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Eight Capitol Scrubwomen

Date: 06 09 1933
Description: Group portrait of eight Wisconsin State Capitol scrubwomen. Left to right: Mrs. Mary DeRenzo, Mrs. Elizabeth Weddig, Miss Mary McCloskey, Mrs. Ingeborg Sid...
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Mrs. Mary DeRenzo

Date: 06 09 1933
Description: Mrs. Mary DeRenzo, "Dean of the scrub women's crew" at the Wisconsin State Capitol, holding the mop she used for thirty years.
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3F Steam Laundry Curb Service

Date: 07 07 1931
Description: 3F Steam Laundry curb service, 731 University Avenue. Showing employee taking laundry from an automobile. A sign posted on the tree on the right reads: "Cu...
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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.
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Three F Laundry

Date: 06 06 1930
Description: Two women operating the Purity Sun Ray System pressing iron at Three F Steam Laundry, 731 E. Dayton Street.
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile with drivers sitting at the steering wheels in front of the office and plant at 731 - 747 E. Dayton...
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile with drivers in the driver's seats at the steering wheel. They are parked in front of office and pl...
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile with drivers standing beside the vehicles in front of office and plant at 731-747 E. Dayton Street.
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile, with drivers standing beside their vehicles in front of office and plant at 731-747 East Dayton St...
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Charles H. Seals

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: Portrait of Charles H. Seals, janitor at the Security State Bank, 1965 Atwood Avenue. He is standing next to a rubber tree plant and is cleaning the table.
Photograph

Men Greasing Cars

Date: 07 01 1927
Description: Men greasing cars in the Klean Rite Auto Laundry, located at 739 East Mifflin Street.
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Three Woman on Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: Three women (Jennie Parsons Kelly, left, and Lena Eisenback Post, center, and an unidentified woman on the right) on Main Street in front of Yep Ah Sing's ...
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Russian Women Washing Clothes

Date: 1910
Description: Group of women washing clothes by hand on a pier in a river in Russia. The scene may be near Lubertzy.
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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...
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International Laundry Truck

Date: 10 06 1933
Description: A delivery man getting into an International truck used by the Individual Laundry System laundry and cleaners. A sign on top of the truck asks "Why - Drudg...
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Girl Washing Doll Clothes

Date: 
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop showing Bertha Gesell washing and hanging doll clothes.
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

Hebard Shop Mule with International P-12 Power Unit

Date: 05 19 1938
Description: Employee of White Way Laundry pulling a trailer with a Hebard shop mule on a suburban street. The shop mule is powered by an International P-12 engine. A s...
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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.

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