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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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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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Parts Counter at International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Customers at the parts counter of an International Harvester dealership owned by the Chisholm Brothers of Snake River Valley, Idaho. Behind the counter (le...
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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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Parts Man at International Harvester Dealership

Date: 03 08 1939
Description: Man at the parts counter of an International Harvester dealership owned by the Great Lakes Supply Corp.
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Winnebago Auto Replacement Co. Parts Department Counter

Date: 04 04 1946
Description: The parts department counter at Winnebago Auto Replacement Co., 103 North Park Street, which boasted it was the "Largest Automotive Parts and Equipment Hou...
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Prescription Pharmacy, Employees

Date: 11 28 1943
Description: Prescription Pharmacy at 20 South Carroll Street, interior view. Employees group posing for Christmas card photograph, Samuel R. Chechik, Pharmacist.
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Prescription Pharmacy, Employees

Date: 11 28 1943
Description: Prescription Pharmacy at 20 South Carroll Street, interior view. Employees group posing for Christmas card photograph, Samuel R. Chechik, Pharmacist.
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Auto License Bureau

Date: 05 17 1939
Description: Wisconsin Auto License Bureau, 16-20 E. Doty Street, Card Typing Department, with women at typewriters and male supervisor.
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Auto License Bureau

Date: 05 17 1939
Description: Wisconsin Auto License Bureau Card Typing Department, located at 16-20 East Doty Street. Women government employees are sitting at desks, while a male supe...
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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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Rathskeller Inc. Liquor Store Interior

Date: 04 19 1934
Description: Rathskeller Inc., 122 E. Washington Avenue, liquor store interior, framed with arches, with a clerk behind the counter.
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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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Hotel Loraine Lobby

Date: 09 21 1928
Description: Hotel Loraine lobby from the right with registration desk, desk clerk, local business directory, typewriter and Western Union sign.
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Hotel Loraine Lobby

Date: 09 21 1928
Description: Hotel Loraine lobby registration desk, with three male employees, local business directory, typewriter and Western Union sign.
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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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Peter F. Smyth Grocery Store

Date: 02 28 1928
Description: Interior of the Peter F. Smyth Grocery Store, located at 1202 West Dayton 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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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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