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Harry S. Manchester's, Inc., Can Opener Window Display

Date: 05 03 1946
Description: Window display at Harry S. Manchester's, Inc., 2-6 East Mifflin Street, featuring the "Can-o-mat" can openers, "Can-o-mat, fully automatic, streamlined bea...
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Manchester's Inc., Vogue Window Display

Date: 03 04 1946
Description: Manchester's Inc., Vogue "Spring Fabrics Fashion Show" window display featuring a Vogue Magazine cover, a mannequin, and fabrics.
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Testing a Westinghouse Refrigerator

Date: 01 03 1938
Description: Testing a Westinghouse refrigerator (door open with food inside and woman standing behind the open door) with wires from an Official Test Panel attached to...
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Ovenex Tinware Display

Date: 10 28 1937
Description: Window display of Ovenex baking tinware at Woolworth's, 1 East Main Street.
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Egg Cooker Display Window

Date: 03 10 1932
Description: Display window for A & P Special Automatic Egg Cooker (Hankscraft) "available for 98 cents with purchase of 1 dozen Sunnybrook eggs."
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Crysteel Electric Range Display

Date: 12 03 1926
Description: Crysteel Electric Range (stove) display at Park Hotel with mannequin and Santa Claus.
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H.S. Manchester Inc., Sewing Notions Window

Date: 09 23 1947
Description: H.S. Manchester Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, display window promoting "National Notion Week" and displaying items (notions) used for sewing.
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Manchester's Vogue Show Window

Date: 10 01 1947
Description: H.S. Manchester Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, show window displaying the Vogue "1947 look" in women's clothing. Includes a mannequin dressed in the 1947 lon...
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Manchester's, Inc., Tipperary Fabric Window Display

Date: 05 25 1950
Description: Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, fabric display with Vogue patterns, one mannequin, and draped fabrics, "Tipperary, a completely washable soap'n ...
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Research Products Filter Fry Window Display

Date: 08 27 1952
Description: Window display at C.C. Collins and Son, Inc., 2398 University Avenue, featuring "Filter Fry," a filter cover for frying pans made by Research Products Comp...
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Manchester's, Inc., Frostman's Woolens Window Display

Date: 03 09 1953
Description: Frostman's woolens window display with two mannequins wearing suits in Manchester's, Inc., corner window #4, taken from Wisconsin Avenue.
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Manchester's, Inc., Libbey Glassware Window Display

Date: 10 11 1956
Description: H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, 2 East Mifflin Street, side window display #6, Libbey glassware, "Libbey everyday crystal, new dimensions for 1957."
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Woman and Very Tall Man

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Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
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Truck Drivers Dining at Truck Stop

Date: 1966
Description: Truck drivers dining in reserved "Truck Drivers Only" seating at a diner in an American Oil Company truck stop.
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Klondike Flapjacks

Date: 05 1968
Description: A Boy Scout or Scout Leader, with "Madison Wis 101" on his shoulder patch, making pancakes in a skillet over an open fire. Beside the skillet is a coffee p...
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Mrs. Carrie Lee Nelson

Date: 10 11 1968
Description: A woman is sitting and holding a cup of coffee on a plate, facing an unidentified person in the foreground. She is wearing a name tag that reads: "Carrie L...

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