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| Date: | 05 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Company trucks in front of Nehi Bottling Company (Royal Crown Soda), 2600 University Avenue at the intersection of Grand Avenue. The back ends of the four ... |
| Date: | 08 16 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Laurel Tavern, 2505 Monroe Street. The storefront window contains a display of two Schlitz Beer bottle pyramids, two large bottles of ... |
| Date: | 06 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Johnny Roventini (known as "Johnny"), spokesman for Philip Morris cigarettes, is shown being interviewed by a woman at the WIBA radio station. |
| Date: | 05 02 1946 |
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| Description: | A truck for Servisoft Company, 555 West Mifflin Street. Advertisement on side of truck says "SERViSOFT, Enjoy Soft Water, the Modern Way." |
| Date: | 08 03 1946 |
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| Description: | Two men sitting with the Fred H. Kessenich Co. (dealer in cutting tools and abrasives) booth at the East Side Business Men's Festival. |
| Date: | 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Water Softening Service, Inc. booth at the East Side Business Mens Festival featuring Culligan water softeners. Also shown is a booth for Mell's Hardware. |
| Date: | 01 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Two masked labels (one positive, one negative) of a sign for The Village Blacksmith Company, Watertown, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 09 23 1947 |
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| Description: | Two cars and a delivery truck parked on Mendota Court. The truck has an advertisement for Camel cigarettes. |
| Date: | 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Railway Express Agency truck in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway station. Seated or standing on the truck are five people (Frost family?). The... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | American Dairy Association truck with 17 men standing in front. Six faces of men are imposed over the building in the background above the truck. |
| Date: | 02 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Ray-O-Vac Photoflash batteries in a display box. |
| Date: | 03 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Corner window display featuring Zenith Radios and station WIBA advertising the new FM broadcasting service. |
| Date: | 03 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Window display featuring RCA Victor radios and station WIBA advertising the new FM broadcasting service. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a counter and shelves displaying merchandise. Boxes of various items line the walls, pails hang from the ceiling, and a lamp hangs on the... |
| Date: | 11 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Who's New Club at a barn dance at the YWCA gymnasium. Three women wearing bonnets pose next to a statue of Borden's "Elsie the Cow."... |
| Date: | 12 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street scene at East Washington Avenue and Pinckney streets with pedestrians crossing the street. Advertisement on the side of a parked Ra... |
| Date: | 05 02 1949 |
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| Description: | Members of the advertising committee for the Madison Business College's spring formal are working on a huge streamer sign for the party. Seated at left is ... |
| Date: | 08 01 1951 |
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| Description: | A group of nine men, members of the Westside Business Men's Association, standing around a table with advertisements for a "Special Train to Chicago" for a... |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | A masked negative showing a rat trap, Kelly's "JUNIOR" RAT CAFETERIA, by the Solvit Chemical Company of Madison. |
| Date: | 01 02 1952 |
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| Description: | Front view of a Land O'Lakes honey jar. |
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