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Gentleman Shopping for Cigars

Date: 1895
Description: Will Viel chooses a cigar in Margraff & Freiburger's Dry Goods Store.
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Fred L. Statz, Employee

Date: 06 05 1946
Description: "Art" Schiller, employee of the Fred L. Statz Paint Company, 123 West Main Street, demonstrating the mechanical operation of a floor sander machine to a pr...
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Men with F-12 Tractor

Date: 06 18 1934
Description: Three men stand around a Farmall F-12 tractor outside of a storage building, possibly at the Gonigam-Bass Company. The men may be International Harvester d...
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Soldiers Conversing and Drinking Soda at Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: A group of men sit in a store and drink soda at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester employ...
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Wisconsin Steel Booth at Blind Veterans Show

Date: 1947
Description: A blind(?) man operates a piece of machinery behind a table in a display booth at the "blind veterans show." The booth is labeled "International Harvester'...
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Dealers Looking at Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Two Minnesota dealers, Glidden Toldt and Myron Syverson of Ornsby, inspect a Farmall Cub Tractor. The men were likely attending an International Harvester ...
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Farmall F-20 Tractor in Showroom

Date: 07 16 1937
Description: George Landaal, left, speaks to a customer in a showroom at Landaal Brothers, an International Harvester dealership. The men stand in front of a Farmall F-...
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Magazine Display

Date: 1940
Description: An unidentified man with a cigar stands next to a rack displaying periodicals, including a large number of movie fan and detective magazines.
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Shoe Store

Date: 07 06 1949
Description: "Rudy Hoepner, owned the shoe store in Theresa."
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John A. Bosacki Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of John A. Bosacki of Minocqua, Wisconsin, a cigar manufacturer, with an image of a cigar rolled in the "perfecto" shape.
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Ice Cream Shop Interior

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Description: The interior of an ice cream shop, possibly Farmdale ice Cream Shop. Employees pose behind the long counters in uniform and several customers are seated at...
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Men at Mt. Victory General Store

Date: 1962
Description: Two men converse in the general store area of the Mt. Victory truck stop. The man on the right is holding a cigarette. Shoes are arranged on the countertop...
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C.E. Mower General Store

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Description: Outdoor view of a European American boy wearing a cap who is entering the shop of C.E. Mower. Probably located on the north side of Main Street. There is a...
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Couple with Dog

Date: 2012
Description: A young wandering couple, dressed warmly, sits on the sidewalk with their dog in front of a Kwik Trip store on Lang Drive. Their backpacks are resting besi...
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Men Behind Counter of Del Wood's Country Store

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Description: Two men standing behind the counter near the cash register at Del Wood's Country Store. Behind them are shelves of liquor bottles and cigarettes, and on th...
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Two Men Using a Saw to Cut a Bar in Half

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Description: View down bar towards two men pretending to cut the bar in half with a large saw. One of the men stands behind the bar on the left, and the other man stand...
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Sid in front of Sanchez Photo

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Description: View from street of Sid standing on the sidewalk in front of the Sanchez Photo portrait studio at 11 North Pinckney Street. A large photograph of Sid smoki...

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