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3-F Laundry Boys Baseball Team

Date: 05 14 1938
Description: Outdoor group portrait of 3-F Laundry boys' baseball team, with 12 boys in uniform, and two men dressed in suits, in front of the 3-F Laundry plant, 731-74...
Photograph

Delivery Truck at Hershleder Furs

Date: 06 17 1931
Description: Hershleder's truck unloading bags of sawdust, used for cleaning furs, 529 State Street. Also shows Varsity Laundry, 527 State Street.
Photograph

View of 300 Block of State Street

Date: 1930
Description: View of Savidusky's Dye House Company, State, Paint and Paper Company, Schadauer's China Shop, a drygoods store and Chop Suey Restaurant. The view also inc...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model D-15 Trucks

Date: 1940
Description: Advertising brochure for International Model D-15 delivery trucks. Features an image of a driver unloading linen from a delivery truck owned by Atlas Linen...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model D-15 Delivery Trucks

Date: 1939
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International D-15 delivery trucks. Cover features an image of man delivering goods from a delivery truck owned ...
Photograph

International S-Speed Truck with Overhead Rack

Date: 12 15 1923
Description: International S-speed truck owned by Quality Laundry Service, Inc. parked on a street. The company served restaurants, hotels and individual households.
Photograph

International Auto Wagon belonging to Amikeco Laundry

Date: 1909
Description: A man drives a 1909 International Auto Wagon belonging to the Amikeco Laundry at 1601 Fullerton Avenue in Chicago. The truck has an enclosed body and crude...
Photograph

Window Washer

Date: 2010
Description: Goodyear employee washing storefront windows as three people and a dog are walking by. A dog can be seen mirrored in the window.
Photograph

500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The...
Photograph

Sanitary Wet Wash Laundry Truck

Date: 03 18 1925
Description: A man loads a bag of laundry onto the back of an International Model S truck owned by the Sanitary Wet Wash Laundry. The truck is parked in front of the co...
Photograph

500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 500 block of State Street. Businesses include: (on Gilman Street) Wolf Kubley and Hirsig Toys, Hair House...
Photograph

International Harvester Branch House — Jackson

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the International Harvester Company branch house building in Jackson, Michigan. The brick building was located at the intersection of two ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 02 1978
Description: View of a downtown street featuring bars, restaurants, and a laundromat.
Photograph

International Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: An International Harvester "sprayer" mounted on a wagon, possibly intended for pesticide application (or in this context, window washing?). The wagon is pa...
Photograph

Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
Photograph

International KB-5 Line Truck

Date: 1947
Description: View from sidewalk of a man holding a bag of laundry standing near the partially open side door of an International KB-5 truck parked at a curb. The truck ...
Photograph

Delivery Truck

Date: 09 02 1925
Description: View across road towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. A sign on the side of the truck reads: "Economy Laundry." Behind the truck...
Photograph

Delivery Truck

Date: 09 02 1925
Description: View across street towards a delivery truck for Mutual Laundry parked near the curb. In the background is a brick, one-story building. The sign painted on ...
Photograph

Delivery Truck

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of an Ideal Laundry Co. truck parked along a curb. Behind the truck is a building with an arc...
Photograph

Edgar William Gordon

Date: 01 15 1987
Description: View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ...

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