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Theater Ushers

Date: 02 01 1931
Description: Orpheum and Capitol theatre ushers listening to a talk about fire prevention as they are standing beneath a marquee that advertises the epic "Cimarron."
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Police Officers Receive Group Insurance Policies

Date: 05 16 1935
Description: Group portrait of police officers receiving insurance policies in front of the Madison Police Station, 14-16 South Webster Street, with motorcycles parked ...
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Collecting Money for Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 09 1932
Description: Dorothy Hoffman, member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, is shown dropping money into milk bottle held by Harley Droster, an usher at the Orpheum Theatre. Mone...
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Orpheum Theatre Ushers

Date: 04 24 1932
Description: Orpheum and Capitol ushers relaxing at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, where "Tarzan the Ape Man" is showing, at a kickoff for the Milk Bottle Fund ...
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Collection of Food for Salvation Army

Date: 12 23 1930
Description: Collection of food for Salvation Army. Shows four men, two in uniform, and two wearing suits, in the Strand theater lobby.
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"Monte Carlo"

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Display advertising "Monte Carlo" movie featuring roulette wheel in Capitol lobby? A man is standing behind a table on the right.
Book or Pamphlet

International Delivery Trucks

Date: 1940
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1940 line of International delivery trucks featuring a color illustration of a "streamlined" Metro truck in ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks

Date: 1959
Description: Advertising brochure, featuring color illustrations, for International BC-series medium and heavy-duty trucks, compact design four-wheel series. Models cov...
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Payday at Truck

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: A group of men line up for their pay at an armored International Model 63 truck used by the City of New York Department of Finance. The truck is guarded by...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: Four barbers dressed in white are cutting the hair of four men sitting in barber chairs. The barbershop, located in the basement of the State Capitol, was ...
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Mink "Blue Jeans"

Date: 11 01 1954
Description: A model, and a North Central Airlines stewardess posing at the top of loading stairs leading up to an airliner for Northwest Airlines. The model is posing ...

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