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Bar Room at Hotel Astor

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Description: Interior of the bar room at Hotel Astor, built in 1904. Waiters, bartenders, and patrons stand around the bar, decorated in the Old World style.
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Man, Girl and Boy

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
Postcard

Man, Woman and Girl

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
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War Correspondents Socializing

Date: 11 01 1942
Description: A group of war correspondents enjoy a beverage together at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They are dressed in uniform. Identified...
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Gag Gift at Gisholt Dinner Gathering

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Description: Sid Boyum smiling at the camera, after receiving a gift at a dinner gathering with male colleagues from Gisholt Machine Company. The large, rectangular pac...
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Gag Gift at Gisholt Dinner Gathering

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Description: Sid Boyum getting the joke, admiring his gag gift from Gisholt Machine Company co-workers after a dinner gathering. With a cigar in his mouth, he is holdin...
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Gag Gift at Gisholt Dinner Gathering

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Description: Sid Boyum trying out his gag gift from Gisholt Machine Company co-workers after a dinner gathering. The gift is a home-made portable "stool" designed with ...
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Audience for a Beauty Pageant

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Description: Formally dressed audience members are watching a beauty pageant in a smoky beer hall. The men are wearing suits with ties; the women are wearing dresses an...

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