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Couples Square Dancing near International Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Color advertising photograph of men and women square dancing as viewed through the cab of an International pickup.
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Model Posing with International Spirit of '76 Cadet Tractor

Date: 1976
Description: Color advertising photograph of a female model posing with a Spirit of '76 Cadet lawn tractor. The tractor was meant to commemorate the bicentennial of the...
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International Harvester Office Workers

Date: 1914
Description: Women and men at work inside an office. The women are using typewriters. A large advertisement for International motor trucks is on one wall.
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First National Bank Mail Room

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Four messenger girls and a man in the First National Bank mail room.
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Madison Business College Female Students

Date: 03 27 1939
Description: Group portrait of seventeen Madison Business College female students.
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Playing the RCA Victor Theremin

Date: 10 17 1930
Description: Charlotte Hilton playing the Victor Theremin musical instrument invented by Leon Theremin, at the Ludlow Radio Company store, 116 N. Fairchild Street.
Poster

Milwaukee Wine Importer Ad

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Description: Chromolithographed advertising poster of the Herman Toser Co., of Milwaukee, importers of wines and liquors. The poster depicts a young Italian woman in tr...
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Manchester's, Inc., Employees Sell War Bonds

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Preparing for War Bond Drive at Breese Stevens Field are Manchester's, Inc., employees Charmain Sabanske, Jenny McMahon, Helen Heisman, Jean Stehr, Jeanne ...
Photograph

Imogene Boggs

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Miss Imogene Boggs, membership chairman of the Business and Professional Women's Club, standing next to her truck. She was the owner of the Suburban Gas an...
Print

100,000 Red Carpet Series Scout Advertisement

Date: 1964
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet for the 100,000 Red Carpet Series Scout. The color photograph features a man and woman loading a paper bag into the v...
Photograph

Empty Stocking Fund Contribution to Lions Club

Date: 12 06 1949
Description: Jean Behling and Bill Doudna of the Wisconsin State Journal staff present a check for $100 to Herman Wagner who is co-chairman of the industrial div...
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Two Women on Bridge

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Description: View from road of two women posing standing on a bridge. Both women are wearing black skirts/dresses and capes along with elaborate hats. Behind them is th...
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Teenagers Dance the Can-Can

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Teenagers dance the can-can for the American Field Service Exchange Program benefit ice cream social and dance. The benefit is sponsored by the East Side Y...
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Roland and Winnie Delamater Family

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Winnie Delamater holds Jay Punwar, 15 months, for whom she is providing child care. A pet dog is sitting next to them. Winnie and her husband Roland were b...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary

Date: 03 22 1957
Description: Group portrait of members of a Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary planning committee. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Gerald Padgham and Nancy Piper. Back...
Photograph

Truck Towing Cinderella Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A tan and brown International Harve...
Photograph

Clerks Post Latest Stock Quotations at Broker's Office

Date: 12 12 1958
Description: Clerks in a Madison broker's office post the latest stock quotations on a board. Almost all of Madison's eleven investment brokerage firms reported small i...
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Street Traders at Apia

Date: 02 25 1945
Description: Indigenous traders on the sidewalk in front of the Burns Philip Ltd. Store display window at Apia, British Samoa (today the independent country of Samoa). ...
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Panhellenic Alumnae Benefit

Date: 04 14 1959
Description: Members attending the Panhellenic Alumnae dessert, style show and bridge benefit at Nakoma Country Club. Attendees include, from left to right: Marylu Raus...
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Inter-Sorority Council Dance

Date: 04 18 1960
Description: Group portrait of six high school girls planning to attend the Inter-Sorority Council dance to raise money for charity. Left to right are: Kay Hoebel, Shar...

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