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Hausmann Brewery Bar

Date: 1895
Description: Interior view of the Hausmann Brewery Bar with spittoons on the floor. A sign behind the bar reads: "No intoxicating drinks sold to minors." The patrons an...
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Buckhorn Tavern

Date: 1949
Description: Customers sitting at the bar in the Buckhorn Tavern. There are five mounted deerheads above the bar. The bartender is standing behind the bar.
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School Children Eating

Date: 1919
Description: Three girls serving cups of food and bread to children seated at their desks in a Cook County, District 137 classroom. The activity may have been part of t...
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Milwaukee Road Station Christmas Tree

Date: 12 21 1945
Description: Large Christmas tree in the waiting room of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Station, 644 West Washington Avenue, with passengers and the sign: "Give War Bonds,...
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Madison Cafeteria Interior

Date: 10 30 1935
Description: Interior view of Madison Cafeteria, 215 W. Washington Avenue. There are seven servers behind the counter, and two customers are sitting at tables.
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Walgreen Drug Store Interior

Date: 06 21 1930
Description: Interior of a Walgreen Drug Store, showing lunch counter and customers, at 30-32 E. Mifflin Street.
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Party Banquet for Gardner Baking Co. Families

Date: 04 11 1928
Description: Group portrait of Gardner Baking Co. families wearing paper party hats sitting at two long banquet tables. There are Purity Bread signs over the tables whi...
Book or Pamphlet

Dairymaid Cream Separators Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Dairymaid cream separators sold by International Harvester. Features a silhouette of a woman standing in the doorway of...
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League of Women Voters Dinner Committee

Date: 03 28 1944
Description: League of Women Voters dinner ticket committee. Standing at left is Mary Rennebohm, and seated left to right are: Harriet J. Morris, Caryl A. Regan, Lucill...
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International Harvester Film at Nebraska State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: A crowd sitting in the International Harvester tent at the Nebraska State Fair to watch a motion picture.
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Motion Picture Tent at Nebraska State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: A crowd gathers in the International Harvester tent at the Nebraska State Fair for a film showing. A cream separator is in the left foreground, and next to...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement

Date: 06 19 1948
Description: Elevated view of the stage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement ceremonies in the Field House.
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1896
Description: Elevated view of waiters and customers in the Schlitz Palm Garden. The idea of the garden was borrowed from Germany where beer gardens were common. It open...
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Diesel School

Date: 1937
Description: George Perikoff instructs a group of men at International Harvester's diesel school.
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Men at Education and Training Center

Date: 1946
Description: Rear view of group of employees sitting at tables to watch as an instructor demonstrates a lesson on a chalkboard at International Harvester's Education an...
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Ray-O-Vac Initiates 25-Year Members

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: New members of the Ray-O-Vac Company's 25 Year Club were initiated during ceremonies at the organization's annual banquet at Hotel Loraine.
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University of Wisconsin YWCA Christmas Bazaar Committee

Date: 11 28 1951
Description: Mrs. Edmund Hart, Miss Peggy Elvehjem, and Mrs. Harold Kubly serve as chairmen for the University of Wisconsin YWCA Christmas Bazaar to be held in the lobb...
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Jule's Coffee Shop

Date: 2009
Description: Customers around outside seating at Jule's Coffee shop on Pearl Street.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of citizens of Akron welcoming city champions and visiting celebrities to the All-American Soap Box Derby in front of the Mayflower Hotel. A ...
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Group of Children at School March

Date: 1913
Description: Spectators on bleachers are watching students participating in a "Grand March" at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.

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