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Cameo Girls with Bestline Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Rusty Brda of Schiller Park, Illinois (left) and Aileen Baumgardner of Merrillville, Indiana, "Cameo Girl" saleswomen for Bestline Incorporated, carrying B...
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Marshall Field's Store

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Description: Slightly elevated view of pedestrians and automobiles passing by the flagship Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Da...
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Business District

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd of pedestrians passing the Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Daniel H. Burnham a...
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Lou's Flower Shop Truck

Date: 1939
Description: View from street of man loading a bouquet into the back of an International D-2 panel van owned by Lou's Flower Shop. The truck is parked along a commercia...
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Chicago Journal of Commerce Truck

Date: 01 18 1939
Description: View from across street of a man unloading newspapers from the back of an International D-Series panel truck owned by the Charles Levy Circulation Company....
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Implement Wheels at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Stacks of implement wheels in a factory storage room, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Kitchen Implements

Date: 1917
Description: A display of metal kitchen utensils including cookie cutters, cake pans and molds.
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Design for Ring

Date: 09 30 1965
Description: A drawing on tissue of a ring setting showcasing a 2.26 carat pear shaped diamond. Specifications for smaller stones and ring size are also recorded. Drawi...
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"Chicago Central" Truck Sales and Service Center

Date: 05 20 1976
Description: Original caption reads "Photo #tf-1388. T.E. Maurer (center), Manager of International Harvester's new "Chicago Central" truck sales and service center at ...
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Fire on Wabash Avenue

Date: 01 28 1918
Description: Streams of water from fire hoses are trained into the upper windows of a storefront which is encased in thick ice. A written description of this photograph...
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65 East Lake Street

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Description: View across street towards a five story building. On the street level are the Lake Street Station Chicago Post Office, on the left, next to Harry's Sandwic...
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Altgeld Gardens

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Description: Altgeld Gardens Commercial Center was designed by George Fred and William Keck as Project #317 in 1946. This shopping center was associated with Altgeld Ga...
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Altgeld Gardens

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Description: Altgeld Gardens Commercial Center was designed by George Fred and William Keck as Project #317 in 1946. This shopping center was associated with Altgeld Ga...
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Sievert Electric Service Truck

Date: 12 1926
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "Sievert Service Satisf...
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Official Wisconsin Vacation Center

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Description: View of a storefront at night. The electric sign above the glass door and window reads: "Official Wisconsin Vacation Center: Solve Your Shopping Worries, S...
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Bear Cubs

Date: 05 1942
Description: An unidentified woman and a man are tending to two small bear cubs that are wearing harnesses, at the counter of a display in the All-Wisconsin Outdoor Sho...
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Dealership

Date: 01 14 1929
Description: View across road towards a dealership. The sign on the front reads: "Muscatine Implement Co."
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Dealership

Date: 01 14 1929
Description: Interior view showing parts storage.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: View towards a man driving a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field in a residential area, (test plot?). A sign on the side of the manure spreader reads: "...
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Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: Rear view of a man driving a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field in a residential area. (test plot?) Storefronts are in the background.

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