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Chimney Sweep George Stahl

Date: 10 05 1931
Description: Portrait of George Stahl, chimney sweep, with a pipe in his mouth, and wearing a tall hat and carrying a bag and a rope around his shoulder. He is standing...
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Railroad construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking west up the 400 and 500 blocks of East Wilson Street.
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Building of Model House

Date: 07 23 1931
Description: Capital Times model home under construction at 2318 Monroe Street.
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Machinery Side of Rushour Co., Inc. Plant

Date: 10 05 1936
Description: Interior view of men working inside Rushour Manufacturing Company at 2070 Helena Street.
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Mitchell's Greasing Palace

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: Robert Mitchell's Madison service station, 529 University Avenue. During the 1920s service stations evolved from curb-side shacks to more attractive buildi...
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Garage Exterior

Date: 08 27 1934
Description: Meier's Garage, located at 1313 Regent Street. The garage did general repair, as well as greasing, washing, and auto radios. Eight employees are in front w...
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Klein Dickert House Painters

Date: 06 03 1935
Description: Three Klein-Dickert Co. painters with two ladders are painting a house located at 2315 Rugby Row.
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Red Dot Foods, Inc., Construction Site

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Elevated view of Red Dot Foods, Inc., construction project, new addition, 1441 East Washington Avenue. Shows Job Office, J.H. Findorff & Son Builders, and ...
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Philgas Employees

Date: 08 25 1945
Description: Portraits of three Philgas Corporation employees in uniform.
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Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Co. Interior

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: Interior of Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company with workmen and equipment, 754 East Washington Avenue. Large road grader in background.
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Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Co. Interior

Date: 08 01 1945
Description: Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company workshop with four workmen and equipment, 724 East Washington Avenue. Tractors are in the background.
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Farm near Columbus

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm on Duborg Road off of Highway 16 west of Columbus, Wisconsin. A farmer is holding two horses next to a ...
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Rennebohm Drugstore Clerk with Vitamins

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Rennebohm drugstore clerk showing male customer a box of Plenamins vitamins.
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Pharmacist and Customer

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Rennebohm drugstore pharmacist showing over-the-counter medical products to a customer.
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Oscar Mayer Stockyard Employees

Date: 02 18 1944
Description: Group portrait of Oscar Mayer stockyard employees, and one man in a business suit, gathered near the Farm Service Studio in the Oscar Mayer plant, 910 Maye...
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Man Carrying Ladder

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Man in work clothes carrying a folding ladder past a Capitol Cartage truck parked at Straus Printing Company.
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Navy Cooks and Bakers Group

Date: 09 09 1943
Description: Ten Navy cooks and bakers watching meat carving demonstration by Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef. Soldiers include Robert W. Merryman, Vernon R....
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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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Nagle-Hart Co. Machine Shop

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A workman grinds a cylinder head at Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Truax Field Soldiers making Telephone Calls

Date: 12 17 1942
Description: View of a group of men and a woman. Some of the men are dressed in overalls and are using telephones in a bank of telephone booths at Truax Army Air Field....

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