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Water Softener Demonstration

Date: 09 29 1931
Description: C.E. Bates Plumbing Company salesman showing the Trupar water softener to a customer, 1425 Regent Street.
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Vecto Store Interior

Date: 06 28 1928
Description: Interior of Vecto Store, located at 422 West Gilman Street. Included in the view are American Radiator Company furnaces, hot water heaters, and a woman sit...
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Man weighing a box on a Toledo scale at the Belmont Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a milk can on an old scale at the Pet Milk Company.
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Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 08 14 1948
Description: L.C. Welsh Plumbing float entitled "Evolution of the Chamber Pot" in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade.
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Bathhouse at Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: An interior view of partially-built dressing court, showing men working at roughing in plumbing to floor drains of the bathhouse at Devil's Lake State Park...
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Man in Metro Truck near The Sievert Corp.

Date: 05 1949
Description: Man in driver's seat inside International Metro truck parked outside the Sievert Corp.
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L.C. Welch Plumbing and Heating Storefront

Date: 1940
Description: Two men and a woman pose in front of the L.C. Welch Plumbing and Heating store, 137 Third Avenue. There are signs advertising Maytag and Shellane, "compres...
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Woman at Sink

Date: 1925
Description: A woman filling a bucket with water from an indoor well pump while standing at a kitchen sink. A mirror is hanging on the wall and a potted plant, canister...
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Farmhouse with Running Water

Date: 1915
Description: Miss Foy Martin filling a bucket with water from a sink faucet, while her mother is lighting a burner on the stove inside the kitchen of R. Martin.
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Man in Washroom

Date: 09 04 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls washing his hands in a sink in a farmhouse washroom. There is a reflection of a man in the mirror over the sink, who appears to be u...
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Woman with Bathtub

Date: 10 1923
Description: A woman wearing a checkered dress is turning the faucet on a bathtub at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester Farm).
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Woman and Child in Bathroom

Date: 1923
Description: A woman is washing a boy's face with a washcloth in a bathroom on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The boy is wearing a sailor suit wi...
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Plumbing and Gas Fitting

Date: 1910
Description: Students learn plumbing and gas fitting at the Milwaukee School of Trades.
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George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1961
Description: George Peppard (playing Paul Varjak) leans over the back in which lies Audrey Hepburn (as Holly Golightly) in a publicity still for "Breakfast at Tiffany's...
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Mt. Victory Service Plaza Restroom

Date: 1962
Description: A man shaves his face in the mirror of the Mt. Victory truck stop restroom. The caption on a similar photograph reads: "Long, lonely hours on the road give...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: A man is bending over to drink from a metal water fixture. Water from the fixture spouted up and back onto the fixture, supposedly making it "sterile." The...
Postcard

"Our Rest Rooms Are Clean!"

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Description: Cartoon drawing of a man flushing himself down the toilet. The drawing is in black outline, with red hair and beard, and blue water drops. Lettering in bla...
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College Barber Shop

Date: 09 08 2014
Description: The last week of business at the College Barber Shop. The owner Larry Cobb is cutting employee Don Fine's hair.
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College Barber Shop

Date: 09 08 2014
Description: The last week of business at the College Barber Shop. The owner Larry Cobb is cutting employee Don Fine's hair. In the background is a female stylist.

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