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Three Woman on Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: Three women (Jennie Parsons Kelly, left, and Lena Eisenback Post, center, and an unidentified woman on the right) on Main Street in front of Yep Ah Sing's ...
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International Model G Truck with Crates and Boxes

Date: 1919
Description: A man sits in an International model "G" truck that has wood furniture and crates filling the bed. The building behind has signs advertising for a 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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Minnehaha Cleaners Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Uniformed man stands with boxes at the back of an International model D-2 truck with 102-inch wheelbase and Metro body. The truck was owned by the Minnehah...
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Archer's Laundry Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man in a uniform standing at the back of an International Metro truck owned by Archer's Laundry [and] Dry Cleaning. The side of the truck includes the sl...
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International Deluxe Delivery Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Mr. Kuss of International Harvester's Chicago North Side Branch with an International model D-2-M truck with a 102-inch wheelbase and a Metro body. Mr. Kus...
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Acme Laundry Truck

Date: 1950
Description: The driver of an International truck owned by Acme Laundry and Cleaners stands in the street near the driver's side door holding packages. The truck is par...
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Window Washer

Date: 2010
Description: Goodyear employee washing storefront windows as three people and a dog are walking by. A dog can be seen mirrored in the window.
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Man Posing by Shoeshine Stand

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Description: An African American man wearing a hat, shirt, open vest, trousers, and boots, posing by a shoeshine stand in front of a commercial building.
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International Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: An International Harvester "sprayer" mounted on a wagon, possibly intended for pesticide application (or in this context, window washing?). The wagon is pa...
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Gov. Warren Knowles Proclaims May as "Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up" Month

Date: 04 21 1965
Description: Professional painters inside the state capitol employed by Hoffer's Certified Paint of 3501 E. Washington Avenue. A paint can is labeled "Hoffer One Coat H...
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Men Loading Carpet Roll into Delivery Truck

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: View across street towards a man loading a rug into the back of a delivery truck. There is a man sitting in the driver's seat. The building in the backgrou...
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Edgar William Gordon

Date: 01 15 1987
Description: View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ...
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Laundry Delivery Truck

Date: 12 12 1927
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a laundry delivery truck. The sign on the side of the truck reads: "Bronx Home Laundry Ser...
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Standard Laundry Co. Delivery Trucks

Date: 02 27 1928
Description: View down cobblestone street towards a fleet of five trucks parked in a row in front of a brick building.
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Fox Square Laundry Co. Truck

Date: 07 16 1928
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a Fox Square Laundry Co. truck. A man wearing a hat and uniform is standing at the open ba...
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Fleet of New Way Laundry Trucks

Date: 08 31 1928
Description: View towards four men sitting in the driver's seats of four laundry trucks. Behind them is a brick building with a sign for "[obscured] Laundry Service Co....
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Truck in Neighborhood

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked in a neighborhood. Another man is standing near the open window of the pass...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 07 16 1928
Description: View across road towards a group of men standing with a fleet of delivery trucks in front of a large building. A large electric sign on top of the building...
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Public Laundry Co. Delivery Trucks

Date: 12 17 1928
Description: View down road towards a row of nine delivery trucks. Men in uniform are posing, some with their leg resting on the running board, of the passenger side of...

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