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Austin Straubel Airport

Date: 06 13 1965
Description: This new baggage handling area was among the improvements in the new passenger terminal at Austrin Staubel Airport in 1965. Austin Straubel became the coun...
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Wrecked Frank Fruit Co. Truck

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: A Frank Fruit Co. truck sits in a garage after a traffic accident that destroyed the front end of the vehicle.
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Group Portrait of Oscar Mayer Icemen

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Group portrait of 23 Oscar Mayer ice deliverymen in uniform and 3 plant workers.
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Shipping Tractor Tires

Date: 09 21 1945
Description: Two workers at the United Rubber Company plant at Eau Claire, Alfred Stokes and Eugene Stafford, loading large farm tires onto a railroad car for shipment.
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Girl Scouts Cookie Sale

Date: 04 06 1948
Description: Girl Scouts Patsy Jensen, Lowell School, daughter of Mrs. Mary Jensen, and Carol Anderson, Lincoln School, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. A.W. Anderson, make a ...
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On Time Transfer Company Offices

Date: 01 26 1935
Description: W.R. Boquet and A.W. Boquet sit together at a desk in the On Time Transfer Company office while Mrs. Erma Boquet looks on from the background.
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Milk Cooler

Date: 11 16 1936
Description: A man places a milk can into a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler on the farm of Mrs. Joe Schmidt.
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Beer Distributor

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Description: Warehouse of a Milwaukee distributor of beer (Miller, Schlitz, Pabst) and soft drinks. Two men are working with cases of beer on a cart in the background.
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Woman Receiving a Package

Date: 08 1935
Description: A maid(?) is receiving a package from a delivery man. Original caption reads: "Posed for Mandel Bros. Story. Taken by K and F." The image was likely used ...
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Men and Cargo at Davidson Transfer and Storage

Date: 1940
Description: Two men look at paperwork while another moves boxes with a truck. Original caption reads: "David Davidson, in white shirt, and loading foreman Louis Holter...
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Railway Express Terminal

Date: 1941
Description: Men unloading trucks at the Railway Express Agency terminal at 11th Avenue and 42nd Street. The original caption reads: "Railway Express Agency terminal at...
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International Delivery Truck

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: International delivery truck used by the Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company. A man is standing behind the truck on a loading dock.
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Loading Delivery Trucks

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Men loading delivery trucks used by Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company.
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Emery Bird Thayer Shipping Department

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Men loading small packages into rolling carts in the shipping department of Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Co.
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Loading Area of Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Slightly elevated view of men sorting packages in the shipping department of Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company.
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Dry Goods Company Shipping Department

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: A man sorting packages in the shipping department of the Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company.
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Credit Clerks at Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Co.

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Men sorting packages in the shipping department of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Company as women credit clerks work in the background.
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Wrapping Department

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Men wrapping parcels in the wrapping department of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Company.
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Woman on Truck with Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: A woman stands on the running board of an International D-40 truck to feed a captive giraffe in transport. The giraffe is in a large crate on the bed of th...
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Giraffe Transport with International D-40 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Men stand around an International D-40 truck used to transport two giraffes. They are inside a large wooden crate on the back of the truck which is in a bu...

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