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Silver Dollars

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: A table full of silver dollars where bank workers are preparing them to be sent to American Can Co., a Milwaukee-based company which plans on paying its em...
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War Bonds for Victory Truck

Date: 03 20 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company truck promoting the purchase of war bonds.
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International Payroll Truck

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: Men receiving paychecks from armored trucks parked outdoors at an IH plant. Signs on the trucks read: "Department of Finance, City of New York." A police o...
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Hugh Flannery Receives $100 War Bond

Date: 01 29 1945
Description: With a backdrop of celebrity portrait photographs and stacks of coins on his desk, Hugh Flannery, manager of the Orpheum Theatre, is receiving a $100 War B...
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CUNA Officers Opening Bank Cans

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: Four CUNA (Credit Union National Association) officers, including Roy Bergengren, open can banks in the Credit Union National Association office at the Rai...
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Three Men with $5000 Check

Date: 03 30 1936
Description: Three men displaying $5000 check issued by U.S. Treasury Dept. to Richland Cooperative Electric Association for Rural Electrification Program.
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Farmer Receiving Corn-Hog Check

Date: 07 30 1934
Description: Large group of Dane County farmers, standing in the Dane County Agent's office, holding checks. They are surrounding Floyd Stubley.
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Rob Bake

Date: 11 15 1963
Description: Originally titled 'Rob Bake', two women count cash and receipts at Bernauer Bakeries & Delicatessen after an attempted robbery.
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Pay Office and Council at Pawhuska Agency

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Description: An agent's pay office and council building at the Pawhuska Agency in Oklahoma Territory. A man is standing outside near the entrance.
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Coins on Desk

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Description: Pile of dimes spread on a table with chair to right and behind, near radiator.
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Coin Display

Date: 04 24 1956
Description: Coin display and 3 placards of explantion in a window at Madison Bank & Trust Company, 23 West Main Street.
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Workers in Line to Receive Pay on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A line of workers forms in front of a table on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. The workers are waiting to collect their payroll checks...
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Bulletproof International Automobile

Date: 1940
Description: An International D-30 automobile with a special bulletproof body parked outside the Esquire Theater. Two police officers are standing near the vehicle, and...
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Over $1000.00

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Description: Pile of dimes on a desk with a sign that reads: "Over $1000.00."
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International Harvester Scout: Saving Pennies While it Carries Millions

Date: 06 02 1965
Description: International Harvester Scout. Original caption reads: "Saving Pennies while It Caries Millions. Photograph No. MX-10029-- A David doing work normally rese...
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Receipt for Mowing Machine Purchase

Date: 1900
Description: Receipt from city of Philadelphia for mowing machine purchase, for $200.00.
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Brooks McCormick with Two Men

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Description: Brooks McCormick standing with two unidentified men. Behind them is an enlarged reproduction of a United States Savings Bond.
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Gisholt Workers Posing with Safety Sign

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Description: Workers posing outside a factory building at Gisholt Machine Company by a large sign for an employee contest that reads: "Safety Pays at Gisholt." The sign...

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