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Joe's Place

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Interior of Joe's Place with bartender, possibly Joseph Puccio. The bar was located at 786 W. Washington Avenue in what was known as the Greenbush neighbor...
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Bartenders Pouring Drinks

Date: 03 10 1937
Description: Two bartenders pour drinks for customers at the Circular Bar in the Park Hotel.
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Circus Canvasman at Work

Date: 07 14 1897
Description: James Whalen, boss canvasman with the Ringling Brothers circus, at work in a van.
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Two Men in Field Shaking Hands

Date: 1922
Description: A man seated on a Deering grain binder shakes hands with a man standing and smoking a cigar. The man with the cigar may be an International Harvester deale...
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Women Farmers

Date: 1918
Description: Two women dressed as farmers stand next to a Deering push binder with a cigar and a pipe in their mouths.
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Office Scene

Date: 1934
Description: A man holding a cigar is sitting at a desk looking at an International Harvester trucks booklet. A copy of International Trail magazine is on the de...
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Sadie Jackson Murder

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Julius J. Jackson, 1049 East Johnson, seated, with Acting Lieut. Robert O'Brien of the Madison police department in the background. Jackson is the husband ...
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International Harvester Styling Seminar Participants

Date: 1966
Description: Students converse with a International Harvester engineer Ted Ornas during the first styling seminar at the Fort Wayne motor truck engineering department. ...
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Railroad Men

Date: 1897
Description: Group of railroad employees standing in the doorway of a store.
Print

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railway Lounge and Buffet Service Menu

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Description: Buffet luncheon and drinks menu for the CMSP&P railway, with a waiter ready to serve a table of three men sitting at a table in the lounge car with drinks ...
Book or Pamphlet

Press Club of Chicago Dinner Menu

Date: 05 02 1902
Description: Front cover and first two pages of the menu and program for a dinner honoring newspaperman Opie Read. There is a tipped-in drawing of Read on the cover, dr...
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Freight Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Men posing in the Winneconne Freight Yard. Some of the men stand and sit on two hay wagons, and three men stand on the ground, in front of a box car. Some ...
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S.M. Babcock

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of group of nine men, identified on the reverse as associates of the Geneva, New York Experiment Station. St...
Postcard

Man at Hotel Reservation Desk

Date: 1909
Description: A man with a moustache stands smoking a cigar behind a hotel reservation desk. Behind him is a clock on the wall and a gramophone. A glass case on the coun...
Print

American Newspaper Publishers Association Menu Interior

Date: 1957
Description: Interior of the menu for the Banshee Luncheon of the 1957 American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) convention. Features a bearded figure in a green...
Photograph

Office Workers of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Group portrait of Gisholt Machine Company office workers in formal attire. Most of the men are standing and holding drinks in their hands. A few are kneeli...
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Sid Boyum in Printing Room at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Sid sitting and posing by the print dryer near the darkroom at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth.
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Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back with his eyes closed, his hands f...
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Sid in His Office

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid, looking upward, sitting in his office with his signature cigar in his mouth. He is wearing a sweater vest and a plaid jacket. The...
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Sid Lighting Up a Cigar

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Description: Sid standing and lighting up a cigar in the doorway of a room at work. Behind him is a table and chair, and outside of the window is a parked automobile.

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