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Methylene Blue Milk Test
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Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, as shown by the Methylene Blue Test, the patron will receive a premium of 25 cents a hundred."
1928
Diemer, Melvin E.
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Meat Market Display
1939
Woman worker wearing a butcher's apron, poses holding a ham, in a meat market with Easter ham display.
Kennedy Milk Wagon
March 14, 1934
Horse-drawn Kennedy Mansfield milk wagon at 2126 Vilas Avenue on the corner of Vilas and Edgewood. Signage on side of wagon advertises "irradiated Vitamin D milk".
Historic Medicine Bottles
Display of 18th and 19th century English medicine bottles.
Red Dot Potato Chip Plant
1939
Man working with machinery at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.
Grocery Display
1934
Cans and boxes of Hershey's chocolate products arranged in pyramids on the grocery floor.
