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Senator Roseleip Taking Taste Test

Date: 06 24 1965
Description: Senator Gorden Roseleip taking the oleo/butter taste test, administered by Senator Martin Schreiber.
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Ice Cream Vendors

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: Group portrait of 22 disabled American veterans who are Forget-Me-Not ice cream bars vendors. They are posing in front of 503 State Street with boxes of ic...
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Zesto Malt Shop

Date: 1956
Description: Waiter making a malt in the Zesto Malt Shop at 658 State Street.
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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
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Girl Eating Ice Cream

Date: 03 15 1946
Description: Two views of a girl eating ice cream at a soda fountain. She is wearing a headband and a choker.
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Ice Cream Bar in Variety Store

Date: 09 14 1945
Description: Kennedy Mansfield Dairy Co. ice cream bar in the Carlson's 5¢ to $1.00 Store, 2524 East Washington Avenue.
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McCoy's Ice Cream Shop

Date: 02 22 1938
Description: Two clerks and a customer in McCoy's Ice Cream Shop, 507 State Street, with Oscar Mayer Coolerator food display case.
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McCoy's Ice Cream Shop

Date: 02 22 1938
Description: Two clerks and a customer in McCoy's Ice Cream Shop, located at 507 State Street. Prominent in the view is a Oscar Mayer Coolerator food display case.
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McCoy Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: A soda jerk pouring a malt into a glass as three women are sitting at the counter of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, located at 507 State Street.
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McCoy Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: Three women are drinking malts at the counter of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, 507 State Street. A sign on the wall reads: "A Balanced meal in every glassful! ...
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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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Richard McVicar Enjoys Ice Cream

Date: 07 05 1934
Description: Richard McVicar, son of the photographer, sitting at a table and eating ice cream from a stemmed dish, under a sign advertising Crystal Ice Cream that read...
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Richard McVicar Eating Ice Cream

Date: 07 05 1934
Description: Richard McVicar is sitting at a table eating ice cream from a stemmed dish.
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Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars Vendor

Date: 06 28 1933
Description: Portrait of disabled World War I veteran Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars vendor, who was arrested for selling on the street.
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Eat More Ice Cream Shop

Date: 08 07 1931
Description: Interior of Eat More Ice Cream Shop, opened by Hans P. Schleicher, under the direction of Eleanor Owens, at 1301 Williamson Street.
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ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 10 1930
Description: Two girls standing at the Schoep's Ice Cream and Food Company Inc. booth at the ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) fall festival.
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Display Window of Hankscraft Egg Cooker

Date: 01 18 1929
Description: Mock Easter display window with woman demonstrating Hankscraft egg cooker.
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Grocery Shopper Selecting Lady Borden Ice Cream

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Woman grocery shopper with shopping cart selecting "Lady Borden" ice cream from freezer below shelves of related food items.
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Borden's Ice Cream Display Case

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Borden's ice cream in display case, with a person (hand and arm only showing) lifting a carton of ice cream from case, taken for a TV ad.
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Bancroft Dairy Outdoor Bar

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Bancroft Dairy "sidewalk fountain," 1010 South Park Street. Ruby Davenport and Dorothy Drifke are seated at an outdoor table. The table is covered by an um...

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