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| Description: | State Fair barker announcing side show attractions to a crowd of children, featuring "Midget City, the World's Tiniest Entertainers" and "Baby Thelma, 619 ... |
| Date: | 04 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "... |
| Date: | 01 1901 |
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| Description: | Lithograph cover illustration in a mosaic styled design for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog of a woman holding a miniature McCormick grain... |
| Date: | 06 14 1927 |
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| Description: | Storefronts of the Wisconsin School of Music, East Side Variety Store and Hess Grocery Market. Owned by the Hess family, this property was located at 154 A... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Charles Pfeifer stands on the entrance steps to the drugstore with his wife Emma Pfeifer, who holds a baby. Other children and adults pose with them. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Three men stand under the iconic mortar and pestle and striped awnings of E.A. Horn's Drugstore. |
| Date: | 11 04 1940 |
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| Description: | A busy scene at the Professional Pharmacy. James Robinson, proprietor, stands in front of the prescriptions counter. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan... |
| Date: | 02 14 1985 |
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| Description: | A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
| Date: | 09 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. |
| Date: | 08 15 1937 |
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| Description: | Employees of Don's Delivery Service, Inc. near the main Post Office, with Harley Davidson motorcycles and a closed panel truck. They are parked across the ... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the Pharmacie Werner in Boulay/Bolchen, France. This region was part of Germany in 1889. Two men are standing in front of the build... |
| Date: | 07 09 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of used car lot of Van Drisse Motors, a Ford dealer, at the intersection of Main and Monroe Streets. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Costumed saleswoman at a supermarket display for Dr. Pepper soft drinks. The display includes samples of "Hot Dr. Pepper" and "winter warmer." |
| Date: | 05 20 1931 |
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| Description: | Interior of Joe's Place with bartender, possibly Joseph Puccio. The bar was located at 786 W. Washington Avenue in what was known as the Greenbush neighbor... |
| Date: | 10 26 1934 |
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| Description: | A driver is sitting in Licari's panel truck, next to the small art deco office of Licari Tire Company, where another man is posing at the door, 767 West Wa... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Woman using a Necchi sewing machine. Advertisements are in the background. |
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