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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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Two Men Outside a Texas International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1941
Description: Two men standing outside the front entrance to the Powell-Cavanaugh Truck and Tractor Company. The dealership sold trucks and farm equipment.
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First African American International Truck Dealer

Date: 05 29 1974
Description: Original caption reads: "Bob Ross, president of Bob Ross Buick, Richmond, Indiana, is the first black International truck dealer in the United States. Twen...
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Salesman Demonstrates Milker to Customer

Date: 11 22 1937
Description: Salesman Claude De Kay demonstrating the functionality of a McCormick-Deering milker to customer H.M. Arnold against the backdrop of the store's plate glas...
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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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Rennebohm Drugstore Clerk with Vitamins

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Rennebohm drugstore clerk showing male customer a box of Plenamins vitamins.
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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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Radio Transmitter and Walter T. Butler

Date: 10 29 1930
Description: Walter T. Butler stands beside a radio transmitter in his store, Butler Radio Service, 606 University Avenue.
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Egg Cooker for Sale

Date: 12 08 1928
Description: A salesman is showing a Hankscraft egg cooker to a customer at Harloff-Loprich Electric Company, 506 State Street.
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Man Demonstrating Hankscraft Egg Cooker

Date: 12 08 1928
Description: Man demonstrating Hankscraft egg cooker to a female customer in Harloff-Loprich Electric Company, 506 State Street.
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Rennebohm's Pharmacist

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: A Rennebohm Drug Store employee shows a bottle of Drene shampoo to a male customer while the pharmacist looks on.
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Branch Managers Inspect Hammer Mill

Date: 1931
Description: W.R. Jens, Branch Manager, and J.C. Kohlmeyer, Assistant Branch Manager in Milwaukee, look over an International Harvester No. 1-B Hammer Mill.
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Sleeping Businessman

Date: 1935
Description: An International Harvester dealer, T.F. Hogan, slouches in a couch and sleeps at a convention or meeting.
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Adam Davis

Date: 06 28 1967
Description: View across desk towards a man talking on a telephone and writing in a notebook. Caption reads: "Adam Davis, who is an insurance salesman, represents the g...

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