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Painters on Scaffold
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Two Capital Decorating Company employees on a scaffold painting window frames in the Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street. A man can be seen looking out of a window just above the painters.
October 17, 1945
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Two painters, shown on a Company scaffold from Safway Steel Scaffolds, at Villa Maria, 615 Howard Place. Safway Steel Scaffolds Company, offices at 940 Williamson Street, is an affiliate of the J.B...
Belmont Hotel Window Painting
June 18, 1952
William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows. The Capitol Square grounds and Lake Mono...
Sleeping Clerk at Loraine Hotel
January 19, 1945
A man, possibly Ray Gryphan, clerk at Loraine Hotel, seen sleeping in restaurant booth.
Ray Kessenich
December 20, 1945
Ray Kessenich, Klein-Dickert Co. foreman, painting the trim in a Ray-O-Vac office at 212 East Washington Avenue.
Decorating First Apartment
April 17, 1950
Newlyweds George and Lorna Homes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. George places his oil painting "Russian Spring" on the wall as Lorna is looking on.
Decorating First Apartment
April 17, 1950
Newlyweds George and Lorna Holmes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. Lorna is painting a living room wall as George is looking on.
