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Lexington Market

Date: 1905
Description: People standing and posing outdoors. Caption reads: "Lexington Market."
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Selling Watermelons out of International A-4 Truck

Date: 1932
Description: Merchant Charles Jankowski and a customer standing among stacks of watermelons at a roadside produce stand. Mr. Jankowki's International Model A-4 truck is...
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Calvert Sign and Turkeys at Bluteau's Market

Date: 11 22 1944
Description: Bluteau's Drive-In Market, 2418 University Avenue, featuring Calvert Liquor sign and fresh turkeys. Sign reads: "Clear heads choose Calvert."
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Goeden's Market Interior

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Interior view of Goeden's meat counter, 635-637 University Avenue. Cheeses and meats are arrayed in the display cases.
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Interior of North St. Market

Date: 04 08 1938
Description: Four employees behind the meat counter in the North Street Market, 227 North Street.
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Sunkist Display

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: California Fruit Exchange Sunkist oranges display with signs that read: "Sweeter-Juicier" and "Sunkist Oranges 29 cents 'My favorite salad' says Joan Blond...
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Publix Fruit Market Meat Counter

Date: 07 18 1935
Description: Three men behind the meat counter at the Publix Fruit Market, located at 250 State Street.
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Interior of Publix Fruit Market

Date: 01 05 1934
Description: Interior of Publix Fruit Market, 245 State Street, renovated after a fire in 1933, a complete grocery department has been added.
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Refrigerator Case at Paulsen's Grocery Store

Date: 07 07 1932
Description: Servel refrigerator case at Paulsen's Grocery Store, 2634 Milwaukee Street.
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Interior of University of Wisconsin Meat Market

Date: 12 21 1931
Description: University of Wisconsin Meat Market interior, showing counters with meat, and display cases and coolers in rear.
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Woman Purchasing Ham

Date: 09 08 1931
Description: Woman purchasing Oscar Mayer ham at Levenick Brothers meat market at 1406 Williamson Street.
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Consumers Fruit Market

Date: 01 07 1931
Description: Interior view of Consumers Fruit Market, 346 State Street, corner of State and Gorham Streets.
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Levenick Brothers Market

Date: 02 28 1928
Description: Interior of Levenick Brothers Meat Market with Toledo Scale. The market was located at 1406 Williamson Street.
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Fruit on Display

Date: 07 28 1939
Description: Shelves of canned food provide a backdrop for an array of fresh pears, grapes, and plums at the Frank Bros. market.
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Meat Market Window and Meat Case

Date: 09 01 1950
Description: View of meat case, looking through meat market window, taken for Madison Packing Company, 308 West Dayton Street.
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New Orleans Market

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Description: View of the old French fruit and vegetable market. Pineapples and bananas are hanging in the stalls.
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New Orleans Market

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Description: A woman and two young children are shown in a farm market.
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Open-Air Vegetable Market

Date: 1948
Description: Two girls selecting vegetables at an open air market.
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Strictly Kosher

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Description: At an unidentified kosher butcher shop, a butcher holds up a chicken for a customer to examine. A sign in the background indicates that the butchers were m...

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