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Women's Style Show

Date: 02 28 1941
Description: Women's style show with female model on runway with women seated in chairs on main floor at Manchesters Department Store.
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Fashion Models

Date: 03 16 1939
Description: Madison Business College women model fashions from Kessenich's store.
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat and gloves, with coat over plaid jacket and plain skirt. The female model is standing on blocks. Part of fashion series from Kessenich's ...
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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 box wearing hat and carrying gloves and purse, and wearing a dress. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 Stat...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on box wearing jacket and skirt, hat, carrying gloves. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Street, with r...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on box wearing hat and gloves, with tweed coat. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Street, showing racks...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on box wearing hat and coat, carrying gloves and purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Street, showi...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat and street dress, ankle strap shoes, part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Street. The model is standing u...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, dress with jacket, spectator shoes, carrying purse and gloves, part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Stre...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, dress with jacket trimmed in fur, and carrying a purse, is standing on blocks in front of the dressing rooms at Kessenich's Dry Goods st...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, dress with jacket, carrying purse and gloves, and standing on blocks. Part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 Sta...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, plaid jacket with plain skirt, wearing gloves, carrying purse, standing on blocks. Part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear...
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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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Crowd at Baron Brothers Department Store

Date: 04 16 1932
Description: A crowd of people is waiting in the basement of the Baron Brothers Department Store for a drawing sponsored by Sherwin Williams Paint Company, located at 1...
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Kessenich's Silk Department

Date: 07 18 1927
Description: Elevated view of Kessenich's Silk Department, 201 State Street. Two women are standing on either side of a counter in the right foreground.
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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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World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Men and women lined up along a sales counter at Manchester's Department Store to buy war bonds, while two clerks behind the counter are ringing up the sale...
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New Voting Machine Demonstration

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Mrs. Nels (Louise) Grimstad, 613 Riverside Drive, is shown receiving instructions on one of Madison's new voting machines from Mrs. Ralph F. (Mildred) Norr...
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The Big Store

Date: 06 26 1906
Description: Group of salespeople standing in front of The Big Store.

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