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Caning Chairs

Date: 10 17 1968
Description: An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged.
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Edwards Tire Company

Date: 12 15 1945
Description: "Ole" Odegaard, tire repairman at Edwards Tire Company, 506 University Avenue, re-treading tires.
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Fixing a Screen

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor leaning out of a doorway, fixing a screen door with a hammer in his right hand. Another door is leaning against the house to the left of ...
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Fixing a Screen Door

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor fixing a screen door. He is standing on the inside of the door, with a hammer in his right hand.
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Automobile Club Members

Date: 10 10 1966
Description: Four auto club members work on a 1932 Ford Coupe. Rick Burkee (right, foreground) and Robin Friberg work on engine parts as Greg Beaster polishes the car h...
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Elmer Gloege

Date: 10 01 1953
Description: Portrait of Elmer Gloege used for an advertisement of the Elmer Gloege Shell Service Station, 2801 University Avenue.
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Ken Tewalt

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Portrait of Ken Tewalt, the "Lubricare" technician at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street.
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Schappe Motors Employee

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: Portrait of Persh Curran, Service Director at Schappe Motors Incorporated, 801 East Washington Avenue.
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Schappe Motors Employee

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: Portrait of William "Bill" Zurian, in the car-repair business for 34 years. He has been recognized as a Master Technician after graduating from Chrysler Mo...
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International Cylinder Block Assemblies

Date: 1940
Description: Advertising brochure for International truck cylinder block assemblies. Includes a photograph of a man hoisting an engine block and the following text: "Wh...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler uses a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded throu...
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George Fabian

Date: 05 21 1999
Description: George Fabian at work at his business, Park Street Shoe Repair, at 609 South Park Street. He is wearing a denim apron and is lacing a shoe.
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Painting Norbert Anderson's Home

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Overhead view of Norbert Anderson's friends who pitched in to help paint his home at 1522 Jefferson Street. At right, Kenneth Jones demonstrates his painti...
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Repairing the Road

Date: 09 10 1918
Description: It appears that a set of logs was just placed on the dirt road between an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage, possibly to fix a rut. While squatting by ...
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Repairing Old Toys

Date: 05 26 1959
Description: A boy is using an electric drill on part of a toy car, which is held by a man sitting beside him. Behind them are shelves full of toy cars and trucks. Capt...

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