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| Date: | 09 13 1984 |
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| Description: | People working and shopping at a neighborhood garage sale in the Walker's Square Park area. Several neighborhood groups collaborated to sponsor the annual ... |
| Date: | 02 12 1984 |
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| Description: | A man shows his cow in front of Penneys during an auction held at the Mid-Cities Mall. |
| Date: | 06 1981 |
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| Description: | Winnebago Enterprises trailer, advertising drive-up cigarette sales. |
| Date: | 02 14 1985 |
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| Description: | A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store. |
| Date: | 06 27 1980 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a pharmacy advertising "Low Cost Drugs." The building also has a painted advertisement for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. |
| Date: | 08 15 1981 |
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| Description: | Michael Persten standing behind the prescription counter of The Medicine Shop, a pharmacy he opened in Wauwatosa. |
| Date: | 05 19 1989 |
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| Description: | Two young boys in a grocery store figuring out prices of food with a calculator. |
| Date: | 12 26 1982 |
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| Description: | A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts. |
| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
| Date: | 06 21 1987 |
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| Description: | Shoppers take refuge in the open doorway of a shop during a downpour. |
| Date: | 07 27 1988 |
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| Description: | Cousins set up a road-side stand to sell fruits and vegetables grown by their grandfather. |
| Date: | 10 04 1983 |
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| Description: | A man looks over parking meters that are some of the items for sale at the first Milwaukee County Recycling Center sale. |
| Date: | 09 14 1987 |
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| Description: | A man polishes his 12-cylinder Lincoln Coupe as part of a classic car show at Rank & Son Buick-GMC Truck. |
| Date: | 10 19 1981 |
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| Description: | Publicity photograph of the CO-9670 Eagle tank trailer. The truck featured an "ultra-premium" cab-over heavy-duty truck design. Standard features included ... |
| Date: | 10 30 1984 |
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| Description: | A five-story tall inflatable gorilla attracted potential buyers to a special sale at the Uptown Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Wauwatosa. Although the pres... |
| Date: | 11 12 1981 |
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| Description: | The Crescent Garage. Although the photograph dates from 1981, the curb-side gas pumps are a throwback to the early days of gas stations. The Crescent Garag... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | People working on the Mifflin Street Co-op mural. |
| Date: | 12 11 1980 |
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| Description: | Holocaust survivor Manny Chulew in his Kenosha store, Barr Furniture. |
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