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General Store Interior

Date: 1920
Description: Counters and display cases show goods for sale in the General Store.
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Nelson's Jewelry Store Interior

Date: 12 13 1940
Description: Interior view of Nelson's Jewelry Store, 21 North Pinckney Street.
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Wolf Kubley & Hirsig, Kitchenware Department

Date: 09 02 1932
Description: Slightly elevated view of Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig, 17 S. Pinckney Street, kitchenware department.
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Valera Widener and her children: Norma (on her lap), Franklin (left), and Lyall (right), in Baron Brothers Department Store drinking milk provided by the E...
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Annie Simmons and her four children are enjoying a "picnic" on the floor at Baron Brothers Department Store after the fire in the tenement-type house at 15...
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Female Shopper with Smucker's Strawberry Preserves

Date: 1970
Description: A publicity photograph of a bespectacled young woman, in a 1960s mod-style dress, examining a jar of Smucker's strawberry preserves in an aisle of a grocer...
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Man in Musical Instrument Store Room

Date: 1900
Description: A well-dressed man sits in a chair in a Schwaller Music Store on Pine Street. Various pianos are on display. There are signs for Sohmer Pianos and New Home...
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Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig Company

Date: 06 23 1953
Description: Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig Company opens new store on Monday, June 29th. Pictured is the third floor which features housewares, kitchen furniture, appliances,...
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Ridgeway Lumber Store

Date: 1948
Description: Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman.
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Ridgeway Lumber Store

Date: 1948
Description: Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman.
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Ridgeway Lumber Store

Date: 1948
Description: Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman.
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Antique Camera

Date: 09 2013
Description: A Telephoto Poco C camera is sitting on a glass display shelf at an antique store. Next to the camera is a decorative plate, and an oil lamp. Under this sh...
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Display Floor at Dealership

Date: 05 23 1925
Description: View of merchandise on the floor of a dealership. A large sign hanging from the ceiling reads: "McCormick-Deering Primrose Ball-Bearing Cream Separators." ...

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