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Grace Episcopal Church Swap & Shop

Date: 09 28 1945
Description: Swap & Shop rummage sale tables in the Guild Hall of Grace Episcopal Church, 110 West Washington Avenue. Four women are behind the tables serving three cus...
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Service Shop

Date: 09 15 1933
Description: The interior of the Service Shop, second-hand store at 113 E. Doty Street, with customers looking through the merchandise.
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Parking Meters for Sale

Date: 10 04 1983
Description: A man looks over parking meters that are some of the items for sale at the first Milwaukee County Recycling Center sale.
Book or Pamphlet

International Travelall Station Wagon Brochure

Date: 1975
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the International Travelall station wagon. Features a color photograph of a couple loading a desk into the back of a ...
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Joe Rothschild and Barbara L'Hommedieu

Date: 03 30 1945
Description: Joe Rothschild, Dane county chairman of the United National Clothing Collection, is shown receiving a donation from Barbara L'Hommedieu, daughter of Mr. an...
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Used Automobile Tire Display

Date: 10 06 1948
Description: A woman standing between a new Ford automobile and a capped and uniformed service technician pointing at a question mark covered window.
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Junk Boat

Date: 05 27 1894
Description: Several men pose on the deck of a junk boat called "Ivory Wood No. 3" on the Indian Kentucky River.
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Grace Episcopal Church Old Rectory Shop

Date: 11 09 1949
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Rainey arranging a children's corner in the Old Rectory Shop at Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue. The shop is the...
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Helena Greenheck

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: Antique dealer Helena Greenheck, Highway 130, standing in front of a collection of glassware.
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Zor Shriner Auxiliary Rummage Sale Fund Raiser

Date: 10 31 1950
Description: The Zor Shriner Auxiliary's two rummage sales are some of their best fund raising activities, held to benefit the Shriners' hospitals for crippled children...
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Grace Episcopal Church Old Rectory Shop

Date: 11 08 1950
Description: Grace Episcopal Church women look over sales reports of used clothing at the Old Rectory Shop. From left are: Mrs. Dorothea Rainey, Mrs. John C. (Mary) Lob...
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Pawnshop, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: The front of a pawnshop in the East Village showing windows full of merchandise such as guitars and watches above large signs which proclaim, "Loans." A c...
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U.W. Student Orientation

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Dressed as Groucho Marx, Al Gay and Karen Christoffersen sell Badger yearbooks during student orientation at the University of Wisconsin. At right is fresh...
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John Tagget

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Portrait of John Tagget, the Used Car Manager at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street.
Print

International "Hit the Trail" Sales Flyer

Date: 1939
Description: Sales flyer featuring a cartoon image of a man on a donkey, with the text: "But You've Got To ... Hit The Trail." The flyer is designed to get dealers out ...
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Grace Episcopal's Old Rectory Shop Closes

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Three women are shown pricing re-sale clothing for a rummage sale at 110 West Washington Avenue. At work are, left to right: Imogene Bowers, Jane Brandt, a...
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Grace Episcopal's Old Rectory Shop Closes

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Group portrait of some of the chairmen of the Old Rectory shop, a resale shop. Seated, left to right, are: Annah Pierce, co-manager; Ethel Brubaker, manage...
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Women Working in St. Vincent's Thrift Shop

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of women sorting out donated clothes in St. Vincent's Thrift Shop.
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St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Date: 09 1974
Description: View across Williamson Street towards the entrance of the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. There are large display windows along the sidewalk. The storefr...
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Clerks in Storehouse of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of two clerks wearing aprons working in the storehouse of the thrift store. One man is reupholstering an old armchair, and the other man is h...

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