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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
Description: View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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L.C. Smith Typewriter Truck

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: View towards one man standing beside a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 super speed L.C. Smith typewriters to Jones Typewriter — Business Furnitu...
Photograph

Singer Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man carrying a box exits the passenger side of an International D-2 panel truck used by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The text on the box reads: "Si...
Photograph

Grass Roots Campaigning

Date: 1992
Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) hits the pavement in Marathon with aide Tom Springer. Hack's Diner, run by Alfred Hack, was a popular local hangout.
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Exterior of the Buettner Hotel

Date: 1961
Description: Exterior of a hotel, with bright metal siding in full sunlight. An elderly man is seated in a chair outside. Behind the hotel on the left is what appears t...
Postcard

Man in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Photographic postcard of a man sitting in a buggy drawn by a horse wearing a fly-net. Behind him is an automobile with two men leaning against the side. Al...
Photograph

Riverside Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View across street of a group of people posing on the front steps and and front porch of the Riverside Hotel on N. 1st Street opposite the railroad depot. ...
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Omnibus Line in Front of Park Hotel

Date: 1878
Description: View from the street of a man holding the reins for a team of two horses and sitting in the driver's seat of the Omnibus Line in front of the Park Hotel on...
Photograph

J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view from unpaved street of a group of men enjoying mugs of beer while standing at the front entrance of J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon. Two ...
Photograph

International KB-5 Line Truck

Date: 1947
Description: View from sidewalk of a man holding a bag of laundry standing near the partially open side door of an International KB-5 truck parked at a curb. The truck ...
Photograph

International KB-5 Line Truck

Date: 1947
Description: View across street towards a an International KB-5 truck parked along a curb. Behind the truck is man talking to a woman at the open front door of a house....
Photograph

Chicago Pure Milk Company Delivery Truck

Date: 06 26 1925
Description: View across street towards a man standing near a Chicago Pure Milk Company delivery truck parked on the opposite curb.
Photograph

Orange Crush Delivery Trucks

Date: 02 23 1925
Description: Two men are sitting in the driver's seats of two delivery trucks for Orange Crush. The beds of the trucks are open, and the truck on the right is carrying ...
Photograph

Delivery Truck

Date: 09 03 1927
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. A man is standing at the back of the truck on the right. The sign painte...
Photograph

Oil Delivery Truck

Date: 03 01 1928
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a Shell Oil delivery truck. In the background are commercial or apartment buildings. Sign ...
Photograph

Kuslansky Electrical Supply Co. Inc. Truck

Date: 07 16 1928
Description: View towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International truck parked along a curb in front of a brick industrial building.
Photograph

Floral Delivery Truck

Date: 04 27 1929
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck with a sign that reads: "Parkside Floral Shoppe." There is a brick building in the...
Photograph

Bakery Delivery Truck

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: A man is standing at the back of a bakery delivery truck. He is holding a basket, and the back doors of the truck are open, showing shelves of bread and ot...
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Two Men Sitting in Truck

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: View from front left of two men sitting in the cab of an International truck. Behind the truck is a brick building. A sign on the side of the truck bed rea...
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Officer Helps Children Cross Street

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Description: A uniformed police officer is holding hands with three children. They are standing in a crosswalk at the corner of Spring and Main streets. Behind them on ...

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