. Banner above also reads: (Increased dairy sales and better health for your community."
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Milk Dispenser

Date: 1955
Description: Mr. Robot, a coin operated milk vending machine promoted by the Wisconsin Dairy Caravan, dispenses milk into a paper cup.
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Alice in Dairyland and Dairy Princesses

Date: 1955
Description: The 1955 Alice in Dairyland, Barbara Brown, stands with four Alice Princesses in front of a Wisconsin Department of Agriculture/American Dairy Association ...
Photograph

Jacob Karlan Block

Date: 1955
Description: The Jacob Karlan block, built in 1893 on the north side of Monroe Street. The Karlan block was erected on the site of the old United States Hotel, adjoinin...
Photograph

Chequamegon Bay Fishermen

Date: 1955
Description: Three fisherman in a boat pulling in a net full of fish on Chequamegon Bay while a man and a boy look on.
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International S-120 Ice Cream Supply Truck

Date: 1955
Description: International Model S-120 truck used by Border's Ice Cream for deliveries. A delivery man stands near the passenger door of the truck holding some of the p...
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Cranberry Processing

Date: 1955
Description: Professor Kenneth Weckel of the University of Wisconsin demonstrates his new method of preserving and canning cranberries whole without smashing them. The ...
Postcard

Pabst Brewing Kettles

Date: 1955
Description: Postcard of the Pabst Brewery showing an elevated view of men working near the copper kettles in a vaulted room. There is a large, stained glass window on ...
Book or Pamphlet

Trucks: A Little Golden Activity Book

Date: 1955
Description: Cover of a Little Golden Activity Book for children titled "Trucks." Features a color illustration of International trucks, including an International S-10...
Photograph

Lorin and Sherry Gillette

Date: 1955
Description: Sherry and Lorin Gillett (Sherwin Gillett's adult children) toasting with cocktails.
Poster

"Sein oder nicht sein" (To Be or Not to Be) Film Poster

Date: 1955
Description: German film poster for the re-release of the American film. Abstract image of Adolf Hitler's face illustrated on half a broken egg shell shape, with four s...
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River Line

Date: 1955
Description: Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery.

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