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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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Department Store

Date: 11 30 1966
Description: Sears Roebuck department store interior.
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Buying Paint

Date: 1950
Description: A couple waits at the checkout stand with a shopping cart and cans of Mautz paint and other supplies to purchase.
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Christmas Returns

Date: 12 26 1982
Description: A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts.
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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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International Truck Hauling Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 05 02 1928
Description: Otto, Herbert, Eugene, Wilbur and Kenneth Sloneker standing in front of an International truck loaded with a Farmall Regular tractor. The brothers were par...
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Picketing Gimbel's

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store.
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Customer at International Harvester Dealership Parts Desk

Date: 11 02 1936
Description: Customer buying parts at the service desk of an International Harvester dealership. Advertisements for International trucks are posted above the counter.
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Family in Toy Store

Date: 10 23 1924
Description: Boy sitting in a "McFarlan" toy car as two men and a woman are looking on. The group appears to be in a toy store or toy department, with other toy cars, a...
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Carmen's Coat Window

Date: 09 29 1944
Description: Five mannequins wearing Harrismoor coats in the window of Carmen's at 7 South Pinckney Street.
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Furniture Display Room

Date: 12 24 1940
Description: Lowell Frautschi displaying fabric samples to a couple sitting on living room furniture at Frautschi's, Incorporated, 219 King Street.
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McCoy's Ice Cream Shop

Date: 02 22 1938
Description: Two clerks and a customer in McCoy's Ice Cream Shop, located at 507 State Street. Prominent in the view is a Oscar Mayer Coolerator food display case.
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Woman Trying on Fur Coat

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Salesman helping woman trying on fur coat, with her husband looking on, at Simpsons Garment Co., located at 23-25 N. Pinckney Street.
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Woman Modeling Fur Coat

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Woman modeling full-length fur coat at Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street.
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Radio Contest Winner

Date: 10 05 1936
Description: Woman, winner of radio contest, standing next to a Grunow floor model radio. Banner reads: "Grunow Teledial, the self-tuning radio" at the University Radio...
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Mautz Paint Co. Demonstration

Date: 12 12 1935
Description: Men and women watching a Mautz Paint Co., demonstration in store at 118 State Street.
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Fanchon & Marco Girls Wearing Hats

Date: 09 16 1932
Description: Close-up of eight women performers from a Fanshon & Marco dance revue wearing new fall hats and fur capes at Heller's, 205 State Street.
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Water Softener Demonstration

Date: 09 29 1931
Description: C.E. Bates Plumbing Company salesman showing the Trupar water softener to a customer, 1425 Regent Street.
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Crowd in front of Praga Furniture Store

Date: 04 08 1931
Description: Crowd in front of Praga Furniture store, 203-207 King Street, at 1st Anniversary celebration. The Fess Hotel sign is along a doorway on the right.
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Manchester Woman's Coat Display Window

Date: 10 01 1930
Description: Manchester shadow box display window featuring woman's coat with fur collar, hat, umbrella and purse.

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