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Madison Oriental Rug Company

Date: 11 20 1927
Description: Oriental rug business owned by Solomon Gulessarian at 319 State Street. The Palace Barber Shop is next door on the right.
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Oriental Rug Galleries Window

Date: 10 04 1937
Description: Window display of a miniature replica of Shangri-la lamasery where many scenes were filmed for Frank Capra's movie "Lost Horizon", and oriental gift items,...
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Manchesters' Carpet Shop

Date: 05 27 1936
Description: Display of carpets and rugs in Manchesters', 2-6 East Mifflin carpet shop.
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Add-a-Toy Mountain

Date: 12 17 1930
Description: View of a Christmas Add-a-Toy Mountain in the RKO Orpheum theater lobby, with a girl adding a doll to the mountain of toys. The toys are on and around a ta...
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Orpheum Theatre Ushers

Date: 04 10 1927
Description: Group portrait of new Orpheum Theatre ushers. Behind the group is a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal near the "Aisle 2" doors to the auditorium.
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H.S. Manchester's, Inc., "House Beautiful" Window Display

Date: 10 08 1946
Description: Manchester's, Incorporated, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, small window display featuring the Interior Design Studio showing fabric, carpet, lamp, and accessorie...
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General Cleaning Company Truck

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: One man is sitting in the cab and another man is standing in the street near the back with a rolled carpet on the bed of an International truck used by the...
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Parlors at the Basswood, Long Lake

Date: 1926
Description: Vacationers in the parlor of the Basswood in Long Lake. A banner on the piano in the background says: "Northern Wis. State Fair."
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Two Men Delivering Couch

Date: 1972
Description: View through window of two men delivering a couch or sofa from Mastercraft Furniture Corporation of Omaha, Nebraska. Inside the room is a couch with tags o...
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Interior of a Store

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Description: Interior of a clothing store looking towards front of store. In the foreground on tables are piles of folded pants. Bolts of cloth and shirts are on the ta...
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Pueblo Home — Parsons Indian Village

Date: 1932
Description: Eight Native American men pose around the two-story stucco sided Pueblo Home. They are all wearing traditional dress, with four wearing headdresses, and on...
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Screened Porch at Avery's Edgewater Lodge

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Description: Screened porch furnished with wicker chairs and a sofa, lamps and a rug.
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Congoleum Rug Display

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Description: Display of Congoleum rugs in a store window. The rugs cover the walls and are rolled up and stacked on the floor and the left side wall. Two bouquets of fl...
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Men Loading Carpet Roll into Delivery Truck

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: View across street towards a man loading a rug into the back of a delivery truck. There is a man sitting in the driver's seat. The building in the backgrou...
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Dairy Foods Festival Governor's Luncheon

Date: 05 12 1954
Description: Head table of eight men at the Governor's luncheon for Dairy Week held at the Edgewater Hotel. Walter Kohler, Jr. is seated behind the standing microphone....
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Dormitory Room

Date: 05 1936
Description: A well worn sofa and oriental-style rug furnish a high-ceilinged parlor in a dormitory at Yale University. Above the sofa is a large banner reading "YALE 1...

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