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Busy Pharmacy Scene

Date: 11 04 1940
Description: A busy scene at the Professional Pharmacy. James Robinson, proprietor, stands in front of the prescriptions counter.
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General Store Interior

Date: 1920
Description: Counters and display cases show goods for sale in the General Store.
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Brickson Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 11 1929
Description: Obert H. Brickson, Jeweler, booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. The booth is featuring Sangamo, Hamilton watches and clock...
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Electrical Control Board

Date: 10 13 1928
Description: Electrical control board at the new Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street.
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Security State Bank — Interior

Date: 03 14 1927
Description: Interior view of the Security State Bank at 2000 Atwood Avenue.
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Musicians at IH Farm Power Revue

Date: 09 1957
Description: Group of musicians performing at International Harvester's 1957-1958 Farm Power Revue exhibit at the World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Contests, ...
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Lawson Drug Store Interior

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: Lawson Drug Store interior, view of the soda fountain, featuring Borden's ice cream products.
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USO Service Club Interior

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Two African American women at a counter in the USO Service Club. There is a Coca-Cola machine behind a counter. Probably taken in First Unitarian Society P...
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Alarm Clock & Study Desk

Date: 01 10 1945
Description: Carved wooden combination alarm clock & study desk made by John Muir about 1862, while a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on display in the ...
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Legislative Reference Bureau Library

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: Three men seated at tables using the reference materials in the Legislative Reference Bureau library. Seated at the front table left to right: Wesley Hille...
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IH Information Booth at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A man and a woman sit behind the International Harvester information booth at the Iowa State Fair. An International Harvester clock hangs on the booth's wa...
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International Harvester Booth at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: Men at the Indiana State Fair sit behind the lower counter of an International Harvester booth while others sit above with a microphone.
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Safety Board at McCormick Works

Date: 1935
Description: Factory workers looking at safety posters on a bulletin board at the McCormick Works.
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Reeds Cafe

Date: 10 28 1936
Description: Interior of Reeds Cafe in Elsberry, Missouri. There is a man at the cafe reaching into a 6-can milk cooler. Also shown is the work space behind the counte...
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Les Hartmann and his McCormick-Deering Band

Date: 10 31 1938
Description: Les Hartmann and his McCormick-Deering Band at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. Eight men and three women are on a stage, presumably ready to perform fo...
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Buster Bottling Co.

Date: 1938
Description: Workers packaging bottles of soda into crates, some of which are labeled "Orange Crush." A McCormick-Deering cooler is standing nearby. Original caption st...
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Manhattan International Showroom

Date: 05 17 1938
Description: International Harvester showroom (possibly part of a dealership or branch house) in Manhattan. The showroom featured an exhibit on an Attilio Gatti expedit...
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Stephenson Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Stephenson Public Library. The library opened in 1903 funded with a gift from Isaac Stephenson of $30,000. Reverse of cardboard backin...
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Rhinelander Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Rhinelander Public Library. The library opened in 1904 funded with a $15,000 donation by Andrew Carnegie. Several shelves are labeled,...
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Teen-Agers at Summer Jobs

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Madison teenagers J. Ludger Parr and Jim Graham dispense cokes to Carma Rae Chapman and Sheila Ryan at a local drug store as they work at their summer jobs...

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