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Fauerbach Brewery Tavern

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ...
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Museum Patrons View the Gaugin Exhibit

Date: 03 17 1959
Description: Spectators view paintings by Paul Gaugin at the opening of an art exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Miss Mary Barnes and the Hat

Date: 01 09 1963
Description: Mary Barnes, wearing a mink stole and pearls, modeling her outrageous hat. It is wired to light 10 street lights that are arranged around the brim.
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Manchesters Coats & Furs Department

Date: 09 24 1940
Description: Three mannequins wearing coats in Manchesters Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin St., coats and furs department, remodeled second floor.
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Rea...
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McCoy's Ice Cream Shop

Date: 02 22 1938
Description: Two clerks and a customer in McCoy's Ice Cream Shop, located at 507 State Street. Prominent in the view is a Oscar Mayer Coolerator food display case.
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Two Women Modeling Fur Coats

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Two women modeling fur coats for Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street. Alternate view.
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Hill's Fur Coat Department

Date: 08 05 1935
Description: Hill's Dry Goods Company, 202 State Street, fur coat department, showing racks of fur coats.
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Women with Governor Schemedeman

Date: 02 23 1933
Description: Governor Albert G. Schemedeman with Frieda Mooney, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War Auxiliary, and Nina Westbury, Nati...
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Collecting Money for Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 09 1932
Description: Dorothy Hoffman, member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, is shown dropping money into milk bottle held by Harley Droster, an usher at the Orpheum Theatre. Mone...
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Fanchon & Marco Girls in Fur Coats

Date: 07 15 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco Girls in fur coats at Kessenich's, Inc., 201-203 State Street. Alternate view.
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Miss America Models Formal Wear

Date: 10 06 1930
Description: Miss America, Margaret Ekdahl, models a blue and rose Moire evening gown with a short white Dolman fur wrap, at the Burdick & Murray Department Store.
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Egg Cooker for Sale

Date: 12 08 1928
Description: A salesman is showing a Hankscraft egg cooker to a customer at Harloff-Loprich Electric Company, 506 State Street.
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Portrait of Miss Knutson

Date: 12 02 1927
Description: Portrait of Miss Knutson with a permanent wave in her hair. She is wearing a fur coat.
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Portrait of Miss Knutson

Date: 12 02 1927
Description: Portrait of Miss Knutson with a permanent wave.
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Portrait of Miss Boese

Date: 12 03 1927
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Miss Boese wearing a hat and a fur collar.
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Portrait of Mildred Gumm

Date: 12 06 1927
Description: Portrait of Mildred Gumm wearing a hat.
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Portrait of Miss Knutson with Permanent Wave

Date: 12 07 1927
Description: Portrait of Miss Knutson with a permanent wave in her hair.
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Dressed for a Night Out

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Description: A young woman wearing a formal gown and mink stole looks at a portrait of a woman while sitting on a couch, as if waiting to go out for the evening.
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Women Aviators

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Description: Studio portrait of women who are taking flying lessons. Several of the women are dressed in furs.

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