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Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
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E.S. Purdy's Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of the E.S. Purdy Drugstore, including four employees.
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Kimberly and Elwers Drugstore

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the Kimberly & Elwers Drugstore. Pharmaceutical bottles line the shelves on the right side.
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Otto Boberg's Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of Otto Boberg's Drugstore.
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Counting Pennies at the Bank

Date: 11 09 1955
Description: A banker pours 12,320 pennies into a change maker. The man had saved the coins for over four years.
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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Men Wanted Poster

Date: 1930
Description: A U.S. government poster encouraging citizens to invest their money in banks and especially to buy U.S. Reconstruction bonds.
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Toy Chimp Robot

Date: 06 06 1963
Description: Toy distributors for Ideal Toy Corporation introduce a new toy line to dealers.
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Orrin H. Ingram

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Description: Portrait of Orrin H. Ingram, lumber baron and philanthropist, especially for the development of Ripon College.
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Family in Toy Store

Date: 10 23 1924
Description: Boy sitting in a "McFarlan" toy car as two men and a woman are looking on. The group appears to be in a toy store or toy department, with other toy cars, a...
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Harriet Peterson and J. Edward O'Connell

Date: 10 18 1945
Description: Harriet Peterson of the State Bureau of Probation and Parole opening a savings account with J. Edward O'Connell, manager of the Savings Department of the F...
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Donald F. Goodrich, Teller, First National Bank

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Portrait of Donald F. Goodrich, a teller at First National Bank.
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Ralph Timmons

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Ralph Timmons, president of Ralph Timmons Advertising Agency, 1. South Pinckney Street, seated at his desk.
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Three Men Displaying Phillips 66 Bank Cans

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: Roy Bergengren, Earl Rentfro and another man holding display of bank cans with Phillips 66 labels.
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Two Men Displaying Phillips 66 Bank Cans

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: Roy Bergengren and Earl Rentfro holding display of bank cans printed with Phillips 66 labels.
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Charles Netherwood Receiving DAV Forget-Me-Not

Date: 09 17 1936
Description: Charles W. Netherwood, Civil War veteran of Oregon, is shown buying the first Forget-me-not for the Disabled American Veterans' drive from Nina Westbury, p...
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Man Selling Ties to Emerie Ann Lincoln

Date: 03 21 1935
Description: A man is selling neckties to blues singer Emerie Ann Lincoln, at Spoo & Stephan Store, 18 N. Carroll Street.
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Cashiers at DeForest State Bank

Date: 09 12 1933
Description: A.A. Linde, cashier, and Carl Linde, assistant cashier of DeForest State Bank, display the ropes and gag used during a robbery of the bank.
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Mayor Law Buying V.F.W. Poppy

Date: 05 10 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law buying V.F.W. poppy from Miss Jane Elizabeth Ward.
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Chief McCormick Buying Forget-Me-Not

Date: 09 29 1932
Description: Chief of Police William McCormick buying the first Forget-me-not from the Disabled American Veterans on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. Left to right: L...

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