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Farmall 560 Tractor

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Description: Color photograph of a man on a Farmall 560 tractor outside an International Harvester dealership. Another man stands near the tractor on the left. In the b...
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Two Men in Store

Date: 1937
Description: Two men talking in an auto parts store. One man is behind the counter wearing eyeglasses and holding a box, the other man is wearing a hat and leaning on t...
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Packers Display in Art Store Window

Date: 12 29 1961
Description: Two teenage boys stand on the sidewalk looking at an art store window display featuring illustrations of the Packer players. The Packers were about to play...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Elizabeth Stemp (right), owner of the Stemp Typewriter Company, shows a typewriter to customer Mildred Subey, associated with the Herfurth Insurance Agenc...
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Tri-County Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Date: 02 23 1978
Description: "Tri-County Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Almond Giese and Ralph Langenecker, proprietor, talk over a work project."
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Zimmel Implement

Date: 02 15 1978
Description: "Lynn Zimmel serves a customer at Zimmel Implement."
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Man Pretending to Play a Fishing Pole with a Bow

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Description: A man sitting on plastic buckets in a store selling floor materials pretending to play a fishing pole with a bow. The man is wearing hip waders pulled down...
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Salesman Selling Machine Part to Customer

Date: 06 03 1925
Description: Staged set up showing a salesman, standing behind a table, selling a machine part to a customer. Behind the men are rows of divided shelves with parts in s...
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Shopping at a Record Store

Date: 01 09 1954
Description: Customer John Salzer (left) looking over an album with George Dasson. Other 33rpm vinyl records are displayed on the wall, and framed photographs of musica...
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Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Architect's representative Rod Lindwall checking over plans at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue. He is using what a...
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Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Checking over blueprint plan details at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue are Cy Perkins, George Lehmann, and Robert...
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Interior of Hardware Store and Post Office

Date: 1911
Description: Two men posing in the interior of the Franklin Hardware Company and Eland Post Office. Jerome Francis Franklin Jr. is on the left, Jerome Francis Franklin ...
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State Street Millinery Shop Closing

Date: 06 23 1960
Description: Mrs. Carolyn McGuire standing in her shop next to a display of hats. She is closing her millinery shop on State Street after 40 years to retire.

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