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Reed's Cafe

Date: 1937
Description: A woman is standing by a cooler with a beer bottle in her hand at Reed's Cafe near a stove and countertop. Original caption states: "McCormick-Deering 6 ca...
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Floyd Kaylor Restaurant

Date: 1937
Description: A woman is filling a glass from a faucet mounted on a McCormick-Deering 6 can cooler in the Floyd Kaylor Restaurant. Three people are sitting at a counter ...
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Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: A cooler sits in Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy surrounded by advertisements, seeds, hygiene products, and magazines. A sign above the cooler reads "Our Beer...
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Royal Crown Cola Company

Date: 1940
Description: Workers standing near bottling equipment at the Royal Crown Cola Company. Advertising signs for Royal Crown and Nehi soda are in the background.
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Farmall Advertisement Bulletin Board

Date: 1939
Description: Bulletin board displaying a series of Farmall tractor advertising materials. The heading on the bulletin board reads: "Power Farming Marches On with Three ...
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Culti-Vision Farmall Advertisement Display

Date: 1939
Description: Bulletin board with posters and other advertisements for the Farmall A tractor with "Culti-Vision." The banner reads: "New McCormick-Deering; The Only 1-Ro...
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Sign Advertising "All Kinds of Bargains at the Fair"

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Description: A studio portrait of a sign which is advertising "All Kinds of Bargains at the Fair" and is surrounded by drawings of men and women. A painted backdrop can...
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Man Outside Theater

Date: 1946
Description: A man stands near an opera house sign, smoking a pipe and looking at his theater ticket. A poster advertises a show by Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin.
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Engine Demonstration

Date: 1946
Description: A man wearing an International work coat demonstrates an engine for a man wearing a suit and hat. The men are at International Harvester's Education and Tr...
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Building Site

Date: 1916
Description: A building site at 11 West Main Street, next to Gamm's Jewelry Store and Cop's Cafe. Power lines are in the alley in the background.
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Child Health Poster

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Description: Poster titled "Ignorance Kills - Knowledge Saves" encouraging expectant parents to learn about infant health. Poster includes six images: little mothers cl...
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Madison Firemen's Posters

Date: 10 23 1949
Description: The winning high school artists in the poster contest for the Madison Firemen's Dance. Shown with the three top placed posters are, left to right: Janet ...
Print

Racine & Mississippi Railroad Poster

Date: 1858
Description: Poster advertising the Racine & Mississippi Railroad.
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Junior Red Cross Leadership Training

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Organizers of the Junior Red Cross leadership training conference gather around a table. From left are: Lois Brustman, Wisconsin High School; Stefan Anders...
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Junior Red Cross Leadership Training

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Three Edgewood High School students enroll in the Junior Red Cross leadership training conference. From left are: John McCormick, Wayne Pope, and D'Ann Gra...
Drawing

Robert Novak Portrait

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Description: Portrait of columnist Robert Novak by Jack Higgins of the Chicago Sun-Times, which was for many years the home paper for Novak's column (with Rowlan...
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National Book Week at Marquette School

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Marquette school children posing for a group portrait while dressed up to represent their favorite literary characters. Some of the children are holding si...
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Fund Raising Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Photographic copy of a poster made by International Harvester's advertising department to solicit funds for the International Harvester Company's World War...
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Military Couples on Stairwell

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers link arms with two women wearing dresses at the Port Clinton Service Center. The men were former International Harvester employees, and likely...
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Madison Heart Fund Drive

Date: 01 24 1950
Description: Mrs. John J. (Audrey) Walsh and Mrs. Gottfired (Ruth) Mayer attach plastic heart coin containers to posters for the Madison Heart Fund Drive.

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