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Kresge's Baby Shop

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated interior view of the baby department at Kresge's store.
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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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Christmas Toy Display

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Christmas toy display at F.W. Woolworth, 1 East Main Street. Sign includes an image of Santa Claus.
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Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store

Date: 11 27 1943
Description: Interior of Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store, in Union Transfer Building, 155-303 West Wilson, showing toys, Christmas decorations and lamps and applia...
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Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Hardware Store

Date: 05 05 1934
Description: Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Co. hardware store, located at 17 South Pinckney Street. There is a lighted "TOYS" sign above the second floor display window. The vie...
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Erector Set Ferris Wheel

Date: 01 06 1932
Description: A man builds a Ferris wheel with an Erector set at Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Company, located at 17 S. Pinckney Street.
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Christmas Shopping

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Jancie Cordes, DeForest, with unidentified woman looking at a display of stuffed animals (at Wolff, Kubly, and Hirsig).
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McCormick-Deering Store--Milk Cooler

Date: 07 01 1935
Description: A six-can McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler on display in an International Harvester dealership. A display case on the left near a window holds either toys or...
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Gibson City Dealership Showroom

Date: 11 10 1924
Description: Showroom of Gibson City Implement Company, an International Harvester farm equipment dealership. Equipment on display includes a 10-20 tractor, a 15-30 tra...
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Shopping on the Capitol Square

Date: 1956
Description: Several people peer into a storefront window on Capitol Square. This window shopping is perhaps in preparation for the Christmas holiday.
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Burlington Farm Machinery Corporation

Date: 1942
Description: Storefront of the Burlington Farm Machinery Corporation, an International Harvester dealership. A window display advertises scrap drives.
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Scrap Drive Posters in Storefront

Date: 1942
Description: Close-up of a storefront window of the Burlington Farm Machinery Corporation, an International Harvester dealership. The window display includes posters pr...
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General Store Interior

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Description: Interior of a general store. Toys, porcelain animals, canned goods, and bottles line the store shelves.
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Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig Company

Date: 06 23 1953
Description: Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig Company opens new store on Monday, June 29th. Pictured is the second floor which is devoted to toys, sporting goods, trains, record...
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A man and child looking at a toy display in a store. On the wall next to them is a large display of puppets and stuffed toys.
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Ridgeway Lumber Store

Date: 1948
Description: Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman.
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Cream Separator Display in Show Window at Dealership

Date: 05 15 1926
Description: Outdoor view of a show window with a banner inside reading: "McCormick-Deering Primrose Ball-Bearing Cream Separators." On display are four cream separator...
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Cream Separator Display in Show Window at Dealership

Date: 05 15 1926
Description: Outdoor view of a show window with a banner inside reading: "McCormick-Deering Primrose Ball-Bearing Cream Separators." On display are four cream separator...
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McLellan's Store Interior

Date: 07 1941
Description: Text on reverse reads: "July 1941. This is an interior view of the new store at West Allis, Wis. The photograph was taken from the front looking towards th...

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