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Gentleman Shopping for Cigars

Date: 1895
Description: Will Viel chooses a cigar in Margraff & Freiburger's Dry Goods Store.
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Naval Training School, Ship's Store

Date: 02 07 1945
Description: Female clerk selling items to Naval trainees at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) ship's store. The store was located in a University of Wisconsin dor...
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Dormitory Store

Date: 07 12 1938
Description: Jim & Bill are behind the counter at the Dormitory Store, which is featuring pipes and tobacco products.
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Hill's Dry Goods Store Interior

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: "Cotton Lane" in Hill's Dry Goods Store, 202 State Street, featuring two models, wearing dresses, standing in niches on either side of an arch, with the wo...
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M.P. Stevens & Sons Grocery Store

Date: 07 1937
Description: Two men, one in a tie, the other in overalls, stand next to a McCormick-Deering cooling unit on display in a grocery market. A sign on the back wall reads:...
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Henry Reuss Behind Grocery Register

Date: 1952
Description: A campaign picture of Democrat Henry Reuss wearing a suit, addressing constituents working at a grocery store. This was likely taken in 1952 while Reuss wa...
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Henry Reuss Campaign Photograph

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Description: Campaign photograph of Reuss talking with the "common working man."
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Customers in General Store

Date: 1939
Description: Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a...
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Workers' Unity House Store

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the store's interior, with people posing behind the counters. Some of the items for sale are glassware, fruit, and souvenir penna...
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Treasure Island Store, West College Avenue

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Description: Interior of the Treasure Island Store, located on West College Avenue. Store aisles and end-caps full of goods are visible. A single cashier waits in aisle...
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Kimball Drug Store

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Description: View of the interior of the Kimball Drug Store. A man and woman stand behind the counter in the very back of the store, partially obscured by a sign readin...
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Sears Roebuck Employees

Date: 02 20 1954
Description: Group portrait of some of the Sears Roebuck employees in Madison who have long terms of service. They hold their statements of shares from the firm's profi...
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Jim's Super Savings

Date: 02 01 1978
Description: "Jim's Super Savings. James Ruecker is among a list of owners that used this building as a general store for many, many years. Jim Ruecker has been in the ...
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Man in Drugstore

Date: 1961
Description: A man holding a clipboard stands in the crowded aisle of a drugstore.
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Mt. Victory General Store

Date: 1962
Description: A worker helps a customer from across the counter at the general store in the Mt. Victory truck stop. A caption on a similar photograph reads: "Bigger than...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 319-324

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Description: There used to be a quiet. It wasn't deafness, it was roses

But they don't make it any more
They think it was a toy
Postcard

The Farmers Store

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Description: Color postcard of the Farmers' Store at Stonefield. Sales clerks, customers and merchandise set the scene.
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Interior of a Dry-Goods Store

Date: 1908
Description: Three women and one man pose at a cashier's counter in the interior of a dry-goods store, presumably in Wisconsin. Hammocks hang from the ceiling in the ba...
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General Store; Interior

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Description: Interior portrait of a young European American man posing standing in a general store. He is wearing a dark-colored suit coat and hat, and is standing at t...
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Interior View of Smith's Store

Date: 1946
Description: Interior view of Smith's Store, featuring a glass topped case filled with merchandise. Pails and a large light fixture hang from the ceiling, and boxes of ...

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