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| Date: | 03 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across street towards the storefront and delivery vehicles of Spic and Span Dry Cleaning. |
| Date: | 03 30 1958 |
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| Description: | Notice of farm auction sale for farm and personal property of Ed Gein. The farmhouse was destroyed by fire before the auction took place. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Color advertising poster for International Harvester refrigerators showing several refrigerators stocked with food, color chips, and the disembodied heads ... |
| Date: | 07 29 1955 |
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| Description: | Millard's Tavern, 504 East Wilson Street with Fauerbach CB beer sign and "Bobby Hodges radio & TV star, Every Friday Night." Also shows Marty's Sandwich Sh... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer poses with the other 19 members of the United Automobile Workers Advisory Committee on Guaranteed Annual Wage. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer speaking at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security, which took place in Buenes Aires. Eva Peron is seated to his left, wearing he... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International Harvester parts and service featuring a large paint brush coated with red paint. The brush has tools protruding from t... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for McCormick corn picker service showing three horizontally stacked ears of corn bearing the words: "Corn Picker Service." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International Harvester's "mid-century promotion" featuring a line drawing of a white Farmall C demonstrator tractor. Includes the t... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for McCormick Farmall tractors featuring a color illustration of a man driving a Farmall C tractor on a blue background. Includes the te... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International Harvester engine service showing two bluebirds nesting over an "IH Service" sign. Includes the text: "for the love of ... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International Harvester engine service featuring color illustration of a spark plug and piston. Includes the text: "More Power! get ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster promoting a "Low Cost Rental Plan" for Farmall Cub and International Cub Lo-Boy tractors and equipment. Features the text: "Do These Job... |
| Date: | 08 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Exterior night view night of Hill's Department Store window, 202 State Street, displaying twelve ladies' "fashion tailored" long sleeve shirts. Advertised... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it. |
| Date: | 09 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Edward Farber, a prominent Milwaukee druggist, double checks a prescription order on the day before he retired. Farber operated his popular drugstore, loca... |
| Date: | 11 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Janke taking care of last minute details in their prescription department before closing their drugstore's doors at 1658 W. Hopkins permanentl... |
| Date: | 04 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Joyce Smith Gaines' Drug Shop. |
| Date: | 04 17 1950 |
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| Description: | Cabinet of sundries (toothpastes, shaving supplies, aspirin, etc.) next to the waiting area at Joyce Smith Gaines' Pharmacy. |
| Date: | 01 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Child in a shopping cart with a frozen Armour smoked ham. |
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