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| Date: | 10 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Donut queen posed for advertising campaign. The female model is holding a box of donuts and is sitting on a large clock bearing the slogan: "It's Always Do... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Beechnut Gum girls, posed in front of an automobile, promoting the product for a national advertising campaign. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a costume parade on State Street, at the corner of State Street and Gilman Street. On both sides of the street are drugstores. The one on ... |
| Date: | 09 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Costumed saleswoman at a supermarket display for Dr. Pepper soft drinks. The display includes samples of "Hot Dr. Pepper" and "winter warmer." |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Buster Keaton (right) appraises a costume for a Seneca Grape Juice TV commercial with J. Wolcott, the company's Vice President. |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph of a couple holding hands as the man is preparing to get into an International tractor. The woman is dressed in a Scandinavian... |
| Date: | 07 29 1933 |
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| Description: | A group of circus performers pose outdoors with a Corben airplane. The tall Man is Jack Earle, and one of the little people is probably Lia Graf. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph for International Spirit of '76 Cadet lawn tractor featuring a model dressed as Betsy Ross sewing stars onto a U.S. flag. The ... |
| Date: | 03 26 1941 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the Wrights (possibly E. Henry & Evelyn M. Wright), a dance team, and their original personality masks. |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Acacia fraternity "Bowery" party, with couples in costume. There are many commercial posters and advertising on the wall in the background. |
| Date: | 06 17 1936 |
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| Description: | Abe Lincoln Float, G.A.R. parade. There is a man dressed as Abraham Lincoln standing in the back of a truck decorated with an American flag and sign saying... |
| Date: | 03 10 1933 |
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| Description: | Members of the Audrey Medaris' dancers from the Wheeler School of Dance, featured at the Purim Frolics charity ball, are posing in costume. They are Betty ... |
| Date: | 08 22 1931 |
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| Description: | Group portrait taken in Vilas Park of children, and a few adults, some in costume, from the Lincoln Street-West Side area, who put on a circus to raise mon... |
| Date: | 08 15 1930 |
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| Description: | A crowd of children, some in costume, gather at the Orpheum Theatre entrance behind a caricature labeled "Jack Holt" during a promotion for the film, "Swin... |
| Date: | 08 15 1930 |
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| Description: | Children dressed as circus performers at the Orpheum Theatre, inside the lobby which is advertising "Swing High." |
| Date: | 06 07 1930 |
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| Description: | A man and children are standing under the Capitol Theatre marquee that is promoting the movie "Journey's End," with two men dressed as World War I soldier ... |
| Date: | 08 1901 |
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| Description: | Professor Oscar John Schendel is pictured with a violin and bow in a billboard advertising "Schendel's All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Ma... |
| Date: | 02 23 1940 |
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| Description: | Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, is sitting in a Speed-o-Racer and shaking hands with Billy Marble. Behind them is the Wienermobile. |
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| Description: | Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, is standing behind an Oscar Mayer display counter between two women. |
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