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Spic and Span Dry Cleaners

Date: 03 14 1957
Description: Elevated view across street towards the storefront and delivery vehicles of Spic and Span Dry Cleaning.
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University Avenue and Lake Street Intersection

Date: 11 28 1927
Description: View of the 3 F Laundry on the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street, with Holmes Tire, 614 University Avenue, and the Wheeler Conservatory of Music,...
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Universal Cleaners & Dyers

Date: 01 27 1940
Description: Exterior view of Universal Cleaners & Dyers Inc., laundry and dry cleaning, 1226 Regent Street.
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Meinke Trucks in front of Store

Date: 08 12 1938
Description: Three Ford V8 panel trucks and one automobile parked in front of Al Meinke Electric Refrigerator Service store, 1639 Monroe Sreet. On the left is Monroe Cl...
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Universal Cleaners Building

Date: 07 16 1938
Description: Universal Cleaners building, 1226 Regent Street.
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3F Steam Laundry Delivery Service

Date: 07 07 1931
Description: 3F Steam Laundry, 731 University Avenue, offered its customers the convenience of picking up and delivering laundry in the company's Chevrolet.
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International Model SM Mounting Metro-Van

Date: 1955
Description: Color photograph of an International SM Model Mounting Metro-Van featuring the Metro-Lite Body. The truck was owned and operated by Advanced Cleaners and ...
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Four Lakes Cleaners

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Collins Drugs, 610 South Park Street; Four Lakes Cleaners, 612 South Park Street; Shorty's Tavern, 614 South Park Street, on the edge of the Greenbush neig...
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Official World's Fair Cleaner

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: A man with garment bags over his shoulder leans against an International truck at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago. The truck was operat...
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International Model S Carolyn Laundry Truck

Date: 02 11 1927
Description: A uniformed worker holding a package steps out of an International Model S truck operated by the Carolyn Laundry.
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Broadway Laundry Co. Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man in a uniform standing at the back of an International Metro truck with one leg up on the bumper. He is writing on a pad held on his knee, and there i...
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Mullarkey's Spic & Span Cleaners

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: Exterior view of Mullarkey's Spic & Span Cleaners, 3322 University Avenue. Next door is Town & Country House Furniture at 3320.
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400 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 400 block of State Street. Businesses include: Chocolate House, College Boot Shop, Wee-Wash-It, Schwartz ...
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Baxter Laundry Truck

Date: 1939
Description: A man unloads bags of laundry from the back of an International D-2 panel truck owned by Baxter Laundry. The truck is parked near a hangar and inside is an...
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Laundry Company Truck

Date: 09 20 1938
Description: View from across street of a man loading a bag of laundry into the back of an International D-2 panel truck painted in a checkerboard pattern. The truck is...
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Chalmette Laundry Truck

Date: 09 22 1938
Description: A man loads boxes and packages into the back of an International D-2 truck owned by the Chalmette Laundry division of the Crescent City Laundries, Incorpor...
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Lord Baltimore Laundry Truck

Date: 03 28 1938
Description: A man unloads packages from an International D-2 truck owned by Lord Baltimore Laundry. A wheeled laundry basket stands near the truck's opened side door.
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Vail's Systems Limited Truck

Date: 02 28 1937
Description: A man unloads a package from the back of an International D-Series truck owned by Vail's Systems Limited.
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Figler's Dry Cleaning Trucks

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: A fleet of International Model D-2 trucks are parked along the curb outside Figler's Dry Cleaning. Two men unload a rack of clothing in garment bags from t...
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Troy Towel Supply Company Truck

Date: 1937
Description: View across street of an International D-2 panel truck owned by the Troy Towel Supply Company parked outside Warner Beauty College. A man is walking on the...

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