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| Date: | 11 17 1932 |
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| Description: | Male and female turkeys awaiting their fate in cages in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre. A poster advertises "Next Tuesday is Poultry Night Here! 8 turkey... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Employees(?) learning about a chain drive gear at the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. Portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and an advertising p... |
| Date: | 11 22 1937 |
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| Description: | McCormick-Deering dealer Edward Gumienick smoking a cigar as he is loading dairy equipment into his International truck for a sales "canvassing" trip. His ... |
| Date: | 05 27 1939 |
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| Description: | Roundy Coughlin in a police uniform, standing in front of a motorcycle and a life-sized poster of four movie stars on a tandem bicycle. This event occurred... |
| Date: | 03 10 1939 |
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| Description: | Cyril Ballam and Governor Julius P. Heil looking at a National Wildlife Restoration Week poster. |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Acacia fraternity "Bowery" party, with couples in costume. There are many commercial posters and advertising on the wall in the background. |
| Date: | 02 24 1937 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for Benny Meroff and his NBC Orchestra and Revue, with eight drawings, and photographs of performers. |
| Date: | 03 12 1936 |
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| Description: | Poster of Harold Lloyd in "The Milky Way," and a bale of hay, on display in the lobby of the Parkway Theater, 6-10 West Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 03 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Acacia fraternity "Nut House" party. Students are wearing costumes, and the room is decorated with posters. |
| Date: | 01 30 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Eastwood Theatre entrance lobby, showing details in the tower, including a large chandelier, and mirrored faux window, murals on the w... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A worker is standing at a workbench in a shop at the Chattanooga Plow Works. The man may be testing implement parts. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Factory workers looking at safety posters on a bulletin board at the McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man sitting at a desk writing on a tablet. A poster illustrated with cows is hanging on the wall in front of him, reading "World All-American Selections ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A crowd sitting in the International Harvester tent at the Nebraska State Fair to watch a motion picture. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Cream separators, milking machines, parts and International Harvester advertising on display behind a sign reading: "Gimbels Milwaukee Week" in the show wi... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Two men standing amongst McCormick-Deering milking machine parts in a display decorated with signs and overhead banners. The display was most likely part o... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An International Harvester booth with a thatched roof (possibly constructed of binder twine fiber) stands underneath a tent at the Indiana State Fair. Ther... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A group of onlookers watches as an International Six-Speed Special truck ascends a ramp in an International Harvester tent at the Indiana State Fair. A cas... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Cardboard cutouts of a man and a girl with a doll demonstrate the use of a cream separator. Cans of oil are arranged nearby. The display may have been part... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Three ladies and four men examine a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler at a dealership or branch house. The photograph was taken in a large well-lit room ... |
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