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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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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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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...
Photograph

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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Thrift Store

Date: 03 08 2015
Description: Exterior view through a window of the inside of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. Shorts, purses, women's tops, and a pair of shoes are on display.
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Electric Shaver Service, Schwartz Jewelers and H. Halperin Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. On the far left is the back of a large billboard next to the side of the brick building which has two busin...
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Hotel and Gun Store

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Description: Exterior view of the entrance to a hotel and a gun store. Two people are sitting under the portico. A replica of a bomb is hanging from a pole near the ent...
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Modes of Yesterday

Date: 1956
Description: A man carrying an umbrella is gazing into the display window of Levinger's Antique Shop, Jefferson and East Main Street.
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Trying Stilts

Date: 09 05 1989
Description: A boy walking on a pair of stilts. Caption reads: "Mark Emiley, 13, stands tall as he tries a pair of stilts during a garage sale in Cedarburg Monday."

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