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Railroad Car of Refrigerators
August 12, 1928
Men unloading Frigidaire refrigerators from New York Central/Cincinnati Northern railroad box car to truck. The delivery is for the Gay Brothers Apartments located on Main street.
Frigidaire Refrigerators Display Window
July 28, 1927
Frigidaire refrigerators display window at the Park Hotel.
Dumptruck in Field
August 21, 1929
A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a Gaspare Tantillo Trucking Company Relay dump truck, unloading in a field.
Unloading Bank Vault Door
July 5, 1929
Five men are unloading a vault door from a railroad car onto a truck for the Bank of Wisconsin State Street Branch.
Hefty Sales Company Interior
May 21, 1935
Three Frigidaire refrigerator service men working in the Hefty Sales Co. shop, 210 E. Washington Avenue.
Green & Company Truck
April 30, 1936
Three men loading seed sacks into Green & Company Ford semi-trailer truck at Olds Seed Co. loading dock, 722 Williamson Street. Sign on truck reads: "Green seeds for green fields." The company was ...
