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| Date: | 01 02 1929 |
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| Description: | Interior view of first floor lobby with construction debris and some tile work completed on the floor. In the background a man is standing on a ladder near... |
| Date: | 03 28 1929 |
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| Description: | Men working in the U.S. Post Office sorting room, 215 Monona Avenue. |
| Date: | 03 28 1929 |
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| Description: | Men working in the U.S. Post Office sorting room, 215 Monona Avenue. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | A highly decorated barber shop interior, possibly Wellman's, with three barbers and three customers. Two men are about to get shaves. A glass display case,... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Workers in the core room of the "malleable shop" at Osborne Works. Large lamps with white shades are hanging from the tall ceiling over the work tables. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Factory workers work on an assembly line at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | International Model F (or 31) truck owned by the American Express Company. The truck is parked in the snow outside the company office. A man wearing a hat ... |
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| Description: | A view of the Coining Room, with men and women working at various machines. Large pallets of boxes, on wheels, sit in the central aisle, on the left. Capti... |
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| Description: | A view of the Coining Room, where women sit at long tables, weighing out metal. Each woman has a balance and other tools at her station. A male supervisor ... |
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| Description: | A view of the magnesium spring at Bedford Springs Hotel, founded in 1806. A man pours water said to cure stomach ailments from the magnesium spring into a ... |
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| Description: | Interior of the dining room at the Terry Tavern. Waiters and a waitress stand near tables set for dining. Windows line the left wall and a door leads out o... |
| Date: | 10 1947 |
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| Description: | The Press Club Bar in the New York Herald Tribune Building in Paris, France. |
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| Description: | Six men standing in a dining room with a bar. Two of the men are bartenders, one of whom is pouring a drink. Three men dressed in suits are leaning against... |
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| Description: | A river navigation light on the Mississippi River. People were paid to keep them lit so the steam boats could operate at night. Bearded man sitting at bas... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Waitresses and customers at an American Oil Company truck stop diner on Interstate-80. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from intersection of businesses along the left side of Monroe Street. A group of men are standing at the door of the drugstore on the corner, which ha... |
| Date: | 03 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Remodeling is underway for the new Hawthorne Branch Library at 2041 Atwood Avenue. This library location replaced the Williamson Street branch library and ... |
| Date: | 07 1917 |
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| Description: | Japanese lanterns have been strung in preparation for the supper celebrating the wedding of Gertrude Merker and Clifford F. Messinger, which took place Jul... |
| Date: | 08 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Ernest LaBella, Capital Decorating Co., is repairing a seat in the West High School auditorium as part of an effort to prepare city school buildings for th... |
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