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Picketing Gimbel's

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store.
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Kayser's Used Car Lot at Night

Date: 07 06 1938
Description: Kayser's R&G Used Car lot at night with neon sign on arch at 710 E. Washington Avenue. There is also a sign painted on the side of a brick building on the ...
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Club Chanticleer

Date: 05 29 1935
Description: Club Chanticleer, exterior view across road from the south, with a Heileman's Old Style Lager beer sign suspended from posts on the lawn in front. The sign...
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Business Man Watches Construction

Date: 1969
Description: A business man stands in a seafood store with a neon lobster sign. He is watching the construction of the World Trade Center through the window.
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Tony's Tavern

Date: 03 1960
Description: Exterior front view of Tony Urso's Westside Palm Tavern located at 730-736 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. Typewritten sheet with pho...
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Men Conversing in a Diner

Date: 1969
Description: View through window of a diner of several men engaged in conversation at the counter. A neon sign in the window says, in part: "Fountain Service."
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Joseph Kurzon Wholesale Distribution Truck

Date: 1936
Description: Two men load cargo into an International truck outside a Kurzon Appliances and Electrical Supplies building. Text on the truck reads: "Joseph Kurzon Inc. W...
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Flashback Rustic Saloon — Exterior

Date: 07 14 2000
Description: "Our group poses in front of the Flashback Rustic Saloon in Brownsville, WI." From left to right; Ralph Widmer, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, and Shirley Widmer.
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American Legion Post 69

Date: 11 16 2001
Description: "On this evening we travel to American Legion, Bonau Whereatt, Post 69 in Mayville, WI. Carl "Bear" Bandle is the manager." Note the fish fry signboard.
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Pronto-Dog Stand

Date: 08 1948
Description: Exterior view of a "Pronto-Dog" stand at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition staffed by three people. Behind the stand is an amusement park ride.
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Truck Towing Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A yellow and brown International Ha...

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