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International D-30 Truck Delivering Meat

Date: 1938
Description: Man unloading a side of beef from a "Maple Leaf Hams and Bacon" truck outside a butcher shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The truck is an Intern...
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Shopping at Kroger's

Date: 07 1943
Description: A woman shopping in the meat department at the Kroger store at Union Corners, 2541 Winnebago Street. She is there to promote the wartime Oscar Mayer Health...
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Interior View of the Frank Bros. Grocery Store

Date: 04 07 1939
Description: Morning view of the interior of Frank Bros. grocery store, located at 609-613 University Avenue, with two shop keepers stocking the window with Seald Sweet...
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Miller Grocery

Date: 10 02 1935
Description: Miller Grocery Store, located at 113 North Hamilton Street. The interior of the store has food displays and shelving, and five people are standing in the b...
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Kroger Grocery & Bakery Interior

Date: 11 25 1932
Description: Kroger Grocery & Bakery, 3 N. Pinckney Street, showing fruit, vegetable, and bakery displays with a clerk behind the counter.
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Anglidle Scale in Dodgeville Grocery Store

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: View of Anglidle scale in Dodgeville store showing grocer weighing bananas. Merchandise is on display on the counter and on shelves in the background.
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Shoppers in Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Two grocery store employees placing Dean's Milk in grocery cart for a woman and her two children.
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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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William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
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City Wholesale Grocery Truck

Date: 03 06 1926
Description: A man is sitting behind the wheel of an International truck used by the City Wholesale Grocery Company. The truck is near the doorway of a brick building, ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Michael Welch is being sponsored by his dad's filling station, Welch's Service Station, 2030 University Avenue, and Jordan Brothers' grocery, 1863 Monroe S...
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Purity Baking Company Metro Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man unloads a box from the rear of an International LM-120 with Metro body owned by the Purity Baking Company. The truck is parked on the side of a stree...
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Academy Award-Winning Butcher

Date: 03 11 1956
Description: Actor Ernest Borgnine, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a butcher in "Marty", reenacted his role for a publicity photograph at a groc...
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City Food Mart

Date: 1935
Description: Five men and three women, employees of City Food Mart, pose in front of the store at 124 Third Street. Signs identify the store as "Baraboo's Newest Comple...
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Gardeners Loading Produce Truck

Date: 1915
Description: International Model M truck used by Terpstra & Son for garden crop shipments. Two men load the truck bed with crates for shipment of what appears to be a r...
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David A. Marcou

Date: 2008
Description: David A. Marcou, father of the photographer, and meat-cutter, stands underneath a sign in a store.
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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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River Grove Meat Market

Date: 1921
Description: View from across street of two men in butchers' aprons standing outside the River Grove Meat Market storefront.
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Shopping for Sausage

Date: 1935
Description: Irene Steinkopf, a former Milwaukee journalist, shops for sausage in Vienna where her husband had been assigned by the Associated Press. A bit much for two...
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Grocery Delivery Trucks

Date: 12 12 1927
Description: Fleet of grocery delivery trucks backed up to a building with a sign that reads: "A.W. & H.H. Behrens Wholesale Grocers." One man is sitting in the driver'...

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