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Manchester's Department Store Photo Studio

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work.
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Woman Demonstrating Pres Kloth

Date: 04 15 1942
Description: Woman holding iron and demonstrating the Pres Kloth (a pressing cloth) in Manchester's Department store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's Store Fountain Room

Date: 09 11 1941
Description: Manchester's Department Store Fountain Room and coffee shop, with people at the counter and in booths.
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of the fashion series from Kessenich's R...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Rea...
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Maytag Ironer Demonstration

Date: 10 20 1937
Description: Sales woman demonstrating a Maytag Ironer (mangle) to a customer in the Burdick & Murray Department Store, located at 26-30 N. Carroll Street.
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Maytag Washing Machines and Ironers

Date: 10 20 1937
Description: Sales woman demonstrating a Maytag washing machine to a customer. In the foreground are Maytag Ironers (mangles) at Burdick & Murray, 26-30 N. Carroll Stre...
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Baron Brothers Basement Shoe Department

Date: 03 19 1934
Description: Baron Brothers Department Store, 12-18 W. Mifflin Street, basement shoe department with four salesmen and a large number of women customers.
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Kessenich's Gift Shop

Date: 07 18 1927
Description: View of the Kessenich's Gift Shop, located at 201 State Street, with a woman customer standing among the display shelves.
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Manchester's, Inc., Employees Sell War Bonds

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Preparing for War Bond Drive at Breese Stevens Field are Manchester's, Inc., employees Charmain Sabanske, Jenny McMahon, Helen Heisman, Jean Stehr, Jeanne ...
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Larry Borenstein Selling Women's Shoes

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Shoe salesman, Larry Borenstein, answering a woman's questions at the Borenstein Dry Goods Store located at 1980-81 Atwood Avenue. She is sitting on a couc...
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Larry Borenstein Selling Women's Shoes

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Shoe salesman, Larry Borenstein, assisting a customer at Borenstein's Dry Goods Store located at 1980-81 Atwood Avenue. A young man, perhaps a sales assist...

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