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Janette Serrec with Bicycle

Date: 05 23 1933
Description: Janette Serrec, lecturer and writer on the "Fine Art of Successful Living," standing beside a Hawthorne bicycle from Ward's. She is wearing jodhpurs and bo...
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Dangers of Moving Machinery

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man is climbing on a moving harvester-thresher (combine), illustrating an agricultural hazard for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depart...
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Paper Boy Delivering Newspapers

Date: 1918
Description: A boy wearing a coat and hat standing on a sidewalk while delivering newspapers to nearby homes. Attached to his newspaper bag is a sign reading: "Cook Cou...
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Jayne Blodgett

Date: 1949
Description: "Jayne Blodgett - Conover Model." A photographer with a 4x5 press camera is shooting from the opposite direction.
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Robert Doyle Interviews a Soldier

Date: 02 10 1943
Description: Robert Doyle interviews Private Floyd Flayter, (shirtless) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin at a training ground somewhere in Australia. A firearm is laying on the ...
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Female Model with Camera

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Description: A female model poses with a camera in her lap while sitting in the grass. She is wearing a black bathing suit, a striped cape, and shoes with knee-high sto...
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Man and Woman Sitting Outdoors

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Teenagers modeling for the Teen Shop at Manchester's. They are sitting outdoors looking at a book. A college building is in the background.
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Zona Gale Breese

Date: 1929
Description: Zona Gale Breese (1874-1938) posing outdoors for a full-length portrait in doctoral academic cap and gown on the occasion of receiving an honorary Doctor o...
Poster

Are You Working with Schwab?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of Charles Schwab overseeing men who are working in a shipyard. Text reads: "Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the Emerg...
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Boy Delivering Newsapers

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Description: A boy is delivering a newspaper to the front step of a house. The sign on the newspaper bag reads: "Cook County School-Home Project — Business." Hand-tinte...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: 13-year-old Phil Shuler, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Shuler, and carrier for the Wisconsin State Journal, is shown delivering envelopes for donations...

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