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Gus Larson Storefront

Date: 11 24 1939
Description: Gustave A. Larson storefront, 205 E. Main Street. Wholesale refrigeration parts and Texeco Capella Oil.
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Oscar Mayer Ice Exhibit

Date: 05 02 1934
Description: Oscar Mayer ice exhibit at Madison Home Show featuring iceboxes, signs: "Ice Made of pure artesian well water," "This will always keep baby's milk pure no ...
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Evansville Works Warehouse

Date: 03 1947
Description: View of north section of International Harvester's Evansville Works warehouse testing of new conveyor line. The Evansville Works also produced refrigerator...
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International R-172 Refrigerated Truck

Date: 1953
Description: International R-172 ice cream truck with mechanically refrigerated body. The truck is backing up to a loading dock.
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McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: A man lifts a milk canister into a McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler. Light from two windows illuminates the room, and buckets sit along the wall opposite the...
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McCormick-Deering 4-Can Milk (Water Cooler)

Date: 07 02 1936
Description: A man prepares to drink from a drinking fountain attached to a McCormick-Deering 4-can milk (water cooler), possibly at International Harvester's West Pull...
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McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler Cork Insulation

Date: 08 06 1935
Description: A factory worker at the West Pullman Works holds a block of cork insulation for a McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler.
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Joanne Johnson looking at a new style ice tray in a refrigerator with a freezer unit next to it at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East Hi...
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Milk Cooler

Date: 1937
Description: A man stands on a wooden step holding a milk can in a cooler. Windows are on each wall. Original caption states: "McCormick-Deering 8-can milk cooler owne...
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Man with Milk Cooler

Date: 1937
Description: A man is moving a milk can from a cooler in an old building.
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Pepsi-Cola Bottling Plant

Date: 1938
Description: A McCormick-Deering Cooler installation in a Pepsi-Cola bottling plant. The cooler is mounted on a raised platform.
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Walgreen Commissary

Date: 1941
Description: Worker Harold Johnson standing near a machine and a McCormick-Deering cooler at the Walgreen Commissary. The original caption describes the cooler as an "8...
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McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler Demonstration

Date: 10 06 1937
Description: C.L. Thompson, a McCormick-Deering dealer explains a milk cooler, which is loaded on a trailer hauled by an International truck, to Wayne Wakefield. Both m...
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International Truck with Trailer

Date: 05 11 1936
Description: An International truck with a trailer used by Spector Motor Service Inc. parked in front of a Fruehauf Trailers storefront. The text on the truck cab reads...
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Holly Meat Packing Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-180 truck owned by the Holly Meat Packing Company is being backed up by a male driver from the street to a loading door at the company's...
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Lakeland Truck with Metro Body

Date: 1950
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International LM-150 truck owned by the Lakeland Fruit & Produce Company. The truck is parked with its rear toward an ope...
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Man with Ice Machine

Date: 09 10 1938
Description: A man crouches near a 7.5 x 7.5 Lippman ice machine powered by an International PA-50 power unit at the Isis Theater.
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Store Interior

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of the interior of Ryan Hickethier & Co., a "Sears Associated Store" 132 Fourth Avenue. Kenmore appliances, Silvertone radios, and floor swee...
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Refrigerator Display

Date: 1930
Description: A window display at the Wisconsin Power and Light Company office, 116 Fourth Avenue, features a General Electric refrigerator as "The Gateway to Health" un...
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Carnation Milk Truck

Date: 1961
Description: An International D-405 truck outfitted with a Trailmobile refrigerated trailer owned by Carnation Company backs up to a factory loading dock where two men ...

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