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Manchester's, Inc., Paris Hats Window Display

Date: 01 15 1946
Description: Manchester's, Inc., Paris hats window display, "Authentic Copies and Adaptations."
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Manchester's, Inc., Window #6 Textron Fabrics

Date: 09 13 1945
Description: Manchester's, Inc., window #6 featuring "Tomorrow is here with Textron" fabric made into aprons, makeup cape, and blanket bag. The mannequin is wearing an ...
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Manchester's, Inc., Window #4, Textron Fabric Bathrobes

Date: 09 13 1945
Description: Manchester's, Inc., window #4 featuring: "Tomorrow is here with Textron" fabrics for lingerie and bathrobes. Mannequins are wearing bathrobes.
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Manchester's, Inc., Fur Coat Window Display

Date: 08 08 1945
Description: Manchester's, Inc., fur coat window display with two mannequins, one in a fur coat and the other wearing a coonskin cap, standing in the snow in front of a...
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Manchester's, Inc., Fur Coat Window Display

Date: 08 08 1945
Description: Manchester's, Inc., fur coat window display showing two mannequins, one wearing a fur coat and the other wearing a coonskin cap, standing in the snow in fr...
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Manchester's, Inc., Second Floor Hat Department

Date: 02 01 1945
Description: Hat department on Manchester's, Inc., second floor. A sign in the foreground, perhaps on a window, reads in reverse: "Dresses."
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Hat Window

Date: 04 04 1942
Description: Harry S. Manchester's Inc., with window display of spring hats. The store was located at located at 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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Woman Demonstrating Pres Kloth

Date: 04 15 1942
Description: Woman holding iron and demonstrating the Pres Kloth (a pressing cloth) in Manchester's Department store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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Manchesters Bathing Suit Window Display

Date: 06 10 1946
Description: Manchesters Inc. display window containing two mannequins wearing "Petti" bathing suits, and a life-size poster of a girl in a "Petti" bathing suit.
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Women's Fur Hats Window Display

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: H.S. Manchesters Inc. window display featuring fur hats for back to college. Display contains sign saying: "Furs go to your head."
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Department Store Demonstration

Date: 04 15 1942
Description: A woman irons to demonstrate how to use the Pres Kloth (an ironing aid) in Manchester's Department store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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H.S. Manchester's Co. Inc. Homecoming Window

Date: 11 06 1946
Description: Manchester's University of Wisconsin homecoming window display showing three female mannequins wearing formal dresses.
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H.S. Manchester Inc., Valentine Nylon Stocking Window Display

Date: 01 27 1947
Description: H.S. Manchester Inc., department store Valentine Day Berkshire hosiery, nylon stockings, window display.
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Hub Clothing Store Shoe Window

Date: 09 15 1949
Description: J & S shoe display window at The Hub, men's clothing store, 22 West Mifflin Street.
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Hill's Hosiery Window Display

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring Fruit of the Loom woman's nylon stockings and signs stating: "Sheer Beauty at its Best,...
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Manchester's, Inc., Corset Window Display

Date: 03 08 1953
Description: Gossard corsets, girdles and bras display in Manchester's, Inc., store window No. 3, 2 East Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's, Inc., Frostman's Woolens Window Display

Date: 03 09 1953
Description: Frostman's woolens window display with two mannequins wearing suits in Manchester's, Inc., corner window #4, taken from East Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's, Inc., Frostman's Woolens Window Display

Date: 03 09 1953
Description: Frostman's woolens window display with two mannequins wearing suits in Manchester's, Inc., corner window #4, taken from Wisconsin Avenue.
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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 with five mannequins and a sign stating: "Excitement of Wash 'n Wear."
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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 with three mannequins and a sign stating "Excitement of Chemise".

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