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Date: | 07 1959 |
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Description: | Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station. |
Date: | 10 17 1939 |
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Description: | Women working in casing department at the Oscar Mayer & Company meat packing plant, 910 Mayer Avenue. |
Date: | 09 11 1937 |
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Description: | A male soda jerk is standing behind the semi-circular counter in the Bancroft Dairy fountain room, with seven customers eating ice cream. |
Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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Description: | Children of members of Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) performing at the union Christmas party. There are accordion players and a... |
Date: | 06 13 1944 |
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Description: | Employees of Rennebohm Drug Store #2, 204 State Street, photographed in front of the store. The majority of the employees are waitresses. War bond posters ... |
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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. |
Date: | 11 22 1916 |
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Description: | Nurse writing at a desk inside an office at McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and became part of International Harv... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow. |
Date: | 03 03 1920 |
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Description: | Nurse wrapping the injured arm of a worker in the doctor's office of an International Harvester factory, most likely Osborne Works. |
Date: | 11 12 1987 |
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Description: | A waitress serves a group of older Italian-American men in a diner. |
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Description: | A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporter... |
Date: | 09 1943 |
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Description: | A real-life Rosie the Riveter instructs journalists on the Aviation Writers' Tour at the Goodyear Aircraft Factory. This plant manufactured Martin Marauder... |
Date: | 04 17 1928 |
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Description: | Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him.... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Factory worker having his chest examined by a doctor inside a medical office at International Harvester's Auburn Works (formerly known as "Osborne Works").... |
Date: | 10 24 1944 |
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Description: | Rennebohm drugstore pharmacist showing a bottle of Pepto Bismol to a clerk. |
Date: | 11 08 1943 |
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Description: | Group portrait of 9 men and 8 women employees (members of AFSCME Local 13 ?) in front of World War II Service plaque. |
Date: | 08 13 1940 |
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Description: | Manchesters Department Store model, wearing fur jacket hat and purse, posing with the conductor who is holding her luggage on the steps of a passenger trai... |
Date: | 02 25 1939 |
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Description: | Group portrait of seven ticket girls in matching uniform tops at Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street. |
Date: | 04 28 1934 |
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Description: | Ten hostesses dressed in white flying uniforms with helmets and goggles posing at the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. air show and food exposition. They are ... |
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