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Grocery Store Checkout Counter

Date: 01 13 1955
Description: Two clerks at a grocery store checkout counter with a woman and child purchasing milk and bread. The shelves behind the register are stocked with a selecti...
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Woman Purchasing Del Monte Pineapple

Date: 01 23 1953
Description: A woman purchases a can of Del Monte pineapple from a male clerk at Hi-Lo Supermarket, 2038 Jenifer Street. They are standing in front of a Del Monte "Suns...
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Doll Display at Wolf-Kubly & Hirsig

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Ellen Jenson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardt Jenson, Edgerton, with store clerk, Jeannine Butler, in the doll section of the toy department at Wolff-Kub...
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Mr. Henry J. Napper

Date: 03 08 1945
Description: Portrait of Henry J. Napper, 2127 Kendall Avenue, in his grocery store at 2532 Monroe Street. Mr. Napper, who has been in the grocery business for 50 years...
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Phil Dickert and Joe Klein

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Phil Dickert (left) and Joe Klein (right) pictured with cans of Mautz paint at the Klein-Dickert Co. store at 752 University Avenue.
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Madison Drug Company Robbery

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Emil A. Hayden, treasurer-manager of the Madison Drug Company, 654 Williamson Street, shown in the company storeroom where he had been bound and gagged by ...
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Madison Labor Co-op Committee

Date: 09 15 1947
Description: Members of the Madison Labor Co-op committee are shown at a meeting at the new East side co-op grocery store, 3055 East Washington Avenue, which will have ...
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Kayser Motors, Inc. Stockroom

Date: 12 19 1947
Description: Five employees at the stockroom counter at Kayser Motors, Inc., at the 700 block of East Washington Avenue.
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Sherwyn Woods, 1950 Wisconsin High School graduate, is shown spending his third consecutive summer as an employee of the Rennebohm Drug Company.
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Hi-Lo Supermarket Clerks

Date: 01 23 1953
Description: Interior view of Hi-Lo supermarket at 2038 Jenifer Street, featuring two of the store's clerks and food displays.
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Hi-Lo Supermarket Counter

Date: 01 23 1953
Description: Two checkout counters at the Hi-Lo supermarket at 2038 Jenifer Street, with unidentified clerks and customers.
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Elizabeth Stemp (right), owner of the Stemp Typewriter Company, shows a typewriter to customer Mildred Subey, associated with the Herfurth Insurance Agenc...
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Hi-Lo Super Market Staff

Date: 10 03 1953
Description: Portrait of seven staff members, possibly including Robert E. Girard, at the Hi-Lo Super Market at 2038 Jenifer Street.
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Philharmonic Chorus Members

Date: 05 14 1956
Description: Nellie Howland, one of the five original members of the Philharmonic Chorus, is shown in a local drugstore as part of her job as inventory worker for the M...
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Madison General Hospital Junior Aide Program

Date: 05 13 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital Junior Aide Nancy Henderson is shown clerking in the gift shop run by the Women's Auxiliary of the hospital. Customer is Beulah Wi...
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Olson & Veerhusen Contest Winner

Date: 11 13 1957
Description: Mary Lou Clingman receiving her prize, a Hart Schaffner & Marx suit, from W.M. Harris, president of Olson & Veerhusen, for winning first prize in a contest...
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Autographing Tea

Date: 09 21 1957
Description: Three women are attending an autographing tea at Graham's Book and Stationary Store, 3238 University Avenue. They are, left to right: Helen Fairchild, Hele...
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Autographing Tea

Date: 09 27 1957
Description: Robert Gard, University of Wisconsin speech professor, is standing beside Elizabeth Bardwell and Harriet Bunn at an autographing tea at Graham's Book and S...
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Autographing Tea

Date: 09 21 1957
Description: William F. Steuber Jr. autographs a copy of his book, "The Landlooker," for Mrs. Robert Cromey at an autographing tea at Graham's Book and Stationary Store...
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Autographing Tea

Date: 09 21 1957
Description: Tere Rios (Mrs. H.J. Versace), left, chatting with the store proprietor who holds a copy of her book "An Angel Grows Up." They are at an autographing tea a...

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