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Nancee Hat Shop

Date: 09 07 1935
Description: Exterior night view of the Nancee Hat Shop at 7 South Pinckney Street featuring hats, purses and an Art Deco entrance.
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Sibyl Hats

Date: 03 14 1956
Description: Night view of the "Mifflin Arcade" with terra cotta facade. Businesses include Silver Dollar Tavern at 117 West Mifflin Street, Sibyl Hats at 119 West Miff...
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Majorettes

Date: 11 03 1962
Description: Majorettes dancing in a parade. They were members of the Milwaukee Continentals marching band.
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Picketing Gimbel's

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store.
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view from street towards ushers posing in front of the Capitol Theatre. The marquee reads: "Maurice Chevalier in 'The Love Parade.'"
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Belmont Spa Tavern

Date: 06 11 1945
Description: Richard and Ione Edwards behind the bar at the Belmont Spa, in the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street, with a clock advertising Calvert liquor.
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Interior View of the Frank Bros. Grocery Store

Date: 04 07 1939
Description: Morning view of the interior of Frank Bros. grocery store, located at 609-613 University Avenue, with two shop keepers stocking the window with Seald Sweet...
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Davis & O'Connell Clothing Store

Date: 03 16 1937
Description: Art deco display windows at Davis & O'Connell men's clothing store, 114 State Street.
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Bancroft Dairy

Date: 09 16 1935
Description: Four milk delivery trucks and drivers at Bancroft Dairy, 1010 South Park Street. The driver on the far left is Martin Kelly, and the third driver from the ...
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Goodman's Jewelers

Date: 06 22 1934
Description: Goodman's Jewelers display windows, and entrance, located at 220 State Street.
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Capitol Theatre

Date: 06 07 1930
Description: A man and children are standing under the Capitol Theatre marquee that is promoting the movie "Journey's End," with two men dressed as World War I soldier ...
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International K-5 Truck with Bottle Body

Date: 1941
Description: Man delivering beverages to the Silver Swan Inn with an International K-5 truck. The truck was equipped with a 161 x 76 bottle body. Photograph was taken f...
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International R-170 Refrigerated Truck

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Description: Man delivering goods to the Chicken Basket Cocktail Lounge with an International R-170 refrigerated truck.
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Wellentin & Son Jewelers

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: Store window of Wellentin & Sons, Jewelers, 122 West Washington Avenue, featuring "Boulevard Watches" and their WKOW radio program.
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Business Man Watches Construction

Date: 1969
Description: A business man stands in a seafood store with a neon lobster sign. He is watching the construction of the World Trade Center through the window.
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Chandler's Shoes Store

Date: 08 30 1955
Description: Night view of Chandler's Shoes store, 10 West Mifflin Street, on the Square, showing entrance and Grand Opening display windows featuring shoes and handbag...
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Hill's Department Store display window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses and hats with five mannequins and a sign stating "summer Dress Carnival"...
Poster

Century of Progress World's Fair Poster

Date: 1934
Description: Poster for the 1934 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago showing a woman surrounded by abstract representations of the sights and sounds of the fa...
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Eddie Peabody with New Car

Date: 10 1947
Description: Eddie Peabody with his new Lincoln Continental, receiving the title from Lucien S. Hanks, general manager of Kayser Motors, Inc., 1501 Monroe Street. Eddie...
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Men Conversing in a Diner

Date: 1969
Description: View through window of a diner of several men engaged in conversation at the counter. A neon sign in the window says, in part: "Fountain Service."

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