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Helping a Customer

Date: 10 1947
Description: A pharmacist assists a customer in Joseph Lascoff's Pharmacy, located at 93rd and Amsterdam.
Drawing

Barman — Bob

Date: 1932
Description: Bob bartending at the Press Grill.
Photograph

Exterior of J.N. Hegeman Drugstore

Date: 1890
Description: Several employees on the doorstep of J.N. Hegeman Drugstore.
Photograph

Showing Wares to a Customer

Date: 1889
Description: Druggist Junior Jones shows a customer some items from the J.N. Hegeman Pharmacy, 1218 Broadway.
Photograph

International Payroll Truck

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: Men receiving paychecks from armored trucks parked outdoors at an IH plant. Signs on the trucks read: "Department of Finance, City of New York." A police o...
Photograph

Elizabeth Wickenden

Date: 1960
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Professor Elizabeth Wickenden, professor of urban studies and technical consultant on public social policy to the Nationa...
Photograph

International Armored Truck

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: International armored bus parked outside the National City Bank of New York. Armed guards stand on either side of the truck and one is stepping out holding...
Print

Dancing Master of America Advertisement

Date: 
Description: Advertising piece from a New York convention of the Dancing Masters of America. Featured are DM of A master faculty: Judith Ann Sproule and F.W. Kehl (walt...
Photograph

Coney Island

Date: 1969
Description: The Thunderbolt Roller Coaster at Coney Island.
Photograph

War Taxes Protest

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd gathered in front of the Internal Revenue Service Manhattan District Office to protest war taxes. The protesters carry large...
Photograph

Rollercoaster, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A woman standing in front of closed stalls on Coney Island. The framework for the Devil's Pit roller coaster rises in the background behind dilapidated si...
Photograph

Shoeshine Boy

Date: 
Description: A portrait of a shoeshine boy, with a brick wall forming the backdrop. His clothes are tattered, and his work box is hanging from a strap on his left shoul...
Photograph

Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 1952
Description: Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the Transfilm Building after filming fifty political spots in one day. (Rosser Reeves wearing glasses.) Eise...
Photograph

Woman in Store Aisle Examining Bread

Date: 1970
Description: Woman standing in a store aisle examining a loaf of Levy and Sons Bakery rye bread. She is wearing a yellow shirt, colorful headband, and a beehive or bouf...
Photograph

Arthur J. Altmeyer with Sir William Beveridge

Date: 06 05 1943
Description: From left to right: Sir William Beveridge, author of the British "Cradle to the Grave" social security plan, and Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman of the Social...
Photograph

Wisconsin Pavilion Attractions

Date: 1964
Description: Sign outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair advertising a steak house, a beer garden, and the world's largest cheese. A portion of the pav...
Book or Pamphlet

J.S. Woodhouse Co. Inc. Catalog Cover

Date: 1932
Description: Front cover featuring a man on a tractor pulling an agricultural implement in a field.
Photograph

Bruce Barton

Date: 
Description: Bruce Barton, board chairman of Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (advertising firm) in his office. Behind him is a large illustration of a street scene. T...
Photograph

Men Receiving Paychecks from Armored Trucks

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: Men receiving paychecks from armored trucks parked outdoors at an IH plant. Signs on the trucks read: "Department of Finance, City of New York." A police o...
Photograph

Advertising Club of New York Golden Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Several men are seated at tables while one man stands at a podium. Behind him a banner declares the Golden Anniversary (1906-1956) of the Advertising Club ...

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