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Tom Mix Promoting Safety Display Window
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Display window at Karstens Inc., 22-24 North Carroll Street, featuring Tom Mix safety display for the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department. The display includes two mannequins, with one wearing a crossing guard bandelier. A picture of cowboy Tom Mix is on the back wall. In the foreground is a series of signs that read: "Tom Mix (of radio) says look both ways before crossing the street," "Don't play in the streets," and "Hey kids! Meet Curley Bradley, Tom Mix, of radio, in person Orpheum Theatre."
April 27, 1946
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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J.C. Penney & Co. Display Window
April 27, 1946
Display window at J.C. Penney & Company, 17-19 East Main Street, featuring cowboy "Tom Mix, of Radio, Safety Rules to All Straight Shooters" for Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Division. ...
Karstens Window Display
May 2, 1944
F.W. Karstens Company, 24 North Carroll Street, display window featuring men's spring jackets, trousers and accessories.
Kessenich's Railroad Week Window
June 13, 1935
Kessenich's, 201-203 State Street, Railroad week window. Mannequins in clothes for travel. Sign reads: "Travel in Pullman comfort and safety."
Radio Shop Window Display
September 26, 1930
Window display at The Radio Shop, 1803 Monroe Street.
Manchester's, Inc., "Sultry Blonde" Dresses Window Display
March 19, 1946
Four blonde mannequins in Manchester's, Inc., window, modeling dresses, purses, and shoes. "Sultry Blonde," Town and Country Company.
Corset Display Window
March 20, 1932
Nemo-flex corset show window at Burdick and Murray Co., 15-17-19 E. Main Street. Mannequins are displaying the evolution of the corset.
