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Lemonade Stand

Date: 07 1967
Description: Several young boys selling fruit drinks, penny candy, and snow cones to parched pedestrians. A city bus is in the background.
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Street Signs

Date: 09 1967
Description: Street signs with bar in background.
Poster

International Scout 800 Advertising Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Advertising poster for the International Scout 800 truck. Includes a color photograph of the two men in a truck crossing a stream and the text: "Fisherman'...
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Daisy Bates at Woolworth's Boycott

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott.
Postcard

La Pharmacie Francaise Museum

Date: 1960
Description: Reproduction of the apothecary shop owned by Louis Dufilho, the first licensed pharmacist in the United States. Louisiana pioneered in regulating the profe...
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Labor Works For Highway Safety

Date: 1969
Description: Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan...
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Van Drisse Motors

Date: 07 09 1960
Description: Elevated view of used car lot of Van Drisse Motors, a Ford dealer, at the intersection of Main and Monroe Streets.
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International Scout outside WVLR Radio Station

Date: 1965
Description: Station manager Ron Nicols and an International Scout truck with plow outside Wisconsin's Very Live Radio station headquarters. WVLR shared quarters with C...
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"Hot Dr. Pepper" Supermarket Display

Date: 1966
Description: Costumed saleswoman at a supermarket display for Dr. Pepper soft drinks. The display includes samples of "Hot Dr. Pepper" and "winter warmer."
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International 1700 Loadstar

Date: 1964
Description: Elevated view of an International 1700 Loadstar truck owned by George Miesel and Son, wholesale grocers, delivering daily foodstuffs to restaurants and ins...
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Elephant Posing on International Cub Cadet

Date: 1967
Description: Shirley, a half-ton elephant, poses on an International Cub Cadet 122 lawn tractor with IH dealer Carl Kelton looking on. Several cub cadets are in the bac...
Postcard

Downtown Eau Claire

Date: 1961
Description: View down street of the downtown business district, including Woolworth's (left side) and Actor's Rexall Drug Store (right side). Caption reads: "Greetings...
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Toy Chimp Robot

Date: 06 06 1963
Description: Toy distributors for Ideal Toy Corporation introduce a new toy line to dealers.
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Information Filing and Storage

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: A clerk checks real estate property information in a vast filing system housed in a vault.
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Book Fair

Date: 04 25 1964
Description: A book sale is held by the Mothers Association of Milwaukee-Downer Seminary.
Photograph

Department Store

Date: 11 30 1966
Description: Sears Roebuck department store interior.
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High Street

Date: 1960
Description: View of businesses on High Street, including the Rexall Drugstore on the left corner. One can also see a glimpse of the City Hall, directly across the stre...
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Gumball Machine

Date: 12 11 1965
Description: Boy inserting coin into a gumball vending machine in anticipation of a sweet treat.
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Picketers Protesting Economic Exploitation

Date: 11 18 1966
Description: Two men carry signs to protest exploitation of tenants who are members of Local 404 by their landlord who is manager of College Barber Shop.
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International Truck Executives

Date: 1960
Description: Six International truck executives posed with model trucks on large globe at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works.

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