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Refrigerator Display
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A window display at the Wisconsin Power and Light Company office, 116 Fourth Avenue, features a General Electric refrigerator as "The Gateway to Health" under an arch in a picket fence.
1930
Trimpey, Ephraim Burt
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W012GAH
WHi 73462
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Self-Portrait of Photographer
1930
A studio self-portrait of Ephraim B. Trimpey with goatee, wearing eyeglasses and a large cravat.
Dolls in Show Window
1930
A nighttime view of dolls from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey, arranged in the window of the Trimpey Studio and antique shop, 128 Fourth Avenue. The dolls are displayed with antique furniture...
Pet Food Display
1930
A night view of a pet food display in a store window. In addition to commercial signs advertising Ken-L-Ration and Bird-E-Ration, a handwritten sign advertising Kit-E-Ration is displayed above a fr...
Electrical Display
1930
A night view of the window display in the Hansch and Hill Electrical Store, 121 Fourth Avenue. Floor lamps and wall sconces are featured, as are displays of Westinghouse Mazda Lamps (lightbulbs) an...
Woman and Child
1930
A Native American woman wearing a mix of traditional and western dress holds a child in her lap outdoors.
Martha Schilling
1930
An elderly woman in headscarf, checked dress and sweater, sits outdoors knitting. Identified as Martha Schilling, wife of Adam Rebholz from Portage, Wisconsin.
