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Ideal Curlers

Date: 1921
Description: Exhibit of Ideal Curlers at the Wisconsin State Fair, with a woman demonstrating how they were to be used for long hair. The advertising promises "no metal...
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Meat: Man's Favorite Food

Date: 08 1946
Description: Fairgoers examine exhibits about meat, "Man's Favorite Food," sponsored by the National Livestock and Meat Board at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Pennsylvania Oil Company Service Station

Date: 01 16 1927
Description: View across State Street toward cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and...
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Wienermobile at the Fair

Date: 1952
Description: The driver of the wienermobile finds the entrance to the Oscar Mayer tent at the Wisconsin State Fair too low for it to get in.
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Alice Makes Breakfast

Date: 1972
Description: At a promotional event Deborah Moser, Alice in Dairyland, makes scrambled eggs for customers at a Kohl's grocery store.
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Retriever Dog Field Trials

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: A Ken-L products truck and trailer with people and dogs at the Retriever Dog Field Trials in Vilas Park.
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Crowd at Balloon Barrage on Capitol Square

Date: 09 12 1948
Description: Crowd in front of the Union Trust Co. building, 1 West Main Street, during the balloon barrage in which balloons are being released with $2 merchandise cou...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: The Advertising Department of the "Wisconsin State Journal" has artists, copy writers, and technical experts to "help you shop."
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Farmall Advertisement Bulletin Board

Date: 1939
Description: Bulletin board displaying a series of Farmall tractor advertising materials. The heading on the bulletin board reads: "Power Farming Marches On with Three ...
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Culti-Vision Farmall Advertisement Display

Date: 1939
Description: Bulletin board with posters and other advertisements for the Farmall A tractor with "Culti-Vision." The banner reads: "New McCormick-Deering; The Only 1-Ro...
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MEC&MC Sales and Product Displays

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Description: Various Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company crane parts and other products are on display at the factory's sales floor. Signs read "Milwaukee ...
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Spiegel Catalog Order Office

Date: 10 27 1949
Description: Interior of Spiegel Catalog Order Office, 427 State Street, with a crowd of shoppers.
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Harold Gauer with Cigarette

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Description: Gauer "promo" photograph taken with a stack of his just published book: "How to Win in Politics," outlining Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer's modern campaign...
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Beer, Let's Make It!

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Close-up of Mrs. Edna Ann Vistart holding up a button bearing the slogan: "Beer, Let's Make It!"
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Otto Kautz are looking at floor plans and model homes. About one-hundred exhibitors have arranged displays in four tents to show the newest and ...
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International Harvester Motor Truck Advertisement

Date: 1915
Description: Large sheet poster used by International Harvester to promote the affordability and practicality for every business of the company's motor trucks. Depicted...
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National Food Store Nestle's Promotion

Date: 02 06 1952
Description: A special promotion display of Hot Nestle's cocoa mix stands at a National Food Store. Other merchandise displays can also be seen.
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Canning Industry Sales Training

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: Four men in suits are posed in front of promotional posters. The newspaper caption reads: "four of the nation's leading marketing experts who have been con...
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New International Truck Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster for International trucks advertising the arrival of a new speed truck. The text on the poster reads: "New International 1 1/2-ton Speed Truck Now $6...
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Model A-2 International Truck Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for the nternational A-2 speed truck. The text on the poster reads: "Model A-2 International 1 1/2 Ton Speed Truck. Now Reduced to $615....

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