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Neuss Works Washroom

Date: 05 24 1937
Description: Men washing themselves in the washroom at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
Photograph

Men Combing Hair at Highlander

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Description: A group of men combing their hair in front of a mirror at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Men's Locker Room at Highlander

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Description: A group of men, one smoking a cigarette, in the men's locker room at Highlander Folk School.
Poster

Gregory Conniff Exhibition Poster

Date: 12 1972
Description: Poster publicizing an exhibition of photographs by Gregory Conniff at the Madison Art Center. Features an image of a bathroom sink.
Photograph

"Classy" Bathroom

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Description: A photograph of a "classy" bathroom that was most likely used in either Cheese or Smiles humor magazine to which Harlod Gauer contributed. Th...
Photograph

Man in Washroom

Date: 09 04 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls washing his hands in a sink in a farmhouse washroom. There is a reflection of a man in the mirror over the sink, who appears to be u...
Photograph

Park Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the Second Empire style Park Hotel at the corner of South Carroll and West Main Streets. There are horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, and a smal...
Photograph

Shipmate Off-Duty

Date: 06 1942
Description: Off- duty shipmate on United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta. The man is wearing a first mate hat and a white t-shirt. Behind him is a sink with a ...
Photograph

Soldier in Shower

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier from the 14th Infantry taking a shower with his pants on at a military base in Panama. The soldier is shirtless and has his arms raised behind hi...
Document

Dayton Pump Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Dayton Pump Products Company of Belgium, Wisconsin, distributor of Dayton Water Systems, with six vignettes of water systems in use: wate...
Photograph

"The Trip" Movie Still

Date: 1967
Description: Scene still from the American International film "The Trip," featuring Bruce Dern (playing John) and Peter Fonda (playing Paul Groves). Dern's character (i...
Photograph

Mt. Victory Service Plaza Restroom

Date: 1962
Description: A man shaves his face in the mirror of the Mt. Victory truck stop restroom. The caption on a similar photograph reads: "Long, lonely hours on the road give...
Photograph

Ontario Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene with a gas station and restaurant on the left and parked cars on the right. Two men stand in front of the service station, and further down th...
Photograph

Military Camp Toilet, Shower and Sink

Date: 01 11 1944
Description: A soldier is standing on the ramp leading to the camp toilet suspended over the water, with a roll of toilet paper sitting on the edge. On the right is a w...
Photograph

Ernst Shaving

Date: 1913
Description: Ernst Schmidt shaving using a straight razor in front of a small mirror. The mirror hangs on the wall next to a window. His shaving brush rests on a drop f...
Photograph

Sid Sitting on Toilet

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Description: Self-portrait of Sid Boyum using a slave unit for the flash. He is wearing a shirt and necktie sitting on a toilet with his pants around his ankles. He is ...
Photograph

Sid Sitting on Toilet

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Description: Self-portrait of Sid Boyum using a slave unit for a flash. He is wearing a shirt and necktie sitting on a toilet with his pants down around his ankles. He ...
Photograph

Sinaiko Brothers Filling Station Employee

Date: 06 17 1953
Description: Man standing in the interior of the Sinaiko Brothers Filling Station, 760 Regent Street. Good view of a service station restroom in the background with the...
Photograph

Scenes from a Day with a Hotel Bell Captain

Date: 09 1955
Description: Bell captain of the Loraine Hotel, Tony Juisto, checking out a leaky faucet in a room's bathroom with the hotel engineer Charles Duggin.
Photograph

Madison Health Studio

Date: 01 15 1958
Description: Robert Workman emerging from the steam room into the shower room at the Madison Health Studio at 235 West Gilman Street. He is holding a towel in front of ...

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