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Toledo Computogram Scale with Tradesman

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Interior view of a Toledo Computogram scale on a counter in a Dodgeville store, with the grocer weighing bananas. In the background is a display of merchan...
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W.A. Oppel Grocery

Date: 1896
Description: Grocers standing in front of the W.A. Oppel Grocery located at 116 East Main Street. The five men are standing on the sidewalk among bine and crates displa...
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Early Highway Trailer

Date: 1915
Description: An auto-trailer, an early trailer manufactured by the Highway Trailer Company of Edgerton. The company began by manufacturing trailers designed for farmer...
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Hinsdale Storefronts

Date: 1920
Description: View from across street of two men standing in the storefronts of, on the left, the Hinsdale Provision Co. and on the right, the Robberts Fancy Grocery. Th...
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Capps and National Food Stores

Date: 11 05 1953
Description: Helen and Cleo Capps won a 17-inch television set for their ideas about why it is pleasant to shop at National Food Stores. The photograph was taken as an ...
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Max Waln at Millins Supermarket

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Portrait of Max Waln, with bowtie, the owner and manager of Millins Supermarket, located at 553 West Main Street. The market was formerly known as Vincent ...
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John Troia at Millins Supermarket

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Portrait of John Troia, with bowtie, the manager of Millins Supermarket. The market was located at 553 West Main Street and formerly known as Vincent Troia...
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Middleton Piggly Wiggly Store

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Two men are posing in front of a new Piggly Wiggly grocery store. The new store was located in Middleton at the intersection of Gateway Street and Universi...
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New Kroger Grocery Store

Date: 09 01 1959
Description: Gil Dahlk, store manager, standing in the new Kroger store at 117 East Washington Avenue.
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Grocery Delivery

Date: 1921
Description: Light delivery truck of Skuldt & Ayen, grocers, in front of a small apartment building.
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National Food Store

Date: 05 19 1960
Description: Duane Anderson standing in front of his National Food Store which opened on May 23, 1961. It was located in the North Gate Shopping Center at 1135 North Sh...
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Three Men in a Grocery Store

Date: 1910
Description: Three men posing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods and jars of candy on the shelves behind them on the left, and pharmaceuticals are on t...
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National Food Store, Shorewood Corners Shopping Center

Date: 05 13 1953
Description: Salesman holding a can of food standing in front of shelves holding cans of food in the National Food Store, Shorewood Corners Shopping Center, 3244 Univer...
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June is Dairy Month Display

Date: 06 03 1955
Description: June is Dairy Month display at National Food stores located at 2087 Atwood Avenue, promoted by a grocer holding up the cheese special of the week.
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Ralph G. Plumb

Date: 1932
Description: Portrait of Ralph Gordon Plumb (1881-1976), president of the Plumb & Nelson Company, seated at his desk. The company was a wholesale grocery business at 71...
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Bernard H. Mahnke

Date: 1932
Description: Waist-up portrait of Bernard H. Mahnke (1891-1978) standing behind a counter packaging groceries, possibly for delivery. Merchandise lines shelves in the b...
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Grocer and Enormous Plucked Turkey

Date: 04 11 1912
Description: A grocer wearing a long white apron is standing and holding an enormous plucked turkey by its feet. Caption reads: "Fresh and Salt Meats and Groceries, Rea...

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