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Grocery Store

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Description: A woman is being waited on by a man standing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods are stacked on shelves along the wall behind the counter.
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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Grocery Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A grocery clerk boxes up purchases as a woman and her young son wait at the checkout counter.
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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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Customer at International Harvester Dealership Service Counter

Date: 1942
Description: Customer standing at the service counter of an International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters for the U.S. Truck Conservation Corps and WWII scrap...
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Manchester's Department Store Photo Studio

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work.
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Thom McAn Shoe Store

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: Clerks help customers try on shoes at the Thom McAn Shoe Store, 224 State Street.
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CUNA Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilman Street.
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CUNA Employees at Raiffeisen House

Date: 12 05 1935
Description: Eleven CUNA (Credit Union National Association) employees standing on the porch of their office at Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilman Street.
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CUNA Shipping Room

Date: 12 05 1935
Description: Three employees in the CUNA (Credit Union National Association) shipping room, 142 East Gilman Street.
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Avenue Food Shop

Date: 04 23 1931
Description: Interior of the Avenue Food Shop, located at 2427 University Avenue, with stacks of canned goods and a woman employee using a Toledo scale.
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Hotel Loraine Lobby

Date: 09 21 1928
Description: Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union...
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Bank of Wisconsin Tellers

Date: 01 11 1928
Description: Elevated view of teller cages, Bank of Wisconsin, located at 1 West Main Street.
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Bank of Wisconsin

Date: 01 11 1928
Description: Male customer at savings collection window, Bank of Wisconsin, located at 1 West Main Street. A woman is standing behind the window.
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Employment Office

Date: 1933
Description: Men looking for a job during the Great Depression waiting their turn in the Employment Office waiting room, while another man is sitting with a clerk and f...
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Halle Steensland and Family

Date: 1875
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left to right: Morten, Henry, Edward, Halbert and Helen) in front of their home in Mapl...
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CUNA Office

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Close-up of a woman sitting in front of a Remington Accounting Machine. In the background are other women and a man in the office using other office machin...
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CUNA Office

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Man and woman reviewing a document in an office, with three women working in the background at CUNA (Credit Union National Association).
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CUNA Office

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Large office room with men and women working at desks at CUNA (Credit Union National Association), 1342 East Washington Avenue.

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