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| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Toll House in Hudson showing two cars passing through. Caption reads: "Toll House, Hudson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| Date: | 12 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Gerding's Pharmacy. The display on the left is for Squibb's Aspirin. There are also several small signs indicating that the building is "a... |
| Date: | 12 1940 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Gerding's Pharmacy. The soda fountain area is on the left, while both the cigar and dental displays are on the right. |
| Date: | 06 01 1936 |
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| Description: | Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A movable billboard aimed at passing motorists along State Highway 20 in Illinois. It reads "Relax in Wisconsin, Where Friends and Nature Meet." Although... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River. |
| Date: | 09 26 1946 |
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| Description: | Display in the window of a pharmacy, explaining what happens to uranium as atomic power is produced. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Display in the window of a pharmacy promoting National Pharmacy Week. National Pharmacy Week was used as a way to help educate consumers about the role pha... |
| Date: | 03 02 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Kelly's Prescription Shop. A small display about cancer is in the display window on the left; a sign welcoming guests is on the right. |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Educational window display promoting awareness about tuberculosis at the Frankfurter Pharmacy. |
| Date: | 11 04 1940 |
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| Description: | A busy scene at the Professional Pharmacy. James Robinson, proprietor, stands in front of the prescriptions counter. |
| Date: | 03 11 1949 |
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| Description: | A delivery boy straddles his bicycle, ready to make a delivery of medicine for the Pekin Prescription Laboratory. |
| Date: | 09 24 1941 |
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| Description: | View of Judisch Pharmacy's candy counter, located on the west side of the store. A large Whitman's Chocolates advertisement is on the wall. |
| Date: | 08 22 1941 |
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| Description: | Two pharmacists busy themselves in the Tesiero's Pharmacy's prescription preparation area. Part of the customer waiting area is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 07 09 1970 |
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| Description: | Picket line of striking Northwest Airlines ticket agents and office workers who were represented by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 14 1985 |
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| Description: | A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store. |
| Date: | 06 07 1937 |
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| Description: | View of a U.S. Pharmacopeia exhibit titled: "The Pharmacopeia and the Physician", at the American Medical Association conference. The informational display... |
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