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Driving Hogs Through Town

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Description: Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t...
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Hardware Sales

Date: 12 19 1962
Description: Hilgendorf's Hardware store clerk showing a saw to a customer.
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Mautz Paint Department

Date: 01 17 1935
Description: A sales clerk assists a customer in the Mautz paint department at Price Hardware Store, 626 S. Park Street.
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Mautz Paint Department

Date: 01 17 1935
Description: Mautz paint department at Fred Boss Hardware Co., 2309 Winnebago Street.
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Erector Set Ferris Wheel

Date: 01 06 1932
Description: A man builds a Ferris wheel with an Erector set at Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Company, located at 17 S. Pinckney Street.
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Nilles Hardware and Paints Co.

Date: 07 03 1929
Description: Nilles Hardware and Paints Co., 2330 Atwood Avenue, interior.
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Richard Ela Company

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: Interior of Richard Ela Company, 744 Williamson Street, showing a sales counter with a large display of tools. Three clerks and one customer are standing n...
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Richard Ela Company

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: Interior of Richard Ela Company, 744 Williamson Street, showing a sales counter with a large display of tools and three clerks and one customer. Alternate ...
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International Harvester Store Display

Date: 04 21 1927
Description: Two men pose outside of McCreary Hardware alongside a giant International Harvester cream separator display. The hardware store also served as an Internati...
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Harvester-Thresher Delivery

Date: 05 17 1927
Description: Mr. Dennison (left), manager of the Lucas Hardware Company, an International Harvester dealership, stands with another man in front of six assembled harves...
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Robert K. Jones' Hardware Store

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of Robert K. Jones' hardware store.
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Rand & Roemer Hardware Co.

Date: 1910
Description: Group of five men standing in front of Rand and Roemer Hardware Company store. Many items can be seen on the sidewalk and through the store windows, includ...
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Mr. Meinholtz in his Store

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Description: Mr. Meinholtz and a woman, probably his wife or daughter, posing at the counter inside the Meinholtz Store. She is holding a piece of fabric, and he is hol...
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International Model M Truck at E.W. Plaisted Hardware

Date: 1914
Description: Man parked in an International Model M truck outside the storefront of E.W. Plaisted Hardware. Two men are seated just outside the store along with a small...
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Russ Bandlow Hardware

Date: 02 01 1978
Description: "Russ Bandlow Hardware. Russ purchased the building in 1950 and has operated the store since that time. His uncle, Arthur H. Bandlow, operated the store fr...
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August Kroll Letterhead

Date: 1888
Description: Letterhead of August Kroll of Leopolis, Wisconsin, dealer in hardware, stoves, and tinware, with an image of the interior of a store and customers being he...
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Buchanan & Griffin Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Buchanan & Griffin, of Arkansaw, Wisconsin, dealers in "Shelf and Heavy Hardware." Features an interior view of a clerk waiting on a customer...
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Union Farm and Garden Tool Delivery Truck

Date: 06 21 1938
Description: Two men look at shovels stored in the back of an International D-15 truck owned by Union Farm and Garden Tool Company. The truck is parked along the curb i...
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Hot Stove League

Date: 04 1984
Description: "A 'Hot Stove League' has evolved as locals meet daily in Russ Bandlow's Hardware Store. From left are Junior Guelig, Par Wagner, Sep Hartman, Fritz Giese,...
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Koltes & Esser Hardware

Date: 06 1931
Description: Henry Esser stands on the step in front of Koltes & Esser Hardware in the 300 block of West Lakeside Street. Fencing, garbage cans, a hose reel and lawn mo...

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