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Gumball Machine

Date: 12 11 1965
Description: Boy inserting coin into a gumball vending machine in anticipation of a sweet treat.
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Sweet's Food Shop

Date: 09 14 1931
Description: Interior view of Sweet's Food Shop at 427 (or 445) West Main Street, with display cases of candy and shelves stocked with food items.
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Sucker Monocle

Date: 12 28 1962
Description: Jean Meyer plays with the sucker she got at a mother-daugher Christmas holiday tea.
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5 Cent Candy Vending Machine

Date: 06 09 1937
Description: Coan Sletteland Co. empty 5 cent candy vending machine, with door open.
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5 Cent Candy Bar Vending Machine

Date: 06 09 1937
Description: View of a man's hand reaching in to fill Coan Sletteland Co. 5 cent candy bars into a vending machine filled with name brand candy bars.
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Candy Bars

Date: 06 09 1937
Description: Display of name brand candy bars used to fill Coan Sletteland vending machines.
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Candy Vending Machine

Date: 03 12 1937
Description: Copy negative of Coan-Sletteland Company U-Select-It candy vending machine.
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Candy Making

Date: 10 13 1934
Description: John Karch stirring a hot pot of candy syrup on a stove, while trays of finished candy are cooling on the table.
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Toto the Clown with Children

Date: 03 18 1932
Description: RKO clown "Toto" distributes cardboard Easter bunnies packed with lollipops from the W.T. Grant Company. This event was held in the 2nd floor playroom at U...
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Woolworth's Variety Store

Date: 03 30 1928
Description: Woolworth's Variety Store interior overview of Candy Department and sign, 1 E. Main Street.
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Brach's Candy Shop Display

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Brach's Candy Shop display at Mel's Grocery Store, 1204 West Dayton Street with other grocery items in background.
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Expanded Metal Material Valentine Heart

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: Expanded metal material Valentine heart with six boxes of Keeley's Old Fashioned Chocolates, developed by Research Products Co.
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Fanny Farmer Candy Store

Date: 08 26 1953
Description: Interior view of Fanny Farmer Candy Store, 10 South Carroll Street, including a candy display counter.
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International Harvester Christmas Box Contents

Date: 1918
Description: Display board of samples of items sent to "Harvester men at military camps" for Christmas. The display includes a toothbrush and toothpaste, a candy bar, t...
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International Harvester "Christmas Box" Contents

Date: 1917
Description: Contents of an International Harvester "Christmas Box", including Fig Newtons, a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, Medicinal Carbolic Soap, Colgate's Handy Grip Sha...
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Mrs. Steven's Candy Box

Date: 02 05 1948
Description: A close-up of a heart-shaped box of Mrs. Steven's candy with the cover removed and the candy on display. The illustration appears to be mounted on a board ...
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Court House Concession

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Lloyd Harmon, from Belleville, who has been blind from birth, standing at the first concession stand to be erected in the Dane County Court House. The disp...
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Cup & Saucer Restaurant

Date: 1938
Description: A customer's view of the lunch counter at the Cup & Saucer Restaurant. Pies and donuts(?) are on the counter. A 4 can in-line McCormick-Deering cooler is u...
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A.J. Brandehoff

Date: 1938
Description: Gilbert John Brandehoff is leaning over to open a bottle of Diehl beer with a bottle opener that is mounted on a McCormick-Deering cooler. A woman is stand...
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Seventh St. Buffet

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view pf W.T. Hening, dressed in an apron, leaning over a McCormick-Deering No. 4 beverage cooler at the Seventh Street Buffet. A bar or lunch coun...

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